Technical Project Manager [T500-20960]

About Albertsons Companies Inc. (ACI) :

As a leading food and drug retailer in the United States, Albertsons Companies, Inc. operates over 2,200 stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners across the United States, including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco and others, serve more than 36 million U.S customers each week.

We build and shape technology solutions that solve customers’ problems every day, making things easier for them when they shop with us online or in a store. We have made bold, strategic moves to migrate and modernize our core foundational capabilities, positioning ourselves as the first fully cloud-based grocery tech company in the industry.

Our success is built on a one-team approach, driven by the desire to understand and enhance the customer experience. By constantly pushing the boundaries of retail, we are transforming shopping into an experience that is easy, efficient, fun and engaging.

About Albertsons India Capability Center :

At Albertsons India Capability Center, we're not just pushing the boundaries of technology and retail innovation, we're cultivating a space where ideas flourish and careers thrive. Our workplace in India is a vital extension of the Albertsons Companies Inc. workforce and important to the next phase in the company’s technology journey to support millions of customers’ lives every day.

At the Albertsons India Capability Center, we are raising the bar to grow across Technology & Engineering, AI, Digital and other company functions, and transform a 165-year-old American retailer. At Albertsons India Capability Center, associates collaborate directly with international teams, enhancing decision-making processes and organizational agility through exciting and pivotal projects. Your work will make history and help millions of lives each day come together around the joys of food and inspire their well-being.

Job Description :

Roles & responsibilities :

Creates and sustains links between business requirements and technology production while articulating requirements and controls expectations of both business and technical clients.

IT Project Planning and Organization :

Does project planning, budget estimation and management, resource planning and assessment, financial planning and risk assessment for IT projects that span disciplines, geographic areas and business cultures

Adopts existing Project Management best practices, including the proficient use of industry standard tools, technologies, and methodologies.

Manages multiple projects at any given time

Well-organized, detail oriented, has great communication skills and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

IT Project Control and Reporting :

Designs reporting formats for project reporting to managerial, technical and business stakeholders

Reconciles multiple project progress reports with department budgets.

Applies the principles of Earned Value Analysis across multiple IT projects.

Brings awareness to overdue or troubled IT projects and assists in imposing controls.

Application Delivery Process

Designs relevant documentation, standards, policies and practices to ensure phase and task dependencies and considerations

Supervises the full spectrum of delivery activities on multiple development projects

Explains the relative criticality, risk and potential reward of each and all major tasks.

Product and Vendor Evaluation :

Executes review and approval processes and procedures.

Produces written recommendation detailing candidates, benefits and drawbacks.

Assists in the evaluation of overall aspects of products and services functionality, performance, etc.

Assists in the evaluation of overall considerations, including risk, and provides recommendations including considerations for situations when an exception to policy, procedure or standard may be warranted.

Experience Required :

8+ years of Project Management experience, with an Application Development or Technical Project Management background and proven record delivering multiple concurrent technology solutions.

Project Management Institute (PMI) and / or Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification a plus; MBA a plus

Expert level skills in project planning, budget estimation and management, resource planning and assessment, financial planning and risk assessment.

Project Management experience on a technical Application Development

Strong knowledge of Project Management Methodology and Tools (e.g. MS Project, Visio, Agile, SDLC etc.) with a strong knowledge of Project Management Disciplines.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Strong expectation management, influencing and conflict resolution skills.

Strong ability to collaborate across various groups, build relationships and manage effectively in a matrix organization.

Strong ability to motivate teams and coach and train business system analysts and lower level project managers.

In-depth advanced knowledge of process evaluation and selection of products, tools, services and infrastructure components in line with an organization’s business needs and architectural principles.

Strong ability to mentor, develop and train other Technical Program Specialists

Strong expertise in Jira, Confluence and ability to build reports in Jira

Self-motivated person who takes initiative and is able to work independent of daily direction.

Ability to provide consultative know-how to Senior Management, IT, Stake Holders and Business Groups on project management.

Excellent organizational skills and the ability to work under pressure to balance competing priorities.

Retail Domain experience is a big plus

Competencies :

Compassionate and kind, showing courtesy, dignity, and respect. They show sincere interest and empathy for all others.

Foster innovation through creativity to get to a workable solution. Use analytical thinking through issues using logic and reason

Show integrity in what is done and how it is done - without sacrificing personal / business ethics.

Embrace an inclusion-focused mindset, seeking input from others on their work and encouraging the open expression of diverse ideas and opinions

Team-oriented, positively contributing to team morale and willing to help.

Learning-Focused, finding ways to improve in their field and use positive constructive feedback to grow personally and professionally

Think strategically and proactively anticipate future problems, needs or changes in the work

Skills Required :

Extensive experience in Agile methodologies, and program / project lifecycle management

Strong leadership, team management and communication skills

Project management tools (e.g., Oracle PPM, Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence)

Ability to manage budgets, timelines, and resources effectively

Strong problem-solving, decision-making and risk management abilities

Stakeholder and cross-functional dependency management

Technical background in software development, systems architecture, or related fields

Software development lifecycle (SDLC), CI / CD processes and DevOps practices

Extensive experience in using Jira, Confluence, use Jira Query language to build reports for measuring / managing the team’s performance

Retail Domain Experience

Additional Skills Required :

PMP (Project Management Professional) or similar certification

Lean, Six Sigma or SaFe methodologies

Change management principles

Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., Azure, GCP)

Understanding of business analysis and requirements gathering

Skills in conflict resolution and negotiation

Familiarity with data analysis and reporting tools (e.g., SQL, Python)

Knowledge of industry-specific regulations and standards

Product Owner

Scrum Master Certification

Azure or Google Cloud Experience