Lead Consultant

Overview

Lead Consultant, Technical Project Manager – ITO . Ready to build the future with AI? Genpact develops AI and digital solutions to help global enterprises work smarter, grow faster, and transform at scale. This role leads technology deliverables for a global tax compliance project and collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure compliant technical solutions across multiple jurisdictions. A strong technical background, project management expertise, and the ability to navigate complex, global projects are required.

• Project Leadership and Planning: Define and manage the project scope, objectives, and deliverables in alignment with business and compliance goals. Develop and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, and milestones for all IT/technical components. Identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and roadblocks. Act as the primary point of contact for all technical aspects of the project. Plan and manage resources across global teams.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with tax, finance, and legal teams to understand compliance requirements and translate them into technical specifications. Partner with technology teams to ensure development, testing, and deployment of required systems and tools. Coordinate with third-party vendors, consultants, and external partners. Communicate project updates, risks, and progress to stakeholders, including senior leadership. Drive team coordination across time zones (Sydney, India, London).
• Technical Oversight: Oversee design, development, and implementation of IT systems and tools to support global tax compliance. Ensure solutions align with IT architecture, security standards, and compliance requirements. Manage data integration and reporting, ensuring accuracy and consistency across systems. Monitor system performance and resolve technical issues with IT teams. Understand data processing across platforms like Oracle, Coupa, and PDP.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Oversee the testing strategy to ensure quality and functionality of all technical deliverables. Coordinate with QA to plan and execute unit, integration, system, and user acceptance testing (UAT). Facilitate test case/script creation to validate regulatory and business requirements. Track and resolve defects with development teams. Ensure testing is completed on time and meets quality standards before deployment. Support testing oversight with a dedicated Testing Lead.
• Team Management: Lead and motivate cross-functional project teams, assign tasks, and ensure timely, high-quality deliverables. Provide guidance and support to technical teams to address challenges and achieve project goals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Technical Skills: Strong understanding of IT systems, data integration, and software development lifecycles. Familiarity with ERP systems, tax compliance software, or financial systems is desirable. Knowledge of global tax compliance requirements and related technologies is a plus. Proficiency with project management tools like JIRA and collaboration tools like MS Teams.
• Project Management Expertise: Proven track record of managing complex, global IT projects from initiation to delivery. Experience with Agile, Waterfall, Scrum. Strong risk management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Ability to manage budgets, resources, and timelines effectively.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work with diverse teams and stakeholders. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Ability to adapt to changing priorities and work in a fast-paced environment. Leadership qualities to inspire and guide teams.

Preferred Qualifications/Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, business, or related field.
• Experience in IT project management with a focus on global or compliance-related projects.
• Experience in tax compliance, financial systems, or related domains is a strong advantage.

• Lead AI-first transformation – Build and scale AI solutions that redefine industries.
• Make an impact – Drive change for global enterprises and solve business challenges that matter.
• Accelerate your career—Gain hands-on experience, world-class training, mentorship, and AI certifications to advance your skills.
• Grow with the best – Learn from top engineers, data scientists, and AI experts in a dynamic, fast-moving workplace.
• Committed to ethical AI – Work in an environment where governance, transparency, and security are at the core of everything we build.
• Thrive in a values-driven culture – Courage, curiosity, incisiveness, integrity, and inclusion fuel progress.
• Join Genpact’s community of 140,000+ coders, tech shapers, and growth makers and build tomorrow together.

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