Head - PMAG

CEO Office Interface & Project Governance

•  Ensure correct, complete and timely information flows to leadership; highlight critical issues and bottlenecks 

and act as expediter for decision-making.

•  Coordinate with CPAG / Chairman's office on project matters and carry project issues to resolution.

•  Assure internal coordination and project-related governance across the organization.
Portfolio Assurance (business Level)

•  Own capex monitoring across the portfolio against sanctioned plans.

•  Prepare and monitor AOPs (Annual Operating Plans) and the STRAP (Strategic Plan); track delivery against 

both.

•  Review Budget NFAs (Notes for Approval) and track approvals to closure; support business-case preparation 

and lender's management.
Cost Assurance

•  Establish and hold the project cost baseline.

•  Prepare and review the EAC (Estimate at Completion) and run cost-benefit analysis.

•  Track client receivables / claims and drive capitalization of the asset post completion.
Internal Integration

•  Integrate all business-unit project teams and enabling departments into one delivery flow.

•  Remove inter-department hindrances so projects move without internal friction.

•  Own the interfaces and dependencies that cross functional boundaries.
Leadership Assurance & Oversight

•  Assure pre-construction readiness and monitor planning & scheduling across packages.

•  Ensure corrective and preventive actions are taken by the required stakeholders.

•  Forecast delivery challenges early and monitor that management decisions are acted upon.
Last (statutory Approvals) Assurance

•  Monitor all project-related statutory approvals and compliances across the portfolio.

•  Support project teams in obtaining timely decisions and management approvals.

•  Ensure execution never runs ahead of statutory clearance.
Escalation Anchor & Knowledge

•  Run regular reviews at every level with stakeholders and management; escalate deviations and pending 

approvals.

•  Be the single escalation anchor that keeps decisions and approvals moving.

•  Drive knowledge-sharing and learning across all projects.

•  Serve as the BU's interface to the Central Project Assurance Group, compiling and presenting the BU pillar 

evidence and self-assurance for CPAG review.

•  Establish the Parivartan cost and schedule dashboards as the basis for leadership project reviews, roll out the 

Project Lifecycle (PLC) process, and take up AI-enabled initiatives across engineering, procurement, estimation 

and execution.

•  Ensure every completed project carries a signed-off closure report and govern projects to completion within the 

project plan.

•  Track Pre-Con 360 overdue tasks across the portfolio and drive their closure.

Decision Authority & Accountability

•  Sets project governance, planning, 

cost-assurance and reporting standards 

binding across business units and sites.

•  Reviews and tracks Budget NFAs and 

gate / stage approvals; validates progress 

and cost (EAC) positions before they 

reach leadership.

•  Anchors escalation —can convene 

reviews and escalate deviations and 

stalled approvals directly to the CPO and 

CEO office.

•  Accountable for the accuracy of 

leadership assurance, capex / cost 

visibility, statutory compliance posture 

and integration health across the 

portfolio.
Internal Interactions

CPO; CEO office / CPAG / Chairman's 

office; Business-unit leadership & 

enabling departments; all Function 

Heads; Site Heads & Site Planning; 

CFMC; CAD; Digital
External Interactions

Lenders / financial institutions; PMC & 

consultants; Statutory authorities (via 

project teams); Auditors / assurance 

partners; PM-tool & analytics vendors

Qualification Bachelor's in Engineering; MBA / PMP / PRINCE2 preferred. Strong expertise in project governance, capex & cost control (EAC, AOP, STRAP), business-case development, financial modeling, budgeting and lender / stakeholder management across large portfolios; advanced proficiency in planning & scheduling tools, MIS / dashboarding, risk & compliance tracking, statutory approvals (LSAT) and cross-BU integration; sound grasp of business processes and project management standards

Experience 20+ years in project management in large organizations, with a proven track record of leading mega-projects as Project Manager, Project Director (PD) or PMC; experience adopting and implementing emerging project technologies and tools. Leads a lean PMO team (typically