Associate Project Manager

Experience : 5 to 8 years

Education: Graduate - B.Tech/B.E. - Computers, Electronics/Telecommunication; PG - M.Sc. Computers, M.Tech - Any Specialization, MCA Computers, OR MBA Graduate with relevant project/program management experience

Location : Pune

About the role :

You will own project delivery operations across one or more concurrent projects managing plans, budgets, risks, and people to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.

Key Responsibilities :

1. Project planning & tracking :

- Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones

- Track progress against baselines and produce accurate, timely status reports

- Identify schedule slippages early and work with teams to course-correct

2. Budget & financial management :

- Monitor project budgets and resource utilisation on an ongoing basis.

- Report variations in allocations and project budgets variance analysis and flag deviations with supporting data

- Support forecasting and assist in financial reporting to leadership

3. Risk & issue management:

- Maintain comprehensive risk and issue registers

- Support removing blockers and drive resolution

- Escalate critical risks with clear context and recommended actions

4. People & team coordination:

- Manage day-to-day coordination across cross-functional project teams

- Track individual and team deliverables; hold teams accountable to timelines

- Support capacity planning and resource allocation across workstreams

5. Client & stakeholder communication:

- Respond to client queries and emails in a timely and professional manner

- Schedule and coordinate client-facing meetings, reviews, and check-ins

- Prepare and circulate routine project reports and updates to relevant stakeholders

- Maintain clear and organised communication trails across all project touchpoints

6. Governance & process:

- Ensure adherence to SPAR frameworks, templates, and reporting standards

- Maintain accurate project documentation throughout the project lifecycle

- Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery processes

Required :

- 5 to 8 years of experience in project management OR MBA graduates with a minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience.

- Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams

- Strong analytical skills comfortable working with data, numbers, and financial reports

- Proficient in project management tools (MS Project, Jira, or similar) and Excel

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills

- Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities

- Proactive problem-solver with a strong learning mindset

- Willingness to overlap with US EST hours

- Be able to join immediately