Project Manager

Amla Commerce (Creator of Artifi and Znode)

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5 months ago
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Exp: 5-7 Years

Nagpur, India

Job Description

Company Overview

Amla Commerce is a global software company that has grown out of the belief that ecommerce software should enable sustainable growth. Amla has two products, Artifi Labs and Znode. Artifi Labs is an ecommerce product customization platform that allows shoppers to personalize, customize, and configure products. Znode is a B2B multi-channel ecommerce platform developed with an API-first architecture, combined with native B2B functionality and flexible data model, allowing for easy management of manufacturers and distributors B2B, B2C, and B2B2X business models.

At Amla, we are building something special. Awesome ecommerce software and a great place to be yourself. Don't be surprised if you smell beer on Friday afternoons. We put passion into our work but enjoy cracking jokes along the way. Our teams tackle complex challenges and work together to create innovative solutions, and we celebrate every little victory along the way. If you're ready to tackle opportunities that will help grow your career while joining a team that's more like a family, Amla is waiting for you.

Job Summary

Amla Commerce is recruiting a Project Manager for the India location. The PM is expected to take responsibility for the project and complete it within a given timeline. He/She is expected to fulfill customer requirements with intended quality (quality bar set with the help of customer). PM is expected to keep stakeholder informed on progress, obstacles/hurdles/risk and work towards minimizing/removing it. This is a full-time position to ensure we have a happy and productive workplace where everyone works to realize our established mission and objectives. Promoting corporate values and shaping a positive culture is a vital aspect of a complete Project Manager role.

Key Responsibilities

Analysis and Planning

Understand vision of customer for the project, business model, users & their role in the project.
Understand requirements of the project on a broader view (Major functionalities)
Analyze and understand project cost, scope, timeline, assumption and out of scope items with the help of onsite Program Manager and team.
Create project plan and project charter in collaboration with onsite Program Manager.
Create Resource plan and form a balanced team in collaboration with onsite Program Manager.
Create Communication plan (reporting structure, formats and frequency (how often project status/information needs to be shared).
Gather required infrastructure for the project (hardware and software).
Gather Logistics (Meeting IDs), conference call, FTP details, Test server & Staging server, database server, version control server etc).
Setup tools with the help of project team, tech lead and support group.
Setup PMT with the help of DM
Setup Bug Tracker with QA manager (shared group)
Setup Design/HTML staging server with the help of IT support, design team & HTML team.
Setup Version control server with the help of Tech Lead/SSE
Setup Database Server with the help of DBA & Tech lead/SSE
Setup FTP account, Test server & Staging server with the help of IT support and Tech lead/SSE
Ensure all settings have taken place correctly.
Document and share all the required information on infrastructure with the team.

Management Tracking and Monitoring

Manage Tasks (prioritize, assign), collaborate with shared resources.

Manage timelines, holidays, resources leaves, resources backup planning. o Measure and monitor burn rate vs. output, overall timeline, overall quality.
Track change requests.
Track proper utilization of resources. Identify resource dependency from time to time and take corrective action.
Track project scope regularly and provide updates to onsite PM from time to time.
Track project cost and work diligently to keep it under control.

Track project progress against plan and provide updates to onsite PM on deviation if any.

Keep eye on any risk and update stakeholders immediately.
Plan and ensure that workload is balanced among team members considering their roles.

Communication & Reporting

Provide necessary visibility to the Delivery Manager (DM). Project status, quality, risks, resource performance etc
Provide information to onsite PM on out of scope items requested by customer, if any
Raise risk ASAP (functionalities taking much more time than expected, task requires R & D, Resource crunch/leaves etc)
Provide visibility on change request (Effect on budget, timeline, resourcing)
Make sure to remove communication gaps between all stakeholders and the team. Plan and ensure team is communicating effectively.

Processes & Collaboration

Keep information/knowledge of all processes to be followed. If not completely aware of any process, get it cleared from the respective team members.
Follow all processes without being reminded (Timesheet filling, task status update, proper usage of version controls etc).
Always come prepared in meetings and participate in discussion.
On calling meetings, share proper agenda before hand and conduct meetings according to agenda.

Team management, mentoring and coaching

Make sure every team member understands their role and expectations from them in the project
Analyze team performance and coach them from time to time
Identify team's training needs and share it with DM
Keep team's morale up
Handle conflict among the team effectively and amicably

Self learning, increasing efficiency & productivity

Look for periodic feedback to identify areas of improvement and keep working on it with the help of mentors
Take conscious efforts to gain more knowledge on the areas which will help in improving effectiveness, productivity etc (domain/ technology/ tools/ methodology/ approaches etc)
Keep upgrading on new skills required to get to the next level. Work with a reporting manager/mentor to keep yourself focused and aligned.

Skills Pm Should Possess

Technical

Good domain knowledge
Good analysis skill
Understanding Project Life Cycles and Project Management Processes
Risk Identification and mitigation skill
Good knowledge of tools used for project management (Google docs, PMT, Version control, bug tracking etc)

Communication skill

Ability to interact in English (Grammatically correct)
Good written and verbal skill (Ability to express thoughts clearly and specifically)
Confidence and assertiveness in talking to the customer and internal team
Ability to use effective media (image, charts, tables) to increase clarity
Ability to demonstrate project functionalities to customer/Onsite team