Project Manager

Project Manager – Capital Markets

Chella Software are a global software provider of fintech solutions for central banks, exchanges, central counter parties, and financial market intermediaries. They meet the software needs of customers in India, the Middle East, Africa, Singapore, and the USA.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Project Planning & Documentation

2. Risk & Dependency Management

3. Stakeholder & Client Communication

4. Review & Governance Cadence

5. Reporting & Visibility

6. Coordination & Collaboration

7. Client Relationship Management

We are looking for a detail-oriented Project Planning professional to manage project timelines, documentation, and stakeholder coordination. The role involves maintaining and updating project planning templates including milestones, deliverables, risk logs, and dependency trackers. You will be responsible for driving regular review cadences (weekly/fortnightly), stakeholder meetings, and ensuring clear communication with clients including MOMs, scope changes, and escalations. The candidate will identify bottlenecks, manage internal and external dependencies, and ensure smooth cross-functional coordination. Additionally, the role requires maintaining visibility across projects, managing escalation matrices, and supporting timeline renegotiations when required. Strong organizational skills, communication, and proficiency in Excel and PPT are essential.

Interview process

1st round Virtual

2nd round Face to Face

Skills:

Required Skills & Qualifications

• M.B.A or equivalent in sales and marketing with a B.E / B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Systems, Electrical, Electronics or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in a IT Project management
• Ability to understand and explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Basic knowledge of databases, APIs, and enterprise systems integration.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• An analytical mindset with attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with capital markets concepts such as trade lifecycle, securities
• settlement, depositories, custodians, and regulations will be an advantage.

Project Manager

Job Description

Company Brief

Primathon is a high quality technology solutions company, with expertise in delivering world

class softwares for our clients and empowering our engineers to become full stack in

technology and provide them 360° experience. We are growing at 300% YoY growth rate.

Led by Software Experts from IITs & NITs, Primathon’s mission is to solve quality software

engineering problems in the industry.

About the Role

We are looking for a 3+ year experienced Software Project Manager to ensure smooth

delivery & best customer experience around mobile, web frontend & backend products to

ensure product quality.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing multiple projects in parallel, ensuring

on time execution, managing team bandwidth, aligning customers and communicating right

with the customers. If you hold an engineering background and enjoy managing people while

talking about technologies, we’d like to meet you.

Job Responsibilities

● Project planning, execution, tracking and delivery within budget and scope.

● Oversee all aspects of projects, prepare detailed sprint plan, intermediate check

points, assign responsibilities and monitor and summarise progress of project.

Prepare reports for upper management regarding status of project

● Track project dependencies and identify/foresee risks and plan contingencies

● Translate product requirements/project scope to detailed plan

● Customer interfacing and leading status calls

● Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs

● Coordinate internal resources and third parties/vendors for the flawless

execution of projects

● Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant

stakeholders

Skills and Qualifications

● 3+ year of working experience in project management of software development

of products and services

● Team Handling experience must

● Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills

● Experience with complete project life cycle from inception to deployment

● Strong experience with Agile Scrum methodology, Build Management, DevOps

practices

● Solid organisational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills

● Should have technical background in executing/contributing to

Telecom/Networking/Digital (web and mobile applications)

Education: B.tech/ M.tech only

Location: Gurgaon

Work type: Work from office

Experience: 3+ Year of working experience

Notice Period: Immediate Joiners or with notice in 30 days only

Strong Technical Project Manager Profile with hands-on delivery ownership and technical depth

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Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 8+ years of experience, including 4+ years leading cross-functional software product delivery across multiple medium-sized companies

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Mandatory (Experience 2): Must have proven experience delivering software projects from concept through production in a service-delivery environment within a mid-sized organisation.

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Mandatory (Experience 3): Must have strong experience with Agile/Scrum, estimation techniques, release planning, and end-to-end project execution — including release readiness, production rollouts, rollback planning, hypercare, and customer acceptance.

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Mandatory (Experience 4): Must have experience managing multiple workstreams, cross-team dependencies, and stakeholders in fast-paced environments, and building/managing project teams from initiation to delivery.

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Mandatory (Experience 5): Must have experience with integrations (REST APIs, IdP, payment gateways, CRM, ERP, POS) and familiarity with CI/CD, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), and the deployment lifecycle

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Mandatory (Experience 6): Must have experience working with global customers (US/EU) in a customer-facing delivery role, with international exposure.

