JDE Project Manager

Area(s) of responsibility

About Birlasoft:

Birlasoft, a global leader at the forefront of Cloud, AI, and Digital technologies, seamlessly blends domain expertise with enterprise solutions. The company’s consultative and design-thinking approach empowers societies worldwide, enhancing the efficiency and productivity of businesses. As part of the multibillion-dollar diversified CKA Birla Group, Birlasoft with its 12,000+ professionals, is committed to continuing the Group’s 170-year heritage of building sustainable communities.

1.    About the Job – Ability to relate the product functionality to business processes, and thus offer implementation
 advice to customers on how to meet their various business scenarios.
2.    Job Title – JDE Project Manager
3.    Location: Bangalore/Pune/Mumbai/Noida/Hyderabad/Chennai
4.    Educational Background – BE/Btech
5.    Key Responsibilities –

Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership & Governance
•    Lead end-to-end project management for the JDE upgrade, covering planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
•    Drive project planning sessions, including scope definition, milestones, timelines, resource planning, and risk management.
•    Establish and maintain project governance, reporting structures, and escalation mechanisms.
Team Management & Mentoring
•    Manage, guide, and mentor cross-functional teams including JDE Technical, Functional, CNC, Testing, and Integration teams.
•    Ensure effective team coordination, workload balancing, and productivity across onsite and offshore resources.
•    Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment.
Planning, Execution & Control
•    Develop and maintain detailed project plans, ensuring alignment with upgrade methodology and client expectations.
•    Track project progress, proactively identify risks and issues, and adapt plans as required.
•    Ensure all project deliverables meet quality standards, timelines, and agreed scope.
Stakeholder & Client Management
•    Act as the primary point of contact for clients and key stakeholders.
•    Build and maintain strong relationships with business stakeholders, sponsors, and leadership teams.
•    Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies through regular status reports and governance forums.
Delivery & Deadline Management
•    Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and within scope.
•    Drive milestone-based delivery including testing phases, cutover, go-live, and post-go-live support.
•    Ensure adherence to agreed SLAs, KPIs, and acceptance criteria.
Contract & Commercial Management
•    Support designing, reviewing, and signing off on contracts, SoWs, and change requests.
•    Manage scope changes and ensure proper impact assessment, approvals, and documentation.
•    Ensure commercial compliance and alignment with contractual commitments.
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Required Skills & Experience
Must Have
•    Strong expertise in Project Management with experience managing large-scale ERP programs.
•    Proven JD Edwards (JDE) upgrade experience, preferably E1 upgrade projects.
•    Demonstrated ability in team handling, mentoring, and stakeholder management.
•    Experience leading project planning, execution, and governance sessions.
•    Strong understanding of ERP upgrade lifecycles including testing, cutover, and go-live.
Good to Have
•    Experience managing onsite–offshore delivery models.
•    Exposure to risk management, dependency tracking, and mitigation planning in upgrade projects.
•    Familiarity with Agile/Hybrid/Waterfall methodologies used in ERP upgrades.