Project Manager

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Execution

• Lead projects from initiation and planning through execution and successful completion.
• Define project objectives, scope, deliverables, timelines, milestones, and dependencies.
• Develop detailed project plans and establish clear responsibilities across teams.
• Break down project requirements into actionable tasks and deliverables.
• Establish project timelines and continuously monitor progress against milestones.
• Coordinate multiple projects simultaneously while managing competing priorities.
• Ensure all project activities are aligned with business and client objectives.
• Track deliverables and ensure timely completion of assigned activities.

Team & Resource Management

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project execution.
• Work with department leads to identify and allocate appropriate resources.
• Monitor resource availability, workload, utilization, and project requirements.
• Identify resource gaps and proactively escalate or resolve them.
• Coordinate internal teams and external vendors/partners where required.
• Ensure team members clearly understand their responsibilities, priorities, and deadlines.
• Facilitate collaboration between different departments and resolve dependencies.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle.
• Understand client requirements, expectations, priorities, and business objectives.
• Maintain regular communication with clients regarding project progress, risks, timelines, and deliverables.
• Conduct project kick-off meetings, status meetings, reviews, and closure meetings.
• Manage client feedback and ensure requirements are clearly communicated to internal teams.
• Build strong and professional relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Handle escalations and resolve issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Manage expectations and ensure transparency throughout the project lifecycle.

Risk & Issue Management

• Identify potential project risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks at an early stage.
• Develop mitigation and contingency plans for identified risks.
• Track and resolve project issues proactively.
• Escalate critical risks and blockers to the appropriate stakeholders.
• Monitor dependencies between teams, vendors, clients, and other stakeholders.
• Take corrective actions when projects deviate from the agreed plan.

Scope, Timeline & Budget Management

• Ensure projects remain aligned with the approved scope and requirements.
• Monitor project timelines and proactively address potential delays.
• Evaluate the impact of scope changes on cost, resources, timelines, and deliverables.
• Coordinate change requests and obtain appropriate approvals.
• Track project budgets and expenses where applicable.
• Ensure projects are delivered within agreed commercial and operational constraints.

Communication & Reporting

• Provide regular project status updates to clients, management, and stakeholders.
• Prepare project dashboards, progress reports, milestone reports, and presentations.
• Communicate project risks, issues, dependencies, and changes clearly.
• Maintain accurate project documentation and records.
• Ensure all stakeholders have visibility into project progress and upcoming activities.

Quality & Delivery

• Ensure deliverables meet agreed quality standards, specifications, and client expectations.
• Coordinate with QA and relevant functional teams to ensure quality throughout the project.
• Monitor project deliverables and conduct milestone reviews.
• Ensure timely client reviews, feedback, approvals, and final delivery.
• Conduct project closure activities and capture lessons learned for future projects.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8+ years of experience in Project Management.
• Proven experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong experience in end-to-end project execution and delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder and client management skills.
• Strong experience in resource planning and coordination.
• Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management skills.
• Experience working with cross-functional and distributed teams.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, ClickUp, Monday.com, Asana, MS Project, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in gaming or game development.
• Experience working with outsourcing/service-based organizations.
• Experience managing international clients.
• Experience working with distributed/global teams.
• Experience managing external vendors or partners.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master, or other project management certification is a plus.