Junior Project Manager

Location: Kozhikode, Kerala

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain the master delivery tracker for the monthly packet cycle scope committed, current status, blockers, and slippage and keep it accurate daily.
• Coordinate across the parallel workstreams (Platform, F&B, Mobile POS, Hybrid App, Portal, Omni-Channel, ERP/integrations, ad-hoc projects) to surface cross-team dependencies and risks early.
• Own Jira hygiene: ticket states, sprint boards, assignments, and backlog grooming support in partnership with the engineering leads.
• Schedule and run recurring ceremonies standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, release checkpoints and circulate agendas, notes, and action items with clear owners and dates.
• Prepare weekly and packet-cycle status reports for engineering leadership and US-based stakeholders.
• Track action items and commitments to closure, following up proactively rather than waiting to be asked.
• Maintain project documentation release notes, requirement trackers, meeting records in Confluence and the shared repositories.
• Support release coordination: readiness checklists, sign-off tracking, and post-release follow-up on open items.
• Escalate risks, blockers, and timeline threats to the Reporting Manager promptly and with context.
• Progressively take on independent ownership of smaller projects and ad-hoc initiatives as capability develops.

Requirements

• 0-2 years of experience in project coordination, delivery, or a related technology function; fresh graduates with strong coordination aptitude will be considered.
• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; able to write clear status updates for both engineering and US-based stakeholders.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum concepts sprints, backlogs, standups, release cycles.
• Comfortable with spreadsheets and documentation; able to maintain trackers accurately and consistently.
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to follow up persistently without needing to be chased.
• Preferred: Hands-on exposure to Jira, Confluence, or a comparable tracking tool.
• Preferred: Basic understanding of the software development lifecycle and release processes.
• Preferred: Internship or academic project experience coordinating a multi-person team.
• Preferred: Awareness of retail, POS, or payments domain concepts.

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