Job Title : Project Specialist Location : Mohali

Role Summary / Job Purpose
The Project Specialist is responsible for supporting project execution activities by coordinating cross-functional teams, tracking timelines and deliverables, maintaining project documentation, and ensuring adherence to defined scope and quality standards. The role contributes to successful project outcomes by ensuring execution readiness, driving follow-ups on actions, maintaining governance discipline, and enabling smooth stakeholder communication throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
Support project execution from initiation to closure by tracking milestones, deliverables, and key dependencies.
Prepare and maintain project documentation, including project plans, trackers, meeting minutes (MOMs), action logs, and closure reports.
Monitor project progress against timelines and highlight delays, risks, and dependencies to the Project Manager with proposed mitigation actions.
Drive stakeholder communication through structured status updates, meeting coordination, and action follow-ups.
Support governance routines such as project kick-offs, weekly review meetings, and internal execution calls.
Assist in budget and billing readiness activities by validating required inputs, tracking cost-related items, and ensuring documentation completeness.
Ensure compliance with PMO standards, templates, and reporting formats for consistent project governance.
Support continuous improvement by documenting learnings and contributing to process improvements and best practices.

Required Skills
Technical / Process Skills
IT Infrastructure domain experience
Project coordination and execution support
Understanding of project lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, closure)
Milestone tracking, dependency monitoring,



and action management
Risk and issue tracking with basic mitigation planning
Scope tracking and change documentation support
Basic commercial awareness (billing readiness, cost tracking, vendor coordination)

Functional / Behavioural Skills
Strong communication skills (written and verbal)
High attention to detail and documentation discipline
Strong follow-up skills and execution ownership
Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities under timelines
Problem-solving mindset with structured approach
Strong teamwork and collaboration across functions

Tools / Systems / Technical Knowledge
MS Excel / Google Sheets (trackers, reporting, reconciliation)
MS PowerPoint / Google Slides (status decks, project updates)
MS Word / Google Docs (documentation, MOMs, SOPs)
Project tracking tools (Jira / Smartsheet / MS Project / Asana / Monday.com – preferred)
Collaboration tools (Microsoft Teams / Zoom / WhatsApp etc.)
CRM / Ticketing exposure (Salesforce / ServiceNow – preferred)

Decision-Making Authority
Manage assigned project coordination activities, including schedule tracking, action follow-ups, and documentation governance.
Recommend escalation points, risk mitigation actions, and execution priorities to the Project Manager.
Ensure internal documentation quality and readiness checkpoints before submission/review.




Influence execution coordination through proactive follow-ups and alignment with internal stakeholders.

Problem-Solving Complexity
Handles routine to moderately complex coordination scenarios involving dependencies, timeline constraints, and stakeholder alignment.
Expected to resolve operational blockers through coordination, structured follow-ups, and timely escalation.
Requires ability to adapt to evolving requirements while maintaining documentation and governance hygiene.

Stakeholder Management / Influence
Internal Stakeholders: Sales, PMO, Professional Services, Operations, Finance, Procurement, Support teams, Leadership (as required)
External Stakeholders: Customers, Vendors, Field Engineers, Partner teams (limited exposure as per project need)
Role involves structured internal coordination and periodic customer-facing communication such as status updates, requirement confirmations, and closure support.
Expected to influence stakeholders through governance discipline, reporting accuracy, and execution follow-through.

Education & Certification Requirements
Mandatory
~ Bachelor's degree in business administration, Engineering, IT, Operations, or related field

Preferred
CAPM / PRINCE2 Foundation (added advantage)
ITIL Foundation

Experience Requirements

- 4–6 years of experience in project coordination / PMO / service delivery/project support roles
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders in a multi-team environment
- Exposure to IT infrastructure, deployments, field services, technical operations, or managed services is preferred
- Experience in vendor coordination, documentation governance, and customer communication is an advantage
- Solid reporting and project tracking experience using standard tools and dashboards

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