Project Manager

Job Description: Project Manager Training Rollout & PMU Operations

Location: Jaipur, Rajasthan (PMU base), with regular travel to circle locations

Experience: 8–12 years overall, with 6+ years managing multi-site delivery programs

Employment type: Full-time contractual for one year

Role Summary:

The Project Manager will plan, execute and close a large multi-location program, leading a cross-functional team to deliver on time, within budget and to the agreed quality and service levels.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the integrated project plan, milestones, budget and delivery schedule.
• Assign clear tasks, owners and deadlines, and track completion through regular follow-up.
• Lead, motivate and hold accountable a multi-disciplinary team and external vendors.
• Manage client and stakeholder relationships, reviews and escalations.
• Identify and resolve risks, issues and change requests proactively.
• Report progress through status reports and dashboards, and ensure formal closure and sign-off.

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• MBA/PGDM in operations or project management (preferred).
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent certification (preferred).
• Training or capacity-building programs, IT or platform rollouts,service-desk operations, andfamiliarity with the power distribution sector.
• Power Sector field experience(Prefered)

Skills

• Project planning, scheduling and critical-path management
• Budget, resource and vendor management
• Risk, issue and change control
• Good hands on knowledge of Project Management tools (MS-Project,Project Libre etc).
• Tracking and reporting tools (MS Project, Excel, Jira or similar)
• SLA and service-desk management.
• Stakeholder communication, including with senior government or utility officials.
• Fluency in English and Hindi, written and spoken; knowledge of Marwari(Prefered)

Competencies

• Excellent communication skills – Oral as well as written.
• People leadership: builds, motivates and manages teams across functions.
• Tech savy – Able to pick up new technologies and implement them.
• Task orientation: sets clear targets, tracks closely and drives follow-through
• Ownership and accountability for results
• Structured problem solving and calm escalation handling
• Negotiation and influencing without direct authority.