Associate Project Manager

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 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:

·      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

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

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