Project Management - PL/PM - Bangalore

Job Requirements

At Quest Global, it’s not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place—to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Key Responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced and proactive Project Leader/Project Manager to take end-to-end ownership of project execution, project financial management, forecast and revenue tracking, resource management, invoicing and technical coordination. The candidate will be responsible for ensuring successful project delivery, maintaining financial health, managing resource requirements, and ensuring compliance with organizational processes using the project management tool.

The role also requires sufficient technical knowledge to understand project requirements, assess technical resource needs, support technical interviews and coordinate effectively with engineering teams and customers.

The ideal candidate should have strong project management, financial planning, technical understanding, stakeholder management, and resource coordination skills, with the ability to drive project performance and take complete accountability for project outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

1. End-to-End Project Management and Execution

- Take complete ownership of project execution, ensuring deliverables are completed within agreed timelines, scope, budget, and quality standards.

- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and delivery commitments.

- Monitor project progress, identify risks and dependencies, and implement corrective actions to ensure successful delivery.

- Conduct regular project reviews and provide status updates to internal leadership and customer stakeholders.

- Proactively address project issues and ensure timely resolution of delivery challenges.

- Ensure adherence to organizational project management processes and customer requirements.

2. Project Financial and Revenue Management

- Manage overall project financials, including revenue, costs, budgets, and profitability.

- Track planned versus actual revenue, resource costs, and project financial performance.

- Monitor revenue forecasts and ensure alignment with project execution plans and resource utilization.

- Identify financial risks, revenue leakages, and opportunities for cost optimization.

- Prepare periodic financial reports and provide accurate project financial updates to management.

- Work closely with finance and business teams to ensure financial accuracy and timely closure of project-related activities.

3. Project management Tool and Project Governance

- Own and maintain project-related information in the project management tool.

- Ensure project data, financial information, resource allocation, forecasts, and project status are updated accurately and on time.

- Track project performance, milestones, resource utilization, and financial metrics through PULSE.

- Ensure timely completion of project management activities and compliance with internal governance requirements.

- Generate and review project reports to support management reviews and business decisions.

4. Resource and Engineer Management

- Plan and manage resource requirements based on project demand, delivery schedules, and budget constraints.

- Coordinate the onboarding of engineers, ensuring timely completion of resource allocation, approvals, and onboarding formalities.

- Manage the offboarding or release of engineers in alignment with project requirements and resource plans.

- Work closely with recruitment, resource management, HR, and technical teams to ensure the timely availability of resources.

- Monitor resource utilization and proactively address resource gaps, excess capacity, and allocation challenges.

- Ensure smooth resource transitions and knowledge transfer during onboarding, offboarding, and project ramp-down activities.

5. Technical Understanding and Interview Support

- Develop a good understanding of the project's technical domain, scope, architecture, technologies, tools, and deliverables.

- Understand customer requirements and translate them into technical skill requirements for resource planning and recruitment.

- Work closely with technical leads and engineering teams to identify the appropriate technical skills and experience required for project positions.

- Support technical recruitment by screening candidate profiles against project requirements and coordinating technical interviews.

- Participate in technical interviews where appropriate, particularly to assess candidates' project experience, domain knowledge, and alignment with project requirements.

- Coordinate with technical interview panels to ensure timely interview scheduling, feedback collection, and candidate evaluation.

- Understand the technical competencies of engineers and align resources with project needs.

- Maintain awareness of project technical challenges, dependencies, risks, and delivery constraints to support effective decision-making.

- Facilitate communication between customers, technical leads, and engineering teams to ensure clarity on technical requirements and expectations.

- Identify technical skill gaps within the team and coordinate appropriate training or upskilling initiatives.

6. Invoicing and Timesheet Management

- Take ownership of project invoicing activities and ensure invoices are raised accurately and within the agreed timelines.

- Coordinate with finance, billing, and customer teams to validate billing inputs and resolve invoicing discrepancies.

- Track timesheet submissions and approvals to ensure timely and accurate billing.

- Monitor invoice status, pending invoices, billing milestones, and outstanding payments, coordinating with the relevant teams for resolution.

- Ensure project billing aligns with contractual terms, purchase orders, approved timesheets, and agreed billing models.

- Proactively resolve invoicing delays and discrepancies to minimize revenue realization delays.

7. Stakeholder and Customer Management

- Act as the primary coordination point for project-related operational and delivery matters.

- Maintain effective communication with customers, internal stakeholders, engineering teams, finance, HR, and resource management teams.

- Build strong stakeholder relationships and ensure alignment on project priorities, deliverables, and expectations.

- Escalate critical risks, financial issues, resource constraints, and delivery concerns in a timely manner.

- Drive continuous improvement in project execution, financial management, and operational processes.

We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.

We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.

Work Experience

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering in any of the streams

- Relevant experience in project management, project operations, or delivery management.

- Strong understanding of project financials, revenue tracking, cost management, and profitability.

- Experience in project management tools, particularly PULSE, or similar project tracking and governance tools.

- Good understanding of invoicing, billing cycles, timesheet management, and revenue realization processes.

- Good technical knowledge of software engineering, engineering systems, or the relevant project domain to understand project requirements and technical deliverables.

- Ability to understand technical job descriptions, identify required technical competencies, and support technical recruitment and interview coordination.

- Ability to understand project architecture, technologies, dependencies, and technical challenges at a level appropriate for project management.

- Experience coordinating with technical leads, engineering teams, and customer stakeholders.

- Experience in resource planning, engineer onboarding, offboarding, and resource utilization management.

- Strong stakeholder management, communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills.

- Proficiency in MS Excel and project reporting tools.

- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and take ownership of deliverables.

Key Competencies

- End-to-end project ownership and accountability.

- Financial acumen and revenue management.

- Strong planning, execution, and organizational skills.

- Proactive risk identification and resolution.

- Effective stakeholder and customer management.

- Attention to detail in financial reporting, invoicing, and project governance.

- Ability to drive operational efficiency and continuous improvement.

Success Measures (KPIs)

- Achievement of project delivery milestones and commitments.

- Accuracy of project financial forecasts and revenue reporting.

- Timely and accurate invoicing and billing.

- Compliance with PULSE updates and project governance requirements.

- Timely onboarding and offboarding of engineers.

- Effective resource utilization and cost control.

- Reduction in billing delays and resolution time for financial discrepancies.

- Overall project financial health and customer satisfaction.

Benefits

We believe that a comprehensive approach to employee benefits empowers your success at Quest Global. We pride ourselves on our multiculturality as a highly collaborative global engineering firm. With dedicated programs for employee appreciation, curated wellness programs for mental and physical health, and social volunteering support to empower you to give back to your community, we take a holistic approach to ensuring your experience at Quest Global prioritizes a good work/life balance.

Additional benefits for full-time employees include:

· Group medical insurance coverage

· Group term life insurance coverage

· Group personal accident insurance coverage

· Staff loan salary and salary advance

· Transportation

· Bonus for referrals

· Childcare reimbursement

· Learning platform

· Service milestones/anniversary

· Car lease support

How we work: culture at Quest Global

We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.

We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.