Project Manager

Athena Executive Search And Consulting; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in Gurugram, India, seeks an experienced Project Manager to drive complex business and technical initiatives from planning through deployment. You will translate objectives into executable plans, align cross-functional teams, and manage scope, schedule, quality, risks and finances to deliver value.

You will work with Finance, IT, HR, Marketing, Legal and vendors, using MS Project, Jira, Azure DevOps and Rally to govern delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, IT, or a related field.
• 6–11 years of project management experience delivering complex initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery with defined scope, schedule, and governance.
• Translate stakeholder needs into integrated plans and coordinate teams.
• Maintain execution dashboards and leadership updates.
• Identify risks and dependencies; drive resolution and decisions.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, and variance actions.
• Ensure deliverables meet business and technical criteria.
• Foster collaboration across Finance, IT, HR, Marketing, Legal and vendors.

Skills

MS Project

Jira

Azure DevOps

Rally

Agile

Waterfall

Vendor management

Stakeholder mgmt

Financial governance

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

PPM tools

Excel

Job description

Project Manager

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India | Experience: 6-11 years

About the Company

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm built around entrepreneurial, action-oriented, and results-focused professionals. The firm takes a hands-on approach to solving client problems and helping organizations reach their potential. Its culture values independent thinkers and doers who create meaningful client and industry impact, guided by Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity. Established in India in 2023, A&Ms Global Capability Center partners with leadership across business units and geographies to enable efficient service delivery. The center supports end-to-end client delivery and thought leadership rather than traditional back-office work, combining consulting and industry expertise across major global markets and sectors. Its GESS group provides strategic support across Information Technology, Marketing, Information Security, Knowledge Management, Corporate Real Estate, Human Resources, and Operations. The rapidly growing center offers an environment where professionals can influence enterprise initiatives, collaborate across regions, and contribute to scalable, high-quality outcomes.

About the Role

As Project Manager, you will own the successful delivery of complex business and technical initiatives from planning through deployment. You will convert business objectives into executable plans, align cross-functional teams and vendors, and maintain control of scope, schedule, quality, dependencies, risks, and financials. Your impact will be measured through predictable delivery, transparent governance, stakeholder confidence, and solutions that achieve intended business benefits. You will work across corporate functions and global stakeholders, using established project management methodologies and mandatory tools including Microsoft Project, Project Portfolio Management systems, Jira, Azure DevOps, and Rally. The role requires strong business and technical judgment, clear communication, and the confidence to challenge assumptions, simplify complexity, and make timely decisions in a dynamic environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project delivery by establishing objectives, scope, schedules, governance, and success measures that keep complex initiatives on time, within budget, and aligned to business outcomes.
• Translate stakeholder needs into integrated plans, coordinate cross-functional teams and external vendors, and balance resources across concurrent workstreams to protect delivery commitments.
• Maintain transparent execution control through milestone tracking, dependency management, status dashboards, scorecards, and concise updates for leadership and steering committees.
• Identify risks, issues, assumptions, and inter-project dependencies early; develop mitigation plans, drive resolution, and elevate decisions when they threaten scope, schedule, quality, or benefits.
• Own project financial governance by managing budgets, forecasts, actual spending, and variance actions so leadership can make informed investment and prioritization decisions.
• Protect solution quality by validating deliverables, coordinating testing phases, confirming acceptance criteria, and ensuring outputs meet defined business and technical requirements.
• Build trusted relationships across Finance, IT, HR, Marketing, Legal, and vendor teams, strengthening collaboration and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

Essential Skills & Technology

• Mandatory hands-on proficiency with Microsoft Project, Project Portfolio Management systems, Jira, Azure DevOps (ADO), and Rally for planning, execution tracking, dependency visibility, and delivery governance.
• Mandatory expertise across Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies, with the ability to select and apply appropriate controls for complex technical and business initiatives.
• Strong analytical, financial, reporting, and problem-solving capability, including management reports, analyses, scorecards, dashboards, pattern identification, and concise executive presentations.
• Demonstrated experience managing third-party vendors, cross-functional stakeholders, multiple workstreams, budgets, forecasts, risks, issues, dependencies, testing, and quality assurance.
• Exceptional written, verbal, influencing, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to simplify complex concepts and communicate effectively at every organizational level.
• Practical experience using artificial intelligence technologies and tools to automate work tasks, improve productivity, and strengthen project delivery outcomes.

Additional Plus

• Project management certification such as PMP, CAPM, PgMP, PRINCE2, or SAFe is highly desirable and demonstrates disciplined delivery practice.
• Experience working in a corporate environment across Finance, IT, HR, Marketing, Legal, and external partners will strengthen cross-functional execution effectiveness.
• Intellectual curiosity, a proactive mindset, and confidence challenging the status quo can help identify innovative solutions and improve established delivery approaches.

What You'll Bring

• A bachelors degree in Business Administration, Analytics, Management, Finance, Information Technology, Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Economics, Project Management, or a related discipline.
• Six to eleven years of project management experience delivering large-scale, complex technical or business initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, dependencies, vendors, and competing priorities.
• Evidence of independently leading projects through planning, design, development, deployment, testing, financial control, risk mitigation, and benefits realization while maintaining delivery discipline.
• Strong organization, prioritization, attention to detail, and analytical judgment, with the resilience to perform under pressure and keep objectives visible through changing requirements.
• A collaborative leadership style that builds trust, creates accountability, and enables productive relationships across functions, geographies, leadership groups, delivery teams, and external providers.
• Clear, confident communication and presentation capability, including the ability to prepare executive-ready reports, dashboards, scorecards, and steering committee updates.
• A positive, self-motivated, can-do approach, combined with flexibility, initiative, and the confidence to challenge assumptions and propose practical improvements.
• Commitment to using artificial intelligence and automation thoughtfully to reduce manual effort, improve consistency, and create measurable gains in project execution.

Why Join Us

• Work on complex, high-impact initiatives within a rapidly growing global capability center that partners with case teams and business leaders across major markets.
• Build a broad enterprise perspective through collaboration with consulting, industry, technology, and corporate function professionals across diverse global industries.
• Grow in an entrepreneurial culture that values independent thinking, meaningful ownership, practical problem-solving, and visible contributions to client and firm outcomes.

What We Offer

• A robust performance development process that supports continuous learning, recognizes contributions, and creates opportunities for advancement in a meritocratic environment.
• Technical training, formal learning, and on-the-job development that help professionals acquire new capabilities while working on challenging, globally connected initiatives.
• Well-being benefits and personal resources designed to support your professional growth and personal journey within an inclusive, collaborative workplace.