Position Description:
Junior Project Manager is responsible for leveraging expertise in Agile and Waterfall methodologies to drive engineering project success while aligning with organizational and team goals by inheriting a culture of continuous improvement supported by data-driven conclusions. Day-to-day activities involve organizing raw data in structured data format, analyzing by capturing actionable insights from various metrices, collaborating with engineering Leaders to implement changes. Publish various reports based on business needs and standard data-driven practices.
Mandatory Skills:
- Having 2 to 4 years of strong hands-on experience in Project Management in the IT software industry and may have overall experience of not more than 5 years.
- Knowledge of Software Development methodologies and industry best practices of Agile (Scrum & Kanban) and Waterfall.
- Exposure to standardize, establish and generate engineering metrices and KPI’s across product teams.
- Strong analytical skills to analyze data from engineering metrices and charts (burn down, sprint report etc.) into actionable insights for process, productivity and efficiency enhancements.
- Proven organizational skills of owning and proactively managing impediments, issues, risk, challenges, escalations, dependencies, change management and root-cause problem resolution by aligning corrective & preventive action.
- Proficient in Agile tools like JIRA, Confluence and other industry-standard tools like SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Publish various project management and status reports to businesses per established frequency.
- Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with team, cross-teams, internal & external stakeholders.
- Proficient in English with strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Recognized certification in Project Management.
Good to Have
- Prior background of Dev/QA/BA role would be preferred.
- Exposure to track multiple teams and organizational initiatives.
- Experience in automating existing reports using Power BI reporting will be an added advantage.
- Experience of onshore/offshore based team collaboration, execution & tracking of engineering deliverables.
- Experience of interfacing and handling of international clients situated in the US and Europe region.
- Experience of awareness and usage of standard AI Tolls like Co-Pilot would be an added advantage.
Responsibilities:
- End-to-End project workflow visibility: Understand project lifecycle, business attribute workflow and its phases for sourcing and recording data points in standard structured format to visualize trends.
- Artifact Standardization & Metrics Tracking: Develop and maintain project documentation (charters, roadmaps, sprint backlogs) while tracking KPIs (e.g., velocity, cycle time, defect rates) to measure team performance and project health.
- Quality & Process Improvement: Champion a quality-centric approach by analyzing engineering metrics, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing corrective/preventive actions to optimize processes.
- Risk & Issue Management: Proactively manage risks, escalations, and impediments through structured risk registers, root-cause analysis, and mitigation strategies.
- Tool Proficiency: Utilize Agile tools (JIRA, Confluence) and collaboration platforms (SharePoint) streamline workflows, automate reporting, and eliminate data redundancy.
- Stakeholder Communication: Publish clear, concise project status reports, dashboards, and presentations for stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Actively collaborate with engineering teams to discuss key areas of improvements, risk and improvements by supporting trends and impacts.
Education:
B.E./ B. Tech, M. Tech /MCA–fulltime from a recognized University.
To apply for this job email your details to careers@bhavnacorp.com