KASH Tech
Website:
kashtechllc.com
Job details:
Project Manager – Digital Manufacturing
Location: Chennai
Employment Mode: Full Time – Work From Office
Experience: 8+ Years
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to manage end-to-end software development and delivery for clients in the Digital Manufacturing / Manufacturing Technology domain.
IMPORTANT – MANDATORY REQUIREMENT
Manufacturing domain/client experience is mandatory.
Candidates should have proven hands-on experience managing technology projects for manufacturing organizations. Candidates with strong generic IT project management experience but without manufacturing client/domain experience will not be considered.
EXPERIENCE
• 8+ years of experience in IT project management / software delivery.
• Proven hands-on experience managing software development projects for manufacturing clients.
• Strong experience managing end-to-end project delivery.
• Experience managing cross-functional technical teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Manage end-to-end delivery of software projects for manufacturing clients.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, milestones, and resource requirements.
• Prepare and maintain project plans and delivery schedules.
• Track project progress against scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.
• Coordinate development, QA, UI/UX, DevOps, data, implementation, and other project teams.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within agreed scope and budget.
• Drive project execution from requirement gathering through development, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Act as the primary project-level point of contact for clients.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customer stakeholders.
• Conduct regular project status meetings, reviews, demonstrations, and governance meetings.
• Manage customer expectations and communicate project status, risks, issues, and dependencies clearly.
• Handle escalations and drive timely resolution of customer and project issues.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional project teams.
• Work closely with Technical Leads, Architects, Business Analysts, Developers, QA, DevOps, and implementation teams.
• Identify project risks, dependencies, assumptions, and constraints and drive mitigation plans.
• Manage scope changes and change requests through appropriate governance.
• Manage projects using Agile/Scrum and other appropriate delivery methodologies.
• Facilitate sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and project tracking.
• Track development, testing, UAT, deployment, and release activities.
• Prepare weekly and monthly project status reports and track project KPIs.
• Support presales activities, client discovery, project estimation, resource planning, proposals, and delivery approaches when required.
TECHNICAL & PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS
• Strong understanding of SDLC and software development processes.
• Hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum project delivery.
• Experience managing project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and resources.
• Strong knowledge of Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, or similar project management tools.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with project financials, resource utilization, billing, and delivery margins is an advantage.
• PMP / PRINCE2 / Scrum Master / Agile certification preferred.
MANUFACTURING DOMAIN
Experience in one or more of the following areas is preferred:
MES | ERP | Production Management | Quality Management | Maintenance Management | Warehouse Management | Supply Chain | IoT / IIoT | SCADA | Machine Integration | Industry 4.0 | Smart Factory | Manufacturing Analytics | AI/ML for Manufacturing | Digital Manufacturing Platforms
They should be comfortable working with:
Manufacturing Client → Business Requirements → Development Team → Technical Lead → QA → Deployment → Customer UAT → Production
The person should be able to independently manage the client relationship, project governance, delivery team, schedule, risks, scope, and overall project outcome.
Manufacturing experience is a mandatory screening criterion.
Interested candidates can share their profiles at [hiring@kashtechllc.com](mailto:hiring@kashtechllc.com)
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