Role: Associate Project Manager at SPAR Solutions · Pune

Experience: 5 to 8 years Education: Graduate - B.Tech/B.E. - Computers, Electronics/Telecommunication; PG - M.Sc. – Computers, M.Tech - Any Specialization, MCA – Computers, OR MBA Graduate with relevant project/program management experience Location: Pune

About the role: You will own project delivery operations across one or more concurrent projects — managing plans, budgets, risks, and people to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.

Key Responsibilities: Project planning & tracking -Build and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones

• Track progress against baselines and produce accurate, timely status reports
• Identify schedule slippages early and work with teams to course-correct

Budget & financial management -Monitor project budgets and resource utilisation on an ongoing basis. -Report variations in allocations and project budgets variance analysis and flag dedeviations with supporting data -Support forecasting and assist in financial reporting to leadership

Risk & issue management

• Maintain comprehensive risk and issue registers
• Support removing blockers and drive resolution
• Escalate critical risks with clear context and recommended actions

People & team coordination -Manage day-to-day coordination across cross-functional project teams

• Track individual and team deliverables; hold teams accountable to timelines
• Support capacity planning and resource allocation across workstreams

Client & stakeholder communication

• Respond to client queries and emails in a timely and professional manner
• Schedule and coordinate client-facing meetings, reviews, and check-ins
• Prepare and circulate routine project reports and updates to relevant stakeholders
• Maintain clear and organised communication trails across all project touchpoints

Governance & process -Ensure adherence to SPAR frameworks, templates, and reporting standards Maintain accurate project documentation throughout the project lifecycle

• Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery processes

Required:

• 5–8 years of experience in project management OR MBA graduates with a minimum of 3+years of relevant experience.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams
• Strong analytical skills — comfortable working with data, numbers, and financial reports
• Proficient in project management tools (MS Project, Jira, or similar) and Excel
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Proactive problem-solver with a strong learning mindset
• Willingness to overlap with US EST hours
• Be able to join immediately

Company Profile:

SPAR Solutions (based out of Atlanta, USA and Pune, India) is an employee-friendly place full of confident, result-oriented people with high energy levels and uncompromising work ethics. Compensation (match or exceed industry benchmarks) is driven by merit and performance; there is no limit to professional growth. If you believe that values like a consultative, detail-oriented, quick learner, team player, high performance, creativity and fun are your calling, you would be a great fit on our team.

Contact Details: Talent Acquisition Team HR Department / SPAR Solutions Address: SPAR Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Pune IT Park, B-503, Bhau Patil Marg, 34 Aundh Road, Bopodi, Pune, Maharashtra, India. Pin Code: 411020. Website: sparsolutions.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spar-solutions-llc Twitter: https://twitter.com/sparsolutions Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SPARsolutions