Junior Project Manager

Junior Project Manager Roles & Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, coordinating, and executing software development projects from initiation through successful delivery.
• Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements in coordination with clients, Business Development, and internal stakeholders.
• Prepare project plans, timelines, task schedules, and resource allocations under the guidance of the Project Manager or Management.
• Coordinate with Development, QA, UI/UX, DevOps, and Business teams to ensure smooth project execution and timely completion of deliverables.
• Monitor project progress, track milestones, identify risks, dependencies, and blockers, and escalate issues to Management with appropriate mitigation plans.
• Ensure project deliverables are completed within the defined scope, schedule, quality standards, and business objectives.
• Facilitate project meetings, daily stand-ups, sprint planning, review meetings, and prepare meeting minutes with actionable follow-ups.
• Maintain effective communication with clients by providing regular project updates, collecting feedback, and ensuring timely resolution of queries.
• Track project budgets, resource utilization, effort estimates, and project schedules, and assist in maintaining project cost efficiency.
• Coordinate change requests, requirement modifications, and scope updates while ensuring proper documentation and stakeholder approval.
• Maintain project documentation, including project plans, requirement documents, status reports, risk registers, meeting minutes, release notes, and project closure reports.
• Ensure accurate updates in the Project Management System and monitor task completion across all project teams.
• Work closely with Technical Leads to understand project progress, technical dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), deployment planning, production releases, and post-implementation activities.
• Ensure adherence to Agile/Scrum methodologies, SDLC processes, organizational policies, quality standards, and information security guidelines.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve project execution, communication, team collaboration, and operational efficiency.