Senior Technical Project Manager

Elecbits Technologies; Devanahalli; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Elecbits Technologies is hiring a Senior Project Manager for the ODM Practice to own end-to-end electronics project delivery, coordinating hardware, firmware, testing and vendor management. You will drive strategy, customer empathy and data-driven decisions across multiple engagements, mentoring juniors and building scalable SOPs.

You will lead end-to-end ODM projects, ensuring scope, cost and timelines are met while maintaining quality and client satisfaction across multiple teams and vendors.

Responsibilities

• Translate client briefs and market into a clear product strategy, roadmap and prioritized plan.
• Own a portfolio of ODM projects with accountability for scope, cost, schedule and quality.
• Define project plans, milestones and critical path; monitor KPIs and address variances.
• Lead full product lifecycle from concept to manufacturing transfer, ensuring DFM and cost targets.
• Develop deep customer understanding and market insights to inform requirements.
• Define metrics and drive data-informed prioritisation and decision-making.
• Lead cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders to align on delivery.
• Mentor junior PMs and evolve SOPs, templates and documentation standards.

Job description

About Elecbits

Elecbits is a tech-enabled B2B platform that helps Electronics Enterprises to go from an idea to a shelf ready, commercial Electronics Product. We cover the end-to-end intricacies involved in the Electronics product development & manufacturing cycle using 25+ micro-services on our platform.

We are proud to have worked with more than 100 eminent enterprises, digitizing their product development and manufacturing lifecycle. Some notable names are Ola Electric, Urban Company, Maruti Suzuki, Bosch, V-guard, Luminous, Phone pe, Escorts Kubota, Napino, etc. We are the largest B2B Electronics development and manufacturing platform of its kind, having more than 3000 global Electronics manufacturers and suppliers on our platform.

About the Business Unit ODM Practice

The ODM (Original Design Manufacturing) practice turns client ideas into real, marketable products. Every engagement is bespoke: we design and build custom electronics end-to-end against each client’s requirements — across hardware, firmware, mechanical, testing, quality and certification — through to a manufacturing-ready handover. The work rewards sharp requirement-sensing, fast learning of new domains, and tight orchestration across engineering teams and vendors. The Senior Project Manager owns exactly that.

Role Summary

We’re hiring a Senior Project Manager to own a portfolio of ODM projects end-to-end, from concept to deployment. You’ll be the single point of accountability for scope, cost, timeline and quality across multiple projects, the primary face to the client, and the force that keeps firmware, hardware, testing, quality and vendors moving in sync. Beyond delivery, you’ll bring — strategy, customer empathy and data-driven decisions — to every engagement, mentor junior PMs, and build the SOPs that let the practice scale.

Key Responsibilities

Product Vision, Strategy & Roadmap:

• Translate each client brief and the surrounding market into a clear product strategy, roadmap and prioritised plan, aligning every project to defined business outcomes and a compelling product narrative.
• Identify near- and long-term opportunities, validate the market and cost case, and secure buy-in from clients and internal leadership for the chosen direction and its trade-offs.

Project Ownership & Delivery:

• Own a portfolio of ODM projects from concept through deployment, serving as the single point of accountability for scope, cost, schedule, quality and customer satisfaction.
• Establish each project’s plan, milestones and critical path, define clear success criteria, and govern delivery by monitoring KPIs, surfacing variances early, and initiating corrective action.

New Product Development (NPD):

• Drive products through the full lifecycle — concept, design, prototyping, validation, certification and transfer to manufacturing — clearing each stage-gate with crisp entry and exit criteria.
• Govern design reviews and validation cycles, ensuring design-for-manufacturability, cost targets and compliance are met before production handover.

Customer Empathy & Market Insight:

• Develop deep understanding of client and end-user needs, integrating user research, usage context and competitive analysis into requirements that maximise product impact.
• Build domain fluency quickly for new or unfamiliar products to scope accurately, anticipate engineering and non-engineering risks, and brief clients and teams with authority.

Data-Informed Decisions & Prioritisation:

• Define the metrics that matter for each project, instrument them, and let data drive prioritisation, trade-offs and go/no-go decisions.
• Evaluate cost, design and schedule trade-offs with sound judgement, prioritise ruthlessly, and decide when to invest, pivot or stop.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence:

• Lead internal teams across the product lifecycle — sequencing dependencies, resolving blockers, and driving alignment through influence while keeping team health high.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects, balancing shared engineering and vendor capacity against competing priorities and deadlines.

Client & Stakeholder Communication:

• Serve as the primary face to the client and the voice of the customer internally, managing expectations, communicating progress and risk proactively, and leading resolution when commitments are challenged.
• Influence senior stakeholders with structured, extremely clear communication and data-backed storytelling, escalating roadblocks early with recommended options.

Team Leadership & Process Excellence:

• Mentor and develop junior project managers — delegating execution, coaching judgement, and building their capability to own projects independently.
• Establish and evolve SOPs, playbooks, templates and documentation standards that raise the bar and enable consistent, repeatable, scalable delivery, capturing post-launch learnings for the next projects.

Why Join Us?

• Work hard, party harder:
• Our mantra balances dedication and celebration.
• No self-imposed limits:
• We encourage you to push your boundaries and reach your full potential.
• Energized environment:
• Our company's energy fuels growth and self-improvement.
• Good vibes only:
• We foster a positive and supportive atmosphere for all.

Must-Have Skills-:

• 6–10 years in project or product management, owning complex cross-functional projects end-to-end in a fast-paced environment
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business management, or a related field (Master’s a plus)
• Strategic thinker who also executes — sets product direction and drives day-to-day delivery
• Customer-obsessed and data-informed — defines success metrics and uses data to drive decisions and trade-offs
• Structured problem-solving and bias-for action to drive early closures
• Proven track-record with cross-function collaboration and leadership
• Fluent in PM methodologies and tools (Agile/Scrum or Stage-Gate; JIRA, Confluence, MS Project) and product lifecycle / NPI concepts.
• Electronics or hardware background, or hands-on experience with electronic products (IoT, power electronics, consumer electronics).
• Experience in an ODM, product-development, EMS or hardware-startup environment.
• Experience managing vendors and mentoring other project managers.
• PM certification (PMP, PRINCE2, CSM)