Role Overview The ideal candidate should be a technology-oriented project leader with solid client-facing capabilities who can independently manage software development engagements from requirement to Go-Live. The person should be equally comfortable discussing business requirements with senior client stakeholders and delivery/technical issues with architects and development teams.

Candidates with a combination of Software Project Management in BFSI/ Government/PSU Client Management + Account/Delivery Management experience will be strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

1. Requirement & Change Management

- Coordinate requirement gathering and business analysis activities.
- Ensure requirements are documented, reviewed and approved.
- Manage BRD/FRD, user stories, use cases and acceptance criteria.
- Establish requirement traceability throughout the development lifecycle.
- Identify scope creep and manage change requests through appropriate governance.
- Prepare impact assessments and effort estimates for CRs.
- Support commercial discussions related to additional scope.

Project & Delivery Management

- Lead end-to-end software development projects from requirement analysis through design, development, testing, deployment and Go-Live.
- Prepare project plans, schedules, milestones, resource plans and delivery roadmaps.
- Manage project scope, timelines, dependencies, risks and issues.
- Ensure delivery within agreed scope, schedule, quality and budget.
- Track project progress against milestones and take corrective actions wherever required.




- Conduct regular project review meetings with internal teams and clients.
- Ensure timely completion of deliverables, UAT, Go-Live and project sign-off.
- Drive project closure and transition to support/operations teams.

Client Management

- Act as the primary point of contact for the client for project delivery and operational matters.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- Understand business requirements and translate them into actionable technical and project requirements.
- Conduct regular client governance and steering committee meetings.
- Manage client expectations and ensure transparent communication on project status, risks and dependencies.
- Handle escalations and drive issues to closure.
- Identify opportunities for enhancements, change requests and additional business.
- Support account growth and long-term client relationship management.

Software Development Management

- Lead cross-functional development teams comprising Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, UI/UX, QA, DevOps and Technical Leads.
- Ensure adherence to SDLC processes and development methodologies.
- Review solution architecture and technical approach in coordination with architects and technical leads.
- Ensure coding,



testing, security and documentation standards are followed.
- Coordinate development across multiple modules/workstreams.
- Monitor development productivity, quality and delivery commitments.
- Ensure effective code reviews, testing and defect management.
- Drive resolution of technical dependencies and bottlenecks.

Quality & Release Management

- Ensure appropriate QA strategy, test planning and defect management.
- Monitor SIT, UAT and regression testing.
- Ensure timely closure of critical and high-priority defects.
- Coordinate production releases and Go-Live activities.
- Ensure deployment plans, rollback plans and post-Go-Live support are in place.
- Drive application stability and quality after release.

Project Governance & Reporting

- Establish project governance mechanisms and reporting structures.
- Prepare weekly/monthly project status reports and management dashboards.
- Track milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, dependencies and action items.
- Maintain RAID logs, decision logs and project documentation.
- Conduct internal governance reviews and client steering committee meetings.
- Ensure timely escalation of critical risks and decisions.

Qualifications

- B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science / IT / Electronics or MCA.
- Scrum Master / Agile certification preferred.

Team Size

- Typically, responsible for 10+ resources, depending on project size, including L1/L2/L3 Support Engineers, Application Specialists, DBAs, DevOps, Infrastructure and Development teams.

📌 Application Project Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Sisl Infotech
📍 Mumbai