Project Manager

Sharp Brains · India

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of complex projects.
• Define project scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and delivery roadmaps.
• Manage project budget, resources, timelines, risks, issues, and dependencies .
• Coordinate multiple technical, business, and cross-functional teams.
• Monitor project progress and ensure deliverables are completed according to agreed timelines.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
• Provide regular project status updates and reports to senior stakeholders, clients, and steering committees .
• Lead project governance meetings, steering committee meetings, and status reviews.
• Manage communication and expectations across clients, stakeholders, vendors, and project teams.
• Allocate tasks and responsibilities to project team members and monitor performance.
• Coach and support project team members to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage third-party vendors, partners, and external stakeholders where required.
• Coordinate multiple workstreams and manage complex project dependencies.
• Ensure appropriate change-control processes are followed for scope, budget, and timeline changes.
• Support testing, deployment, go-live, and project transition activities.
• Ensure project documentation, reporting, and governance records are maintained.
• Conduct project reviews, lessons learned, and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure projects are delivered in accordance with organizational standards, quality requirements, and governance processes.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of overall project management experience , preferably in IT/technology environments.
• Strong experience managing high-complexity and enterprise-scale projects .
• Proven experience managing multiple teams, workstreams, stakeholders, and dependencies.
• Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource management, and risk management .
• Strong stakeholder and client management skills.
• Experience working with senior management and executive-level stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of project governance, reporting, and escalation management.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, and/or Hybrid project methodologies.
• Strong experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project, or equivalent .
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong business acumen and ability to understand business and technical requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP / PRINCE2 / PMI-ACP or relevant project management certification.
• Experience in digital transformation, IT implementation, system integration, or enterprise technology projects .
• Experience managing multi-vendor or distributed/international teams.
• Experience with large-scale technology implementations and complex integrations.
• Experience managing projects involving significant budgets and multiple workstreams.
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure, cloud, software development, or enterprise applications.