Software Project Manager

Job Description (JD): Software Project Manager

Location: Kolkata

Company Profile

Gridcrest is a next-generation energy and water technology company, part of the publicly listed Kaynes Technology ecosystem, delivering end-to-end smart metering and digital utility solutions. It combines advanced hardware design, scalable manufacturing, and integrated software platforms including HES and MDM. GridCrest's portfolio spans smart electricity and water meters, communication modules, and utility-grade analytics systems. With strong capabilities in metrology, embedded systems, and cloud integration, the company enables utilities to improve efficiency, reduce losses, and enhance customer engagement.

Role Summary

Managed 4–5 concurrent Agile (Scrum) software projects, ensuring successful delivery within scope, schedule, budget, and quality targets. Led sprint ceremonies, release planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, stakeholder communication, and governance while maintaining compliance with CMMI Level 5 and ISO standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Directed end-to-end delivery of multiple interrelated software projects.
• Facilitated Scrum ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-ups, Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Managed project plans, release roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, WBS, baselines, and critical paths using MS Project.
• Oversaw budget tracking, forecasting, resource planning, and cost control.
• Maintained project governance through status reporting, RAID logs, steering committee reviews, and stakeholder management.
• Identified and mitigated delivery, technical, operational, and compliance risks.
• Collaborated with Product Owners, Engineering, QA, Architects, DevOps, vendors, and external partners to ensure timely delivery.
• Administered Azure DevOps Boards, Backlogs, Sprints, Dashboards, Repos, and traceability processes.
• Enforced Git best practices including branching strategies, pull requests, code reviews, and release versioning.
• Tracked delivery performance using Agile metrics such as velocity, burndown, burnup, lead time, and cycle time.
• Ensured release readiness, quality standards, audit readiness, and SDLC compliance.

Tools & Technologies

MS Project, Azure DevOps, Git, Jira, Confluence, MS Teams, Agile/Scrum, SDLC Governance.

Core Competencies

Multi-project delivery • Agile Program Management • Risk & Budget Management • Stakeholder Engagement • Dependency Management • Azure DevOps • Git Governance • Audit & Compliance (CMMI Level 5, ISO) • Metrics & Reporting • Continuous Improvement

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Computer Science or related field. Preferred certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, CSM/PSM, SAFe.