Associate Project Manager
Hyderabad, Telangana, India·Posted 5d ago
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<p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About Us:</strong></p> <p>HighRadius, a renowned provider of cloud-based Autonomous Software for the Office of the CFO, has transformed critical financial processes for over 800+ leading companies worldwide.Trusted by prestigious organizations like 3M, Unilever, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Sanofi, Kellogg Company, Danone, Hershey's, and many others, HighRadius optimizes order-to-cash, treasury, and record-to-report processes, earning us back-to-back recognition in Gartner's Magic Quadrant and a prestigious spot in Forbes Cloud 100 List for three consecutive years.</p> <p>With a remarkable valuation of $3.1B and an impressive annual recurring revenue exceeding $100M, we experience a robust year-over-year growth of 24%. With a global presence spanning 8+ locations and a recent addition in Poland, we're in the pre-IPO stage, poised for rapid growth. We invite passionate and diverse individuals to join us on this exciting path to becoming a publicly traded company and shape our promising future.</p> <p><strong>Job Summary:</strong></p> <div>The Assistant Project Manager is a key contributor to the Project Management Office, responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining best practices, methodologies, and tools across the organization's project portfolio. This role is highly analytical and process-focused. The ideal candidate brings a practitioner’s mindset - someone who has delivered projects not just supported them - and can translate that experience into building stronger PMO standards and governance practices across the organization.</div> <p><strong>Skills and Experience Needed:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <h4>A. Project Management and Delivery</h4> <ul> <li>Own, drive, and execute select complex internal projects, cross-functional initiatives, and process-improvement programs from initial scoping and business case development through to execution, change management, and formal closure.</li> <li> Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks and areas of improvement across assigned projects</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Look at how projects are being run, find inefficient steps, and fix them to help teams deliver work faster and with fewer errors.</li> </ul> <h4>B. Governance and PMO Standards</h4> <ul> <li>Establish and execute a regular audit cadence for project health, ensuring compliance with PMO frameworks and documentation standards. </li> <li>Govern the adoption and standardized configuration of PSA tool, ensuring a "single source of truth" for project data.</li> <li>Facilitate Stage-Gate reviews and ensure project stage compliance with governance frameworks.</li> <li>Lead the formal collection and analysis of lessons learned post-project/program and integrate resulting recommendations into the PMO methodology and training materials. </li> </ul> <ul> <li>Facilitate the PM Community of Practice (CoP) meetings, enabling knowledge sharing, cross-functional collaboration, and the identification of new best practices from project teams. </li> </ul> <h4>C. Stakeholder Management</h4> <ul> <li>Act as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders, external vendors and cross-functional teams on PMO - related matters.</li> <li>Synthesize complex data and risks into clear, concise, and executive-ready dashboards, status reports, and presentations for leadership. </li> <li>Act as a change agent, leading communication strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new PMO processes, tools, and governance policies across delivery teams.</li> <li>Manage governance cadences with external vendors, ensuring deliverables align with business requirements and organizational quality standards. </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Job Specification:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <h4>A. Education & Experience </h4> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Organizational Development, Project Management, or a related field. </li> <li>Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a Project Management Office (PMO), PMCoE, or a dedicated process improvement/operational excellence role. </li> <li>Experience in developing and implementing standard project management methodologies and tools.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Prior SaaS experience is a plus.</li> </ul> <h4>B. Certifications (Good to have) </h4> <ul> <li>Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner). </li> <li>Certification in an Agile framework (e.g., Scrum Master, SAFe). </li> <li>Certification in process improvement (e.g., Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt). </li> </ul> <br> <h4>C. Core Competencies </h4> <ul> <li>Project Management Expertise: Hands-on experience managing projects end-to-end using structured methodologies</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Analytical Thinking: Ability to synthesize complex data into clear, executive ready recommendations.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Tool Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software and collaboration tools.</li> <li>Communication & Influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels without direct authority.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><strong>What You’ll Get</strong></p> <ul> <li>Competitive salary.</li> <li>Fun-filled work culture (https://www.highradius.com/culture/)</li> <li>Equal employment opportunities.</li> <li>Opportunity to build with a pre-IPO Global SaaS Centaur.</li> </ul> <p> </p>