Perennial Systems - Project Manager

Job Title : Project Manager Job Status : Full Time on Contract

Experience Required : 8+ years Pay Scale : As per industry standards

Educational Qualification : Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, or related field.

Job Location : Pune

Synopsis

As the Project / Delivery Manager, you will own end-to-end Agile delivery governance, planning, and execution while fostering strong communication between client stakeholders and Perennial teams. The ideal candidate brings 4-5 years of experience across project/program management, Agile delivery, and stakeholder engagement, with solid technical and engineering awareness to operate credibly alongside engineering leadership.

Who You Are

You are someone who possess :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4-5 years of experience in project/program management, Agile delivery, or similar roles.
• Proficiency with project management tools : JIRA, Confluence, Trello, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Office; Azure DevOps and Power BI/dashboard reporting preferred.
• Strong grounding in SDLC, Agile (Scrum & Kanban), Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models.
• Hands-on experience running Agile ceremonies - sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives.
• Proven experience engaging senior business and engineering leaders, clients, and vendors.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, client-facing environment; experience managing regional or global IT projects.
• Strong understanding of project governance, risk & issue management, dependency management, and feedback mechanisms.
• Working knowledge of DevOps fundamentals, CI/CD concepts, API-based systems, cloud delivery, and QA processes.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication with the ability to mediate and resolve conflicts and manage escalations.
• Well versed with ITIL frameworks and practices.
• Hands-on experience as an Agile Delivery Manager, Scrum Master, or Agile Program Manager.
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Kanban, Lean, and Agile-at-Scale frameworks (SAFe, LeSS, Nexus).
• Experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies across distributed teams.
• Ability to interpret Agile delivery metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Experience working with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and Architects.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and modern software engineering practices.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent Agile teams.
• Certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM/PSM, or SAFe Agilist are a plus, not mandatory.
  
  

What You Will Do

Agile Delivery Leadership :

• Champion Agile principles and foster a culture of continuous improvement across delivery teams.
• Coach Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and engineering teams on Agile best practices.
• Ensure consistent adoption of Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery frameworks.
  
  

Sprint & Release Governance

• Facilitate effective sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Drive predictable sprint execution and release planning through data-driven delivery management.
• Monitor sprint health and delivery predictability using Agile metrics.
  
  

Stakeholder & Vendor Management

• Act as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders, sponsors, clients, and vendors.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across client and internal teams; manage expectations and resolve conflicts.
• Lead executive communication, governance reviews, and escalation management.
  
  

Delivery Planning & Execution

• Own end-to-end SDLC delivery planning - sprint planning, release planning, resource & capacity planning, and budget/timeline management.
• Run Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives) and drive continuous improvement and impediment removal.
• Apply Agile, Kanban, or hybrid (Agile + Waterfall) delivery models depending on project context.
  
  

Product & Engineering Alignment

• Partner with Product Owners to ensure backlog readiness, prioritization, and value-driven delivery.
• Balance business priorities with engineering capacity and technical debt.
• Drive incremental value delivery rather than milestone-based execution.
  
  

Strategic Oversight & Planning

• Ensure alignment between client business objectives and project goals through strategic direction and prioritization.
• Participate in planning discussions to identify opportunities where Perennial can add value; shape project plans with strategic insight.
• Contribute to client governance meetings and drive governance frameworks for transparency and accountability.
  
  

Risk, Flow & Escalation Management

• Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies; manage dependencies proactively.
• Identify delivery bottlenecks and flow constraints; remove team impediments proactively.
• Improve cross-team dependencies and delivery flow.
• Establish and monitor feedback cadences between client and Perennial stakeholders.
• Resolve issues/escalations promptly, with clear documentation, to minimize impact on timelines and deliverables.
  
  

Scaling Agile (Multi-Team Environments)

• Coordinate cross-functional Agile teams across the engagement.
• Drive PI Planning / Quarterly Planning using SAFe or similar frameworks where applicable.
• Manage dependencies across multiple Scrum teams.
  
  

Team Enablement

• Mentor Scrum Masters and Delivery Leads.
• Facilitate conflict resolution within Agile teams.
• Foster psychological safety and high-performing teams.
  
  

Continuous Improvement

• Conduct Agile health assessments and drive action items from retrospectives.
• Standardize Agile delivery practices across engagements.
• Introduce automation and Lean practices to improve delivery efficiency.
  
  

Engineering Excellence

• Promote DevOps and CI/CD adoption.
• Ensure Definition of Ready (DoR) and Definition of Done (DoD) are consistently followed.
• Encourage quality-first practices, test automation, and shift-left testing.
  
  

Metrics, Process & Documentation

• Own and report delivery metrics : Sprint Velocity, Predictability Index, Burndown/Burnup, Lead Time, Cycle Time, Flow Efficiency, Escaped Defects, Release Frequency, and Team Capacity & Utilization.
• Track DORA metrics - Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, MTTR, and Change Failure Rate.
• Ensure proper documentation of requirements, plans, progress, and outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement in project management processes and methodologies.
• Review project progress and ensure accountability through governance frameworks and performance metrics.
  
  

Outcome Expectations

• Improve sprint predictability and release reliability.
• Increase delivery throughput while maintaining quality.
• Reduce cycle time and lead time.
• Improve stakeholder satisfaction through transparent Agile reporting.
• Drive continuous improvements through retrospective action plans.
• Establish scalable Agile governance across multiple teams and programs.
  
  

Our Selection Process

The selection process will consist of :

• Aspiration Alignment Discussion
• Role Fitment Round 1
• Role Fitment Round 2
• HR Round (Interaction & Offer extension)
  
  

About Us

Perennial Systems is an innovative technology services company, specializing in Product Engineering, Enterprise Solutions, and Data & AI. We empower businesses to innovate, scale, and transform through cutting-edge digital solutions.

Over the years we have built deep expertise across Fintech (Payments, Lending & Open Banking), Media & Healthcare domains. We specialize in building products and work with many product-based companies across South East Asia, US & UK.

To know more, please visit our website or share your resume at below id : Offerings :

• Strong engineering teams : Our tech partners are poly-skilled agile practitioners, who follow the clean coding practices, peer code reviews, TDD, BDD and value software craftsmanship and continuous learning.
• Consulting Exposure & Product Driven Mindset : Our tech partners work directly with the product team at the client's end & contribute in the end-to-end SDLC lifecycle, that starts from product ideation, development, unit testing, deployment, support and maintenance and hence leading to end-to-end product development exposure.
• Vast Domain Expertise : We are experts in the FinTech domain and have worked widely across payments, lending and card platform space. Not only this we have worked / are working with the 6 top FinTech giants from South-east Asia geography. And apart from this we are also working on other trending domains such as media, healthcare, hospitality, entertainment and more. Each domain offers a fresh perspective and insight into business problems and their solutions.
• Learning Culture : Perennial promotes a learning culture and in no boundaries, we support our team members to explore & learn the upcoming market trends. Not only this we have a knowledge base that offers more than 8000+ courses and sponsor certifications, so as to ensure that our people are learning throughout their span with us. We also arrange for in-house and external tech MeetUps (SimplyTech, community owned by Perennial Systems) that overall enhances the growth of our people.
• Collaborative Environment : Our teams work closely with other verticals, to ensure a seamless and collaborative approach to client acquisition and retention.
  
  

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