Junior Project Manager

Job Title: Junior Project Manager

Location: Ahmedabad

Role Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Junior Project Manager to support the planning, execution, tracking, and reporting of company-wide projects and strategic initiatives. The role will work closely with business leaders, department heads, and project stakeholders to ensure timely completion of tasks, maintain project documentation, track progress against milestones, and support sprint-based project execution.

This position is ideal for candidates looking to build a career in Project Management, PMO, Operations Excellence, or Strategic Execution.

Key Responsibilities

Project Coordination

•Assist in planning and coordinating multiple projects across departments.

•Maintain project plans, timelines, trackers, and action items.

•Follow up with stakeholders on pending deliverables and deadlines.

•Ensure project documentation is accurate and up to date.

Sprint Management Support

•Support fortnightly sprint planning and review activities.

•Track progress of sprint deliverables and milestones.

•Monitor task completion and escalate delays to the Senior Project Manager.

•Maintain sprint dashboards and project status reports.

Reporting & Documentation

•Prepare weekly and fortnightly project status reports.

•Consolidate updates from various departments.

•Maintain meeting minutes, action trackers, and decision logs.

•Support preparation of quarterly business review reports.

Stakeholder Coordination

•Coordinate meetings with project teams and department heads.

•Communicate project updates and reminders.

•Ensure alignment between project owners and stakeholders.

Risk & Issue Tracking

•Identify project risks, dependencies, and blockers.

•Maintain risk and issue registers.

•Escalate critical concerns proactively.

Process Improvement

•Assist in developing project templates, SOPs, and governance processes.

•Recommend improvements to project tracking and reporting mechanisms.

•Support implementation of project management tools and workflows.

Key Deliverables

•Project Tracker Maintenance

•Sprint Progress Dashboard

•Action Item Tracker

•Meeting Minutes & Follow-up Reports

•Fortnightly Project Status Reports

•Risk & Issue Log

•Quarterly Project Summary Support

Required Qualifications

•Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Management, Operations, or related field.

•1–3 years of experience in project coordination, operations, business support, or PMO roles.

•Strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, and reporting tools.

•Basic understanding of project management methodologies.

Preferred Qualifications

•Certification in Project Management, Agile, Scrum, or PM Fundamentals.

•Experience using Jira, Asana, ClickUp, Monday.com, Trello, or similar tools.

•Exposure to cross-functional project coordination.

Key Competencies

•Organization & Planning

•Time Management

•Communication Skills

•Attention to Detail

•Stakeholder Coordination

•Problem Solving

•Documentation Management

•Analytical Thinking

•Accountability

•Learning Agility

Success Metrics

•Timely project updates and reporting

•Sprint task tracking accuracy

•Action item closure rate

•Stakeholder responsiveness

•Documentation quality and completeness

•Adherence to project timelines