Job Description

Senior Project Manager

About Swavish Software

Swavish Software is a premier provider of cutting-edge technology solutions for fintech, edtech, real estate, hospitality and many other industry partners, employing dedicated professionals and serving clients globally. Established in March 2018, Swavish Software delivers comprehensive customised software, web and application development for Individuals, Start-ups, SMEs, MSMEs and Large Companies.

Our Culture and Values

At Swavish Software, our people are the core of our success, and we cultivate a culture that emphasises intrapreneurship. This approach encourages our employees to think and act like individual entrepreneurs, empowering them to take initiative, embrace risk, and make decisions as if they were the company's founders. We thrive in an environment that promotes agility, understanding that waiting for perfection is not an option. We value the diverse perspectives each team member brings, ensuring that we celebrate differences and build on shared connections, whether collaborating with colleagues or clients.

Position Overview: Senior Project Manager

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience leading diverse software development process teams. Reporting to the Chief Technology Officer of product development and the Chief Executive Office - India, UAE & UK. This role will head the project/product development function, providing strategic direction and leadership to an organisation comprising approximately 25 full-time and contingent professionals in India. The candidate should be a dynamic and creative thinker, adept at successfully partnering across various functions. Being metrics-driven, the incumbent will foster a culture of accountability and emphasise performance-based outcomes.

This is a position for an experienced Senior Project Manager in the software and web development space. You need to be a genuine self-starter and someone comfortable working at pace. You will realistically be from a full, end-to-end lifecycle background, working across Discovery, and UAT as well as putting a project live. The projects you will be delivering are a combination of Agile and Waterfall and this could include retro's, sprint refinement and running stand-ups.

What we are looking for

• Strong experience of working intensively and at a senior level with businesses.
• Strong experience in business support programme/project delivery and expert knowledge of diagnosing growth needs.
• Expert ability to conduct in-depth and effective diagnostics with clients and to develop and agree on relevant and soundly based action plans to take the clients forward in their growth trajectory.
• Analytical skills and abilities to work with and interpret complex data. Good experience in financial and/or risk management, and a good communicator of complex issues.
• Successful track record of enhancing the reputation of an organisation that has generated tangible benefits for customers and/or service users.
• Experience in successfully working with partners and external bodies to achieve organisational aims and objectives.
• A successful track record of working in and contributing to a performance management culture, supported by effective and efficient management information systems.
• Strong experience in using Customer Relation Manager (CRM) systems.
• Schedule and plan resources and ensure project budgets and project quality stay on track and are fully forecasted
• Identifying, implementing, improving, and documenting work processes and procedures decided together with management and client services
• Perform resource planning and forecasting along with monthly monitoring of utilisation rate and project profitability across your projects and clients
• Ownership of planning tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Asana - ensuring a unified usage/approach across our teams
• Be the bridge between all the teams working on a project and identify the best methodology to apply in each case.
• Liaise between business development, finance, and client service teams to ensure correct documentation, effort, and achievement of projects, correct invoicing, etc
• Work alongside the finance team to identify and track key project-related metrics. Manage project management dashboard / Virtual PMO

WHAT YOU BRING TO US

• 3+ years of professional experience in project management roles
• An independent, analytical, data-driven, well-structured, and solution-oriented work ethic
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills in English, comfortable communicating with high-level internal and external stakeholders
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple priorities and an agile environment. Ability to take initiative, understand deadlines, and carry multiple projects at the same time independently.
• Ability to share information emphatically and concisely across all levels
• A proactive approach and willingness to jump in and get involved where needed
• Proven experience executing change management projects and initiatives
• Excellent Microsoft (Excel, PowerPoint) / Office 365 and GSuite skills
• A number of years of experience working as a Software PM, in a software environment
• Full lifecycle software development lifecycle experience: Discovery, UAT and project live
• Strong Agile and Waterfall knowledge
• Ability to run daily stand-ups do retro's and sprint refinement
• Experience with tooling such as Jira, Confluence, Figma, Trello, and etc
• Experience across: User Stories and Acceptance Criteria, Project Plans, Wireframes, Technical Specs, Test Plans, Project Reports and Client Action Logs
• Engage with both clients and Account Manager to brief, plan, and deliver work
• Strong stakeholder management skills in a fast-paced environment
• Must know how to use and manage Slack and slack channels

WHAT WE OFFER YOU:

• Work from world-class office environment
• The opportunity to boost your salary with our half-yearly and annual pay rise scheme
• Regular team events and a yearly, all-expenses-paid company offsite
• A yearly Rs10,000 budget for your personal development
• One training day a month to focus on your personal and professional growth
• Accelerated career development supported by quarterly feedback and progression sessions
• Up to 30 days of paid leave every year -- plus more for special occasions
• An individual career roadmap and personal development plan to support a progressive learning curve
• Fixed working hours and space at our spacious, headquarters in one of Noida's lively districts
• Onboarding package full of branded Swavish Software goody bag and a company MacBook
• Opportunity to actively influence change by joining our internal Culture, Climate Action, and Diversity & Inclusion teams
• Birthday, anniversary, and seasonal gifts from responsibly sourced local businesses

We encourage every qualified person to apply regardless of their age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. We celebrate diversity and are excited about building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

All The Best: Team Swavish Software

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ?50,000.00 - ?65,000.00 per month

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• total work: 3 years (Preferred)
• Management: 4 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person