Head of Program Management

SJ Group · India

We are hiring for Head of Program – Senior Expert will lead and establish the Construction Planning & Project Management function for the our Largest infrastructure Project in Andhra Pradesh.

Qualifications

• Essential: Graduate in Civil Engineering with mandatory international project experience.
• Desirable: Postgraduate qualification in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or Project Management. PMP or equivalent internationally recognized certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an integrated programme-level master schedule across multiple infrastructure packages.
• Lead planning teams across divisions and ensure consistent scheduling, reporting and project-control practices.
• Review and consolidate baseline programmes, milestones, resources, interfaces and progress across contracts.
• Monitor programme performance, identify delays and constraints, and drive recovery and acceleration plans.
• Establish 3/6/12-month look-ahead programmes and identify critical activities, dependencies and resource requirements.
• Lead resource planning and allocation across labour, materials, equipment and project teams.
• Coordinate with contractors, consultants, project teams and APCRDA stakeholders to resolve programme and critical-path issues.
• Develop programme dashboards, progress reports, variance analysis and management alerts.
• Integrate planning, construction progress, contracts, resources, risks and issues at programme level.
• Build, lead and manage a multidisciplinary planning team, including recruitment and deployment.
• Support senior management in prioritisation, acceleration and recovery strategies.
• Maintain risk and change registers and escalate critical matters to the Program Director.

Required Skills

• 15+ years of relevant experience, including:
• 8+ years in large-scale urban infrastructure or greenfield city development projects.
• 5+ years leading planning/programme controls across multiple concurrent contracts.
• Strong experience in master scheduling, baseline control, variance analysis and recovery planning.
• Proficiency in Primavera P6 / MS Project and programme dashboarding.
• Experience with ADB/World Bank/JICA-funded projects, FIDIC and Indian public-works contracts.
• Experience in establishing and ramping up planning/programme-control functions.

Preferred Skills

• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.

Pay range and compensation package

Compensation details will be discussed during the interview process.

Interested candidate please share there CV at vikash.kushawaha@sjgroup.com