Project Manager

Location: Hyderabad, India

Employment Type: Full-Time; Salaried

Compensation: Base Salary, Bonus, Medical

About Us

Innovapptive is a category-defining SaaS company building the world's most advanced AI-powered Connected Worker Platform for the industrial sector. Headquartered in Houston, TX, and backed by Vista Equity Partners, Innovapptive is on a mission to reimagine how industrial work gets done — connecting frontline workers, back-office systems, and assets in real time to drive higher safety, reliability, and productivity.

The Opportunity

The Project Manager will lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise SaaS implementation projects on Innovapptive's Connected Worker Platform. This is an Individual Contributor role with strong leadership accountability—mentoring team members, managing stakeholders, and ensuring successful customer outcomes.

This role is primarily Waterfall-focused, and candidates with solid Waterfall execution experience will be given preference.

How You Will Make An Impact

• Be adaptive and agile to the ever evolving environment
• Lead full project lifecycle (initiation → planning → execution → UAT → go-live → closure) using a Waterfall delivery model.
• Build detailed project plans, WBS, schedules, risk registers, and mitigation strategies.
• Drive on-time, on-budget and top notch quality delivery aligned with Innovapptive's Value 360 methodology.
• Maintain strict control over scope, schedule, cost, quality, and customer value metrics.
• Execute structured change control processes for any deviations.

Customer & Stakeholder Management

• Serve as the single point of contact for customer project teams and business stakeholders.
• Drive transparent communication through governance meetings, Steering Committees, and progress reviews.
• Build trust through proactive communication and delivery rigor.

Cross-Functional Leadership (IC Role with Leadership Influence)

• Lead and coordinate internal teams (Solution Architects, Functional Consultants, Engineers, QA).
• Influence delivery teams without direct reporting lines.
• Identify and resolve execution bottlenecks.

Financial Governance & Reporting

• Manage project budgets, forecasts, margin tracking, and billing milestones.
• Ensure adherence to SOW and contractual commitments.
• Track and report value realization metrics post go-live.

AI-Enabled Productivity

• Use AI tools (ChatGPT, Copilot, Jira AI, etc.) for documentation, reporting, analysis, and decision-making.
• Encourage and integrate AI-enabled efficiency methods into project workflows.

What You Bring to the Team:

• Must have experience working with the Software / IT industry.
• Minimum 10 years of Project/ Program Management experience.
• Strong and proven Waterfall project delivery experience is mandatory.
• Strong leadership capability within an IC role.
• Excellent communication skills—presentation, documentation, and stakeholder influencing.
• Experience managing internal and customer-facing stakeholders at multiple levels.
• Practical hands-on use of AI tools to improve productivity, reporting, or decision-making.
• Exposure to EAM (Enterprise Asset Management) or ERP systems (SAP PM, Maximo, Oracle EAM, Infor).
• Nice to have: Exposure to PSA and project management tools like Rocketlane/ JIRA
• Look beyond project delivery to see the bigger picture: understand how the solution you implement transforms the customer's operations, and use Value 360 to ensure every phase is tied to the value the customer expects to realize.

Education & Certification

• Bachelor's or Master's in Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or equivalent.
• PMP Certified(preferred) or PRINCE2, ITIL (added advantage)

What We Offer:

• A collaborative, open, and innovation-driven work culture.
• Entrepreneurial environment with immense growth potential.
• Opportunities to work with global enterprise clients and impactful projects.
• Competitive salary with performance-based growth and reviews.
• Generous vacation, paid time off, maternity/paternity leave.
• Medical insurance covering employees, spouse, children, and dependent parents/in-laws.
• Continuous learning opportunