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Global Project Planning Manager
India Full-time Remote
About the role
Global Project Planning Manager based in India, working remotely to shape and maintain consistent project scheduling standards across a global organization. The role combines strategic planning, technical expertise, coaching, and quality assurance, working closely with regional project teams during tendering, initiation, execution, and review phases. You will establish realistic baselines, identify scheduling risks, improve forecast reliability, and drive continuous improvement across a diverse network of planning professionals.
What you’ll do
- Develop, standardize, implement, and continuously improve global project planning methods, processes, tools, and scheduling standards across regions
- Support regional project teams during tender and early project phases by helping develop realistic, feasible, and high-quality baseline schedules
- Review project schedules to assess feasibility, consistency, completeness, quality, and potential execution risks
- Conduct project planning quality assessments, due diligence reviews, and regional project reviews to strengthen scheduling reliability
- Train, coach, and support regional project schedulers on planning systems, tools, methodologies, and best practices
- Help ensure appropriate qualification, capability, and availability of project scheduling resources across global regions
- Provide expert guidance on project scheduling requirements and support teams in addressing complex planning challenges
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and implement initiatives that enhance schedule accuracy, consistency, and reliability
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical discipline, engineering, project management, or a related field
- 10+ years of professional experience in project scheduling
- Strong expertise in tools such as Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project
- Extensive knowledge of international project execution and scheduling practices, ideally within power generation, hydro, infrastructure, or large-scale plant construction environments
- Demonstrated experience training, coaching, mentoring, or providing functional leadership to project planning or scheduling teams
- Strong understanding of project planning methodologies, scheduling standards, baseline development, risk identification, and schedule quality assessment
- Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills with ability to solve complex planning and execution challenges
- Strong communication and presentation skills, including ability to explain complex scheduling concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders
Skills
Primavera P6Microsoft ProjectProject schedulingBaseline developmentRisk identificationSchedule quality assessmentAnalytical and strategic thinkingCommunication and presentation
Benefits
- Competitive compensation aligned with the local market and the candidate's qualifications and experience
- Significant scope to influence and improve project planning standards across multiple regions
- Exposure to large-scale energy, infrastructure, and industrial projects
Education
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline, engineering, project management, or a related field.