Role: Associate Project Manager

Experience: 5 to 8 years

Education: Graduate - B.Tech/B.E. - Computers, Electronics/Telecommunication;

PG - M.Sc. – Computers, M.Tech - Any Specialization, MCA – Computers, OR

MBA Graduate with relevant project/program management experience

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 dedeviations

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:

5–8 years of experience in project management OR MBA graduates with a minimum of 3+years of relevant 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

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