Zuci Systems - Project Manager

About the job : Location : Chennai Employment Type : Full-time Experience : 8 - 12 Years Work Mode : Work from office (All 5 days) Role Overview : We are looking for an experienced and highly organized Project Manager to lead end-to-end project delivery through planning, execution, monitoring, and closure. The ideal candidate will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage timelines, identify and mitigate risks, communicate with stakeholders, and ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to expected quality standards. Key Responsibilities : - Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, resource plans, risk registers, and status reports. - Coordinate internal teams, vendors, clients, and stakeholders to ensure smooth execution and timely delivery. - Track project progress, manage dependencies, resolve blockers, and proactively escalate risks and issues. - Manage effort estimates, timelines, scope changes, and delivery commitments. - Facilitate project meetings, sprint/release planning, reviews, steering updates, and stakeholder communications. - Ensure adherence to project process, quality standards and delivery best practices. - Drive continuous improvement by conducting retrospectives, lessons learned sessions, and process optimization initiatives. Required Skills and Competencies : - Strong project planning, execution, monitoring, and stakeholder management skills. - Excellent communication, negotiation, facilitation, and leadership abilities. - Advanced Excel and Word skills. - Hands-on experience with project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence, MPP. - Good understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies. - Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution skills. - Ability to prepare executive-level status reports, dashboards, and delivery presentations. Qualifications and Experience : - Bachelors degree in engineering, Business Administration, or a related field. - Minimum 8 years of experience in project management, delivery management, or program coordination. - Experience managing software development, IT implementation, digital transformation, or business process projects is preferred. - PMP, PRINCE2, Certified ScrumMaster, SAFe, or equivalent project management certification is an added advantage. - Experience working with distributed teams, client-facing delivery models, and vendor coordination is desirable. - Experience in handling at least 10 - 15 member team.