Project Manager

Museum Studio; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Museum Studio is seeking a Project Manager in Mumbai to lead their operations in India. This position is crucial for engaging with local clients, managing projects, and ensuring financial oversight while coordinating with international teams.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in project management, multiple projects handling, and excellent communication skills. The role offers exposure to creative industries and collaboration across borders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Project Manager or Operations Manager in creative industries.
• Strong client management and communication skills.
• Familiarity with budgets, forecasting, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Act as point of contact for clients and partners in India.
• Lead and oversee projects, ensuring timely delivery and budget adherence.
• Monitor project financial reporting and support invoicing processes.

Skills

Project Management

Client Management

Financial Management

Resource Planning

Communication Skills

Job description

Context

The Project Manager is responsible for running Museum Studio’s operations in India. He is the local contact for clients, leads project delivery, and manages the administrative, financial and HR coordination of the Indian entity. The role combines client interface, project management and office leadership.

Key Responsibilities

1. Client & Local Representation

• Act as the main local point of contact for clients and partners in India.
• Represent Museum Studio locally and support client relationships.
• Ensure client satisfaction and manage day-to-day communications.
• Monitor tenders and RFPs in coordination with Group Central business development team; support BD team to optimise the success factor of these tenders.

Project Management

• Lead and oversee projects delivered in India.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and at target margin.
• Coordinate with Paris and international project teams.
• Identify risks and implement corrective actions.

Financial Management of Projects

Monitor project budgets, costs, cash-flow and margins.

• Ensure accurate project financial reporting and forecasting.
• Support invoicing, revenue recognition and change order valuation with finance and commercial teams.

Resource Planning & Productivity

• Plan and control project staffing according to schedules and budgets.
• Review and validate timesheets.
• Analyze planned vs. actual man-days and productivity.
• Anticipate resource needs and propose corrective actions.
• Monitor local vendors for ongoing and future projects and propose solutions to optimise Museum Studio costs at large.

Key Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as a Project Manager or Operations Manager, preferably in exhibitions, museums, architecture, design, or creative industries.
• Strong client management and communication skills, with the ability to build long-term relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, delivering on time, within budget, and at target margins.
• Solid understanding of project financial management (budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow, margins).
• Experience coordinating with cross-border or international teams.
• Strong capabilities in resource planning, workload management, and productivity analysis.
• Experience working with local vendors and suppliers, including cost optimization.
• Familiarity with tenders and RFP processes is a strong advantage.

Personal Attributes

• Strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Highly organized, structured, and detail-oriented.
• Proactive, solution-driven mindset with strong risk awareness.
• Comfortable operating with autonomy while aligning with group-level processes.
• Culturally aware and adaptable in an international, matrix organization.

Languages & Location

• Fluency in English is required; knowledge of French is a plus.
• Based in India, with the ability to represent Museum Studio locally and interact regularly with international stakeholders.