Project Manager

John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH) is Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate in the Colombo Stock Exchange. From managing hotels and resorts in Sri Lanka and the Maldives to providing port, marine fuel and logistics services to IT solutions, manufacturing of food and beverages to running a chain of supermarkets, tea broking to stock broking, life insurance and banking to real estate, we have made our presence felt in virtually every major sphere of the economy.

Our business built over 150 years touches nearly every major sector of the economy. We generate a significant quantum of data, and we intend to use it to build the future of our businesses. Our Digital and Analytics insights can positively disrupt life for all Sri Lankans and our commitment to passion and excellence will help to deliver superior value to customers, our people, and the community.

OCTAVE is the cornerstone of our data-driven strategic and operational decisions!

Team OCTAVE solves JKH’s most intractable problems across industry verticals by building pipelines using Python and Azure data factory to work on one of the country’s richest data lakes, building and implementing complex machine learning algorithms that will impact millions of Sri Lankans.

Role description

The Project Manager role involves leading data analytics initiatives by coordinating teams, managing project timelines, and ensuring the successful delivery of advanced statistical analyses and machine learning models. The position requires collaboration with senior data scientists to develop analytics models and communicate technical results to stakeholders. Additionally, the Project Manager will contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement within the team. The role demands strong organizational skills, an ability to work effectively in agile environments, and a passion for driving innovation and experimenting with new solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Conducts advanced statistical analysis to provide actionable insights, identify trends, and measure performance.
• Build models using supervised/unsupervised learning techniques of varying complexity.
• Understanding of data engineering techniques and concepts like pilot testing and execution is a good to have.
• Collaborate with senior data scientists in building and delivering analytics models.
• Communicate results to technical audience within an integrated analytics team.
• Contribute to knowledge building and sharing by researching best practices, documenting solutions and continuously iterating on new ways to solve problems.

Desired Skills / Competencies

Education + Technical  skills / experience

• B.Sc in Computer Science /Engineering /Project Management /PMI/PG Qualifications
• 3+ Years minimum experience as a Project Manager
• PMP/ CAPM / CSM Certifications are an added advantage

Managerial Skills

• Ability to work well in agile environments in diverse teams with multiple stakeholders
• Strong drive to learn and good organizational skills
• Ability to effectively communicate complex analytical and technical content

Mindset & Behaviour

• High energy and passionate individual who can work closely with other team members
• Team player
• Excited about trying new solutions outside standard methodologies
• Willing to adopt an iterative approach; experimental mindset to drive innovation

John Keells Group is an equal-opportunity employer, and we invite applications from all suitably qualified individuals to join our team. By applying, you consent to the processing of your personal information for recruitment purposes and acknowledge that reference checks may be conducted.

Want to learn more about Octave? Check out https://www.keells.com/octave/