Project Manager

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The position:

Looking for someone who runs a tight meeting, writes a status report people actually read and escalates early. Velvetlane Consulting Group has a small PMO. You will own schedules, budgets, risks and status reporting for your projects. Our team is spread across 9 countries. Headquarters is in Edmonton. You will be employed through our employer-of-record partner in India, with a local contract and salary paid in Indian rupees. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT.

Day to day:

• Keep project documentation organised in SharePoint or Confluence.
• Report status to sponsors and steering committees.
• Close projects with lessons learned and a clean handoff to operations.
• Plan and support go-lives, including cutover and rollback steps.
• Build and maintain project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project.
• Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log.
• Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost.

Minimum qualifications:

• 2-4 years of project management experience.
• Comfortable running meetings with senior stakeholders.
• Organised, with a habit of following up.
• Proficient in Smartsheet, MS Project or a similar tool.

Salary: ₹21,50,000 - ₹28,50,000 per annum

Pay and benefits:

• 20 days paid time off.
• Performance bonus.
• Flexible hours.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Velvetlane Consulting Group.