Senior Manager- Program Management Office

About Company

Founded in 2011, ReNew, is one of the largest renewable energy companies globally, with a leadership position in India. Listed on Nasdaq under the ticker RNW, ReNew develops, builds, owns, and operates utility-scale wind energy projects, utility-scale solar energy projects, utility-scale firm power projects, and distributed solar energy projects. In addition to being a major independent power producer in India, ReNew is evolving to become an end-to-end decarbonization partner providing solutions in a just and inclusive manner in the areas of clean energy, green hydrogen, value-added energy offerings through digitalisation, storage, and carbon markets that increasingly are integral to addressing climate change. With a total capacity of more than 13.4 GW (including projects in pipeline), ReNew’s solar and wind energy projects are spread across 150+ sites, with a presence spanning 18 states in India, contributing to 1.9 % of India’s power capacity. Consequently, this has helped to avoid 0.5% of India’s total carbon emissions and 1.1% India’s total power sector emissions. In the over 10 years of its operation, ReNew has generated almost 1.3 lakh jobs, directly and indirectly. ReNew has achieved market leadership in the Indian renewable energy industry against the backdrop of the Government of India’s policies to promote growth of this sector. ReNew’s current group of stockholders contains several marquee investors including CPP Investments, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Goldman Sachs, GEF SACEF and JERA. Its mission is to play a pivotal role in meeting India’s growing energy needs in an efficient, sustainable, and socially responsible manner. ReNew stands committed to providing clean, safe, affordable, and sustainable energy for all and has been at the forefront of leading climate action in India.

Job Description

The role is part of ReNew’s Portfolio Management Office, with the primary responsibility of ensuring project success by supporting the PMO Leader across all stages of capital projects. The PMO Manager/Senior Manager will collaborate with various business functions in the India Renewable Energy asset creation vertical and within the PMO to:

Key Responsibilities:

1. Work Breakdown Schedules (WBS):

   • Understand and evaluate detailed WBS across different projects.
   • Support project teams in defining WBS as required.

2. Project Monitoring, Controlling, and Reporting:

   • Enable Project Monitoring Lead and teams to ensure project delivery on time, within budget, with quality, and in compliance with EHS standards.
   • Understand and apply risk management principles in construction projects.

3. Governance Reviews:

   • Assess portfolio performance and adherence to metrics.
   • Discuss critical risks and mitigation plans.
   • Resolve inter-BU and inter-function issues.
   • Deploy special teams to address challenges, if required.

4. Integrated Project Planning:

   • Prepare integrated project plans by defining interdependencies, activities, milestones, resources, and critical paths.
   • Review L2/L3 look-ahead plans and provide guidance on catch-up plans.
   • Regularly monitor progress, proactively resolve issues, and plan corrective actions.

5. Stakeholder Communication:

   • Determine reporting needs and provide key metrics and insights.
   • Use digital PMO tools for project planning and analytics.
   • Develop and update management dashboards using BI tools.
   • Build knowledge assets for PMO service offerings.

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Project Monitoring:

• Collaborate with stakeholders and business units to prepare a comprehensive project monitoring plan.
• Identify and report the critical path and key insights periodically.
• Support regular project update meetings and reviews at various levels.
• Monitor action points and ensure adherence to agreed timelines.

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Analytics and Reporting:

• Prepare periodic project reports and conduct additional analyses as needed.
• Analyze plans and critical paths to suggest improvements.
• Conduct root cause analyses on historical data to identify gaps and causes of delays or cost overruns.
• Support initiatives like supply chain and land acquisition optimization.
• Leverage internal and external benchmarks to identify opportunities to optimize cost and HSE performance.

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Risk Management:

• Conduct risk analyses and identify corrective actions for critical path deviations.
• Use data and benchmarks to identify cost and efficiency improvement areas.
• Develop analytics-based recommendations for process optimizations.

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Project Tracking, Control, and Digital PMO:

• Track and monitor project activities to identify issues early and implement corrective actions.
• Identify critical delay areas and work with respective business units on mitigation strategies.
• Support and oversee the implementation of digital systems for project management.
• Coordinate with business units to address requirements and system improvements.