Weekday (YC W21)
Website:
weekday.works
Job details:
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 1600000 - Rs 1800000 (ie INR 16-18 LPA)
Min Experience: 8 years
Location: Mumbai
JobType: full-time
As a Manager - Projects, you will be responsible for driving end-to-end execution of strategic and operational initiatives across the organization. This role plays a critical part in ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business goals. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and senior leadership to bring structure, visibility, and efficiency to project execution. The role requires a strong balance of planning, coordination, and problem-solving to successfully manage multiple initiatives in a dynamic environment.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of projects from initiation to closure, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives
- Develop detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, resource allocation, and budgets
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams such as Operations, HR, Finance, IT, Marketing, and Retail to ensure seamless execution
- Track project progress against defined KPIs and milestones, providing regular updates to stakeholders
- Identify potential risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks, and proactively implement mitigation strategies
- Ensure adherence to project scope, timelines, quality standards, and budget constraints
- Drive process improvements and operational efficiencies through structured project management practices
- Facilitate governance meetings, status reviews, and decision-making discussions with senior leadership
- Prepare MIS reports, dashboards, and presentations to communicate project status, outcomes, and impact
- Maintain proper documentation of project plans, changes, approvals, and post-implementation learnings
- Support execution of key business initiatives such as system implementations, process changes, and new launches
- Conduct post-project reviews to capture insights and improve future project execution
What Makes You a Great Fit
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations, Project Management, or a related field (MBA preferred)
- Proven experience in project management, ideally within retail, consumer, or similar fast-paced industries
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies, frameworks, and tools
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured approach to execution
- Proficiency in tools such as MS Excel, PowerPoint, and project tracking systems
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage senior leadership effectively
- High ownership mindset with the ability to drive projects independently and deliver results
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