The Project Manager is responsible for leading, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing projects in alignment with organizational goals. The role requires strong cross-functional collaboration, risk management, budget control, and timely delivery of scope-defined outputs. The Project Manager ensures projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget while maintaining quality and stakeholder satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning and Execution

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria with stakeholders.
• Develop detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Manage day-to-day project activities and coordinate cross-functional teams (e.g., engineering, product, operations, procurement, IT, QA).

Scope, Schedule, and Budget Management

• Monitor progress against plan; adjust schedules and resource allocation as needed.
• Track project costs, manage budgets, forecast variances, and report on financial performance.
• Implement change control processes; assess scope changes and obtain approvals.

Risk, Issue, and Stakeholder Management

• Identify, assess, and manage project risks; maintain a risk register with mitigation plans.
• Proactively resolve issues and escalate as appropriate.
• Communicate with stakeholders through regular status updates, dashboards, and meetings.

Quality and Compliance

• Ensure deliverables meet defined quality standards and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards.

Communication and Leadership

• Lead project team meetings; foster collaboration and accountability.
• Facilitate decision-making, conflict resolution, and timely escalations.
• Prepare and present project status reports to senior leadership and sponsors.

Vendor and Stakeholder Management

• Manage external vendors and third-party partners; track performance and contracts.
• Maintain strong relationships with clients, sponsors, and internal customers.

Documentation and Knowledge Transfer

• Maintain comprehensive project documentation (charter, plan, requirements, change logs, risk logs, lessons learned).
• Ensure smooth handover of project deliverables to operations/support.