PROJECT MANAGER-TRANSITION
NIIT Gurugram, Haryana, India
Education Administration Programs · 1,001-5,000 employees
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About the role
The Project Manager will oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of transition projects within a managed services environment. They will coordinate across cross-functional teams to ensure smooth process migration while maintaining project timelines and quality standards.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree and have 7 to 9 years of relevant professional experience. Strong organizational, communication, and project management skills are required to handle complex migrations and stakeholder expectations.
Full description
Job Summary
Introduction
At NIIT, we’re transforming the way the world learns, for the better. That’s why the world’s best run learning functions across 30 countries trust us with their learning and talent. Since 1981, we have helped leading companies transform their learning ecosystems while increasing the business value of learning. Our comprehensive, high impact managed learning solutions weave together the best of learning theory, technology, operations, and services to enable a thriving workforce.
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NIIT is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
Job overview
The Project Manager – Transition supports the planning, execution, and delivery of transition projects within a managed services environment. This role works closely with Transition Managers and cross functional teams to ensure smooth migration of processes/services with minimal disruption and adherence to timelines, quality, and client expectations.
Roles and responsibilities
- Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and trackers
- Coordinate transition activities across multiple workstreams
- Monitor project progress against milestones and deliverables
- Support resource planning, scheduling, and effort tracking
- Ensure adherence to project management methodologies and frameworks
- Coordinate with internal teams (operations, IT, HR, finance) and client stakeholders
- Support governance calls, status meetings, and reporting Communicate project updates, risks, and dependencies effectively
- Identify potential risks and escalate appropriately
- Support issue resolution and mitigation tracking
- Prepare daily/weekly status reports and dashboard
- Support audits and governance requirements
- Assist in process migration into managed services environment
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and standardization
- Support automation and transformation initiatives
Educational Qualification
- Bachelor's or Master's degree required
Experience
- 7 to 9 years of experience
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