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Mandatory (Tech skill 1): Must have a high-level understanding of backend systems, REST APIs, and microservices architecture (Node.js exposure preferred), plus system design principles (scalability, reliability, fault tolerance, performance).

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Mandatory (Tech skill 2): Must be able to participate in architecture discussions, review technical proposals, evaluate trade-offs, and constructively challenge engineering decisions.

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Mandatory (AI): Must have experience using AI tools (e.g. Claude, GitHub Copilot) to improve delivery productivity.

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Mandatory (Communication): Must have excellent written and verbal communication with engineering teams, business stakeholders, customers, and leadership.

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Mandatory (Company): Must come from a mid-level service company.

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Mandatory (Certification): Must have PMP and/or CSM certification.

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Mandatory (Education): Must have a BE/MS in Computer Science or a related field

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Preferred (Background): Development background earlier in career (QA / mobile / web developer who moved into TPM); ability to create SRS/RFP; business-analysis capability.

 Manage engineering projects from requirements gathering and planning through development, testing, release, and closure.  Create project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and delivery schedules.  Coordinate with Engineering Managers, Tech Leads, Software Engineers, QA, Product Managers, and other stakeholders.  Track project progress, identify delays and dependencies, and drive corrective actions.  Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other project ceremonies where required.  Maintain project trackers, RAID logs, action items, and status reports.  Identify and proactively manage project risks, technical dependencies, resource constraints, and delivery issues.  Communicate project status, risks, dependencies, and key decisions to leadership and stakeholders.  Coordinate releases and ensure development, QA, deployment, and business teams are aligned.  Manage scope changes and assess their impact on timelines, resources, and deliverables.  Ensure engineering deliverables meet agreed requirements, timelines, and quality standards.  Work with technical teams to understand project dependencies and translate them into actionable project plans.  Help resolve cross-team blockers and facilitate effective communication between technical and business teams.  Monitor resource allocation and work with engineering leadership to address capacity constraints.  Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes and engineering collaboration. 

ROLE SUMMARY:

In this role, you will be responsible for supporting people, technical processes, and engineering execution to ensure projects are delivered as per scope, budget, and timelines.

This role includes developing detailed project plans and comprehensive technical documentation, managing project Engineers and their availability, measuring engineering performance, tracking progress, and communicating project status to clients and internal stakeholders. You will work directly with Solutions Architects, Tech Leads, and Engineering teams to evaluate technical trade-offs, drive system design feasibility, and unblock engineering bottlenecks.

You will be a reliable and crucial team member who can anticipate client needs and translate complex technical requirements into actionable project milestones.

As a Technical Project Manager, you will be the point of contact for all stakeholders from initiation to closure and will be responsible for leading the technical delivery team to achieve project objectives. You will work towards balancing technical constraints, technical debt, and Engineer availability on the project. You will report project status to client and internal stakeholders, escalate technical and operational issues as needed, and perform risk management to identify and mitigate architectural and delivery risks while maintaining strong advocacy within your spheres of influence.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Technical Project Manager with 7+ years experience: Including minimum 3 years of IT (Mobile/Web) project management experience and a prior background as a Software Engineer, Tech Lead, or Developer.

Strong expertise in Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).

Must have handled end-to-end SDLC projects as a Technical Project Manager or Scrum Master.

WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE?

Handle a portfolio of technical projects and clients in parallel and across geographies.

Develop an execution plan for projects, release schedules, CI/CD milestones, and team allocation.

Partner with technical leads to review high-level system designs, break down complex requirements into epics and user stories, and challenge technical estimates effectively.

Maintain strong relationships with product delivery, engineering leads, sales teams, clients, and account managers.

Expertise in project estimation, planning, tracking, scope control, technical risk and issues management, as well as engineering status reporting.

GOOD TO HAVE:

Hands-on or architecture exposure to.NET/Java/AWS/Azure or microservices architectures.

PMP / PMI-ACP / CSM (Certified ScrumMaster) certification.

Jira/Confluence project management tools expertise, Git workflows, and strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

COMPETENCIES:

Strong commitment to professional client service and engineering excellence.

Excellent communication (written, verbal, and presentation), persuasive, and negotiating skills—with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Encourage, motivate, and mentor team members on agile practices and technical ownership.

Proactive can-do and technical problem-solving approach to the job.

Regards