Project Manager at Top Rung Edtech Company · Delhi, Gurugram, Noida · 3 - 5 years · ₹7L - ₹8L / yr · Posted 22 Nov 2021
Are you looking for a promising career with a well known ed-tech brand, which is looking to make life easier for kids and parents to understand basic concepts of learning? Then read on.
Our client aspires for equity in education along with profound, measurable societal impact. The company provides learning solutions such as digitalized educational contents, English speaking, school infrastructure, improvement and management solutions etc. for a spectrum of audiences ranging from children in schools and informal setting, to teachers, adults, and corporate. They've created significant reach and impact at scale; through their presence across 32 States and Union Territories and 478 districts of India, in 36,000 schools and with a network of around 300 Institutes of Skills, and 100 industrial clusters, they directly impact 15 million people on a daily basis.
Globally, they deliver programmes in 17 countries of Africa, Middle East and South East Asia. As catalysts, they facilitate education to transform and create a sustainable impact. They improve the quality, reach and delivery of education to the masses using pedagogy and technology. Their partnerships with the government, educational institutions, and international agencies ensure maximum reach and hence, impact.
As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for entirely managing and delivering the project.
What you will do:
- Managing the process of ensuring the timely completion of project deliverables
- Understanding stakeholder needs of the project and business
- Coordinating between different teams for program management within the company and customer
- Meetings and presentation with the customer on continuous project review
- Supporting and managing the existing Ed-Tech portfolio to grow and be more impactful through continuous strategic support
Desired Candidate Profile
What you need to have:- Strong experience and expertise with modern, cloud-based project-management software or platform or LMS based software
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, organizational and team-building skills
- Strong presentation and written/ oral communication skills
- Startup mentality
- Knowledge of business functions and understanding of business operations, strategies and objectives
- Experience in an Ed-Tech company or Education industry
- Certification in project management would be an added advantage
- Experience in driving/ supporting sales and marketing for products with revenue goals
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Job Summary
Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, monitoring, and successfully delivering technology projects within agreed scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards. The role requires close coordination with business stakeholders, technical teams and senior management to ensure projects achieve their intended business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource requirements.
- Lead cross-functional teams including developers, infrastructure, QA, and business analysts.
- Coordinate release planning, sprint goals, release timelines, dependencies, and deployment activities.
- Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
- Track project progress and provide regular status reports to stakeholders and management.
- Identify potential risks and implement appropriate mitigation and contingency plans.
- Coordinate requirements gathering and ensure alignment between business and technical teams.
- Facilitate project meetings, reviews and steering committee meetings.
- Ensure projects follow organizational IT governance, security, compliance, and quality standards.
- Coordinate testing, deployment, implementation, and transition to operational teams.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and resolve conflicts or escalated issues.
- Manage testing, deployment, documentation, and project closure.
- Conduct project closure activities and evaluate project performance and outcomes.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 8 years of experience in IT project management or a related technology role.
- Proven experience managing end-to-end IT projects.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
- Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
- Strong knowledge of software development lifecycle (SDLC), IT infrastructure, cloud technologies, or enterprise applications, depending on the project portfolio.
- Strong communication, leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Key Skills
- Project planning and execution
- Stakeholder management
- Risk and issue management
- Budget and resource management
- Agile/Scrum methodology
- Change management
- Team leadership
- Negotiation and conflict resolution
- Reporting and documentation
- Strategic thinking and problem solving
Require Experience : Minimum 8 years
Location : Indore -Onsite
Interview mode : Virtual
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