Project Manager

Project Manager – Software / IT Projects Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat Department: Project Management Experience: 3+ Years Roles & Responsibilities Plan, execute, and monitor software projects to ensure delivery within agreed timelines, scope, and quality standards. Define project scope, milestones, schedules, deliverables, dependencies, and resource allocation. Manage Jira boards, epics, user stories, tasks, sprint backlogs, workflows, and project dashboards. Conduct Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Prepare and maintain project documentation, including BRD, FRS, SOW, project plans, minutes of meetings, status reports, change requests, and risk and issue logs. Act as the primary point of contact for clients, sharing progress updates and managing expectations, approvals, scope changes, and escalations. Coordinate with Developers, QA Engineers, Business Analysts, Designers, and other cross-functional teams to ensure clear ownership and timely execution. Identify project risks, resolve blockers, monitor dependencies, and take corrective action to keep delivery on track. Coordinate requirement discussions, effort estimation, UAT, release planning, deployment, go-live, and post-go-live support. Track project KPIs, resource utilisation, sprint velocity, delivery performance, budget variance, and client satisfaction. Share regular project health updates with management and recommend process improvements. Skills & Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field; an MBA is an added advantage. Minimum 3 years of experience in Software or IT Project Management, preferably in client-facing delivery roles. Hands-on experience with Jira, including boards, workflows, filters, reports, and dashboards; Confluence knowledge is preferred. Good understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall methodologies, and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Strong client communication, stakeholder management, documentation, leadership, problem-solving, and time-management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities, coordinate teams, and take ownership of project outcomes. Good to Have PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, or PRINCE2 certification. Experience working with international clients and exposure to MS Project, Excel dashboards, Power BI, APIs, IoT, telematics, or enterprise software. Key Skills: Project Management, Jira, Agile, Scrum, SDLC, Client Coordination, Project Documentation, Risk Management, Resource Planning, Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management.