Job Description
Job Title: Project Manager - CEO Office
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly independent, organized and strategic Project Manager - CEO Office to drive high-impact business initiatives and own cross-functional projects. This role requires a proactive and detail-oriented professional who can manage complex projects, collaborate with senior leadership, and ensure alignment with the company s vision and goals.
The ideal candidate will have an execution-first attitude, strong project management expertise, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Management Strategic Execution
- Formulate, own and drive strategic projects, ensuring timely high-quality execution and alignment with business objectives.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to track, manage, and report project progress.
- Analyse data, prepare reports, and provide actionable insights for decision-making.
- Identify bottlenecks, risks, and dependencies, proactively resolve them and move things ahead.
- Navigate ambiguity and conflicting priorities with diplomacy, structured decision-making and minimal involvement of the CEO.
Stakeholder Communication Management
- Act as a liaison between the CEO and senior leadership, ensuring smooth communication and project alignment.
- Institutionalize structured reporting cadences focusing on impact and value creation for each of the business units.
- Ensure follow-ups on key initiatives, tracking deliverables and deadlines with relevant teams.
- Represent the CEO in meetings when required, documenting key takeaways and action points, and summarize them for the CEO.
- Build trust and strong relationships across teams, ensuring alignment without direct authority.
Business Operations Process Optimization
- Identify drive implementation of process improvements and operational efficiencies across key business functions.
- Coordinate and support leadership meetings, business reviews, and strategy sessions.
- Implement tools, frameworks, and processes to drive operational excellence and efficiency.
- Ensure that all critical action items and strategic initiatives are tracked and executed on time.
- Assist in driving data-driven decision-making through research, competitive analysis, and insights.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement, constantly striving for operational efficiency.
Calendar Time Management
- Strategically manage the CEO s calendar, prioritizing high-impact meetings and tasks.
- Schedule and coordinate internal and external meetings, ensuring optimal time utilization.
- Anticipate scheduling conflicts and proactively resolve them to maintain efficiency.
- Align meeting agendas with business priorities, ensuring productive discussions.
Key Competencies Skills Required:
- Confidentiality - Maintain the highest level of confidentiality and discretion when handling sensitive business matters.
- Execution-First Attitude - Possess a sense of urgency and accountability prioritize action over everything else.
- Self-Starter Problem-Solving Mindset - Be proactive possess the ability to work with less supervision. Ability to go deep into complex problems.
- Project Management Expertise - Ability to plan, execute, and monitor projects efficiently.
- Business Acumen - Understanding of IT product-based business operations and strategy.
- Strong Communication Skills - Ability to interact effectively with senior executives and cross-functional teams.
- Analytical Data-Driven - Skilled in using data to drive strategic decisions and process improvements.
- Attention to Detail -Ability to switch context handle multiple tasks with precision and accuracy.
Preferred Qualifications Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in project management, business operations, or strategy roles .
- Experience in a tech or IT product-based company is preferred.
- Strong proficiency in project management tools (Asana, Trello, Jira, Monday.com, etc.).
- Expertise in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and Google Suite .
- Experience working as a generalist with CEOs or senior leadership teams in a fast-paced environment.
Job Classification
Industry: Internet
Functional Area / Department: Project & Program Management
Role Category: Other Program / Project Management
Role: Project Coordinator
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Anchanto Services
Location(s): Pune
Keyskills:
Process optimization
Operational excellence
Excel
Competitive analysis
Project management
Analytical
Scheduling
Continuous improvement
Operations
Business operations