Role: Associate Project Manager

Role: Associate Project Manager
Experience: 3 to 8 years
Education: MBA Graduate with relevant project/program management
experience OR Graduate - B.Tech/B.E. - Computers,
Electronics/Telecommunication; PG - M.Sc. – Computers, M.Tech – Any
Specialization, MCA – Computers, OR Industrial Engineering Background

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:
 MBA graduates with a minimum of 3+ years of relevant experience OR 3–8 years of experience in project management OR Industrial Engineering 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