Project Manager Functional

Weekday AI (YC W21); Chennai District; On-site; INR 14,000,000 - 36,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Weekday AI (YC W21) in India seeks an experienced Functional Project Manager with US Healthcare expertise to lead end-to-end project delivery, spanning business analysis, stakeholder management, and technology initiatives. The role requires translating requirements into actionable BRDs and managing cross-functional teams to meet scope, timelines, and quality targets.

The ideal candidate will have 10+ years in related roles, strong governance, and proven ability to drive change and organizational

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in functional project management, program delivery, or related roles.
• Strong experience managing functional projects in the US Healthcare domain.
• Proven expertise in requirements gathering, functional analysis, and BRD preparation.
• Excellent governance, planning, and stakeholder communication across senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end functional project delivery across US Healthcare business and technology initiatives.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, timelines, and dependencies.
• Gather, analyze, validate, and document business and functional requirements.
• Develop BRDs and related project documentation; translate requirements into specs.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, product, operations, QA, etc.
• Establish governance, communication plans, status reporting, and reviews.

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Stakeholder management

Healthcare domain knowledge

Requirements gathering

BRD preparation

Risk management

Change management

Delivery governance

Communication skills

Job description

Job Description

This role is for one of the Weekdays clients

Salary range: Rs 14000000 - Rs 36000000 (ie INR 14-32 LPA)

Experience: 10+ yrs

Location: hyderabad, chennai

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for an experiencedFunctional Project Managerwith strong expertise inUS Healthcareto lead end-to-end functional project delivery across complex business and technology initiatives. The role requires a strong combination of project management, business analysis, stakeholder management, and healthcare domain knowledge.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for translating business requirements into actionable project plans, managing cross-functional teams, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines, quality standards, and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end functional project delivery acrossUS Healthcarebusiness and technology initiatives.


• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, timelines, and dependencies.


• Gather, analyze, validate, and document business and functional requirements.


• Develop and maintain comprehensiveFunctional BRDsand related project documentation.


• Translate business requirements into clear functional specifications and actionable project deliverables.


• Coordinate and managecross-functional teamsacross business, technology, product, operations, QA, and other stakeholder groups.


• Establish project governance, communication plans, status reporting, and review mechanisms.


• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate projectrisks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.


• Develop risk mitigation and contingency plans and proactively escalated critical risks.


• Leadchange managementactivities associated with business processes, systems, products, or operational changes.


• Assess change impacts and coordinate stakeholder communication, readiness, training, and adoption activities.


• Facilitate requirements workshops, stakeholder meetings, project reviews, and decision-making sessions.


• Track project progress against scope, schedule, quality, and business objectives.


• Coordinate testing, UAT, defect resolution, implementation, and post-production activities.


• Ensure functional requirements remain aligned with business objectives throughout the project lifecycle.


• Manage competing priorities and dependencies across multiple workstreams.


• Prepare executive-level project updates, dashboards, status reports, and presentations.


• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to resolve functional, operational, and delivery challenges.


• Ensure project documentation, decisions, action items, and change requests are accurately maintained.


• Drive continuous improvement in project processes, delivery practices, and stakeholder engagement.

What Makes You a Great Fit

• 10+ years of experiencein functional project management, business analysis, program delivery, or related roles.


• Strong experience managingfunctional projects in the US Healthcare domain.


• Proven expertise in requirements gathering, functional analysis, andBRD preparation.


• Strong understanding of project planning, execution, governance, and delivery methodologies.


• Hands-on experience withrisk management, issue resolution, dependency management, and mitigation planning.


• Strong experience inchange management, stakeholder readiness, and organizational adoption.


• Proven ability to lead and coordinatecross-functional teamsacross business and technology functions.


• Strong understanding of US Healthcare processes, systems, workflows, and business environments.


• Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills, including experience working with senior leadership.


• Strong analytical, problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution capabilities.


• Ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.


• Experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.


• Strong documentation, presentation, reporting, and project governance skills.


• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear functional deliverables.


• Proactive, structured, and outcome-oriented approach to project delivery.


• Strong ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with diverse teams.