Senior Associate - Project Management

MDD Forensic Accountants LLP; Pune District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

MDD Forensic Accountants LLP in Pune is seeking a Senior Associate - Project Management to oversee IT project delivery and strategic initiatives. You will liaise between business stakeholders, clients, and IT teams to ensure successful implementations, timely deployments, and effective change management.

The role requires 3+ years in project management, strong English communication, and certifications such as PMP/CAPM/CSM, with a focus on client implementations and cross-functional tech projects.

Qualifications

• PMP, CAPM, CSM, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent project management certification. Insurance industry experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Project Management, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience, preferably with client implementations or cross-functional technology projects
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; must be fluent in English

Responsibilities

• Assess client requirements and translate them into clear project scope, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
• Lead client implementations, integrations, portal launches, reporting initiatives, and technology service changes.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestone trackers, communication plans, readiness checklists, RAID logs, and closeout documentation.
• Manage schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and change requests to support timely delivery and minimize project risk.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors, clients, and internal stakeholders to drive alignment, accountability, and execution.
• Facilitate project meetings, status updates, go-live readiness reviews, and post-implementation follow-ups; document decisions, owners, and next steps.
• Support requirements gathering, workflow analysis, process mapping, configuration planning, testing, UAT, and implementation readiness.
• Coordinate data migration, interfaces, reporting, integrations, file validation, issue tracking, deployment, training, hypercare, and handoff to support.
• Perform project closure activities, including deliverable validation, stakeholder acceptance, lessons learned, benefits notes, and artifact archival.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

PMP

CAPM

CSM

Agile

Lean Six Sigma

English Fluency

Education

Bachelor’s in IT/Related Field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Teams

Job description

Job Description:

Senior Associate - Project Management

Department: IT

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Pune

Description

The Project Manager – Information Services is responsible for assessing, planning, coordinating, and implementing technology solutions and service offerings for prospective, new, and existing customers. This role serves as a liaison between business stakeholders, clients, operational teams, and Information Services resources to support successful project delivery, system implementations, and technology initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess client and business requirements and translate them into clear project scope, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
• Lead client implementations, integrations, portal launches, reporting initiatives, and technology service changes.
• Develop and maintain project plans, milestone trackers, communication plans, readiness checklists, RAID logs, and closeout documentation.
• Manage schedules, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and change requests to support timely delivery and minimize project risk.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors, clients, and internal stakeholders to drive alignment, accountability, and execution.
• Facilitate project meetings, status updates, go-live readiness reviews, and post-implementation follow-ups; document decisions, owners, and next steps.
• Support requirements gathering, workflow analysis, process mapping, configuration planning, testing, UAT, and implementation readiness.
• Coordinate data migration, interfaces, reporting, integrations, file validation, issue tracking, deployment, training, hypercare, and handoff to support.
• Perform project closure activities, including deliverable validation, stakeholder acceptance, lessons learned, benefits notes, and artifact archival.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• PMP, CAPM, CSM, Agile, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent project management certification. Insurance industry experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Project Management,
• Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Minimum 3 years of project management experience, preferably with client implementations or cross-functional technology projects.
• Working knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and best practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and collaboration tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; must be fluent in English.

Requirements: