Lead Project Manager

Position: PMO Lead (Project Management Office)

Location: Mumbai

Experience: 5 10 Years

Reporting To: Director/Head Project Delivery

Role Overview: The PMO Lead will establish and manage the Project Management Office framework, ensuring standardized project planning, tracking, reporting, governance, and risk management across all projects. This role will support project teams in schedule management, milestone tracking, cost monitoring, and performance reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

PMO Framework

• Establish and maintain PMO governance framework
• Develop standardized project management processes and templates
• Implement project tracking dashboards

Project Planning

• Support PMs in:
• Project baseline scheduling
• Resource allocation
• Milestone planning
• Critical path tracking

Monitoring & Reporting

• Track project progress across all projects
• Prepare weekly and monthly project dashboards
• Highlight risks and delays to management

Cost & Budget Monitoring

• Track project cost vs budget
• Support finance team in project billing milestones
• Monitor project profitability

Risk & Issue Management

• Maintain risk registers
• Track mitigation plans

Performance Tracking

• Monitor PM performance and delivery metrics
• Ensure adherence to delivery timelines and quality standards

Tools & Systems

• Implement tools such as:
• Microsoft Project [Must Know]
• Primavera [Added Advantage]
• Power BI dashboards [Added Advantage]
• Project tracking systems [Added Advantage]

Required Skills

• Project governance
• Schedule management
• Project dashboards
• Risk management
• Cost tracking
• Cross-functional coordination

Preferred Industry Background

• Data Center Projects
• EPC / MEP Projects
• Infrastructure Delivery