Associate Project Manager

Pune,Maharashtra, India

About the role

Description

Role: Associate Project Manager

Experience: 3 to 8 years

Education: MBA Graduate with relevant project/program management experience OR Graduate - B.Tech/B.E. - Computers, Electronics/Telecommunication; PG - M.Sc. – Computers, M.Tech – Any Specialization, MCA – Computers, OR Industrial Engineering Background

Location: Pune

About the role:

You will own project delivery operations across one or more concurrent projects — managing plans, budgets, risks, and people to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.

Key Responsibilities:

Project planning & tracking

· Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones

· Track progress against baselines and produce accurate, timely status reports

· Identify schedule slippages early and work with teams to course-correct

Budget & financial management

· Monitor project budgets and resource utilisation on an ongoing basis.

· Report variations in allocations and project budgets variance analysis and flag deviations with supporting data

· Support forecasting and assist in financial reporting to leadership

Risk & issue management

· Maintain comprehensive risk and issue registers

· Support removing blockers and drive resolution

· Escalate critical risks with clear context and recommended actions

People & team coordination

· Manage day-to-day coordination across cross-functional project teams

· Track individual and team deliverables; hold teams accountable to timelines

· Support capacity planning and resource allocation across workstreams

Client & stakeholder communication

· Respond to client queries and emails in a timely and professional manner

· Schedule and coordinate client-facing meetings, reviews, and check-ins

· Prepare and circulate routine project reports and updates to relevant stakeholders

· Maintain clear and organised communication trails across all project touchpoints

Governance & process

· Ensure adherence to SPAR frameworks, templates, and reporting standards

· Maintain accurate project documentation throughout the project lifecycle

· Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery processes

Required:

· MBA graduates with a minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience OR 3–8 years of experience in project management OR Industrial Engineering experience

· Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams

· Strong analytical skills — comfortable working with data, numbers, and financial reports

· Proficient in project management tools (MS Project, Jira, or similar) and Excel

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills

· Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities

· Proactive problem-solver with a strong learning mindset

· Willingness to overlap with US EST hours

· Be able to join immediately

Company Profile:

SPAR Solutions (based out of Atlanta, USA and Pune, India) is an employee-friendly place full of confident, result-oriented people with high energy levels and uncompromising work ethics. Compensation (match or exceed industry benchmarks) is driven by merit and performance; there is no limit to professional growth.

If you believe that values like a consultative, detail-oriented, quick learner, team player, high performance, creativity and fun are your calling, you would be a great fit on our team.

Contact Details:

Talent Acquisition Team

HR Department / SPAR Solutions

Address: SPAR Solutions India Pvt. Ltd.

Pune IT Park, B-503, Bhau Patil Marg, 34 Aundh Road,

Bopodi, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Pin Code: 411020.

Website: sparsolutions.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spar-solutions-llc

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparsolutions

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SPARsolutions

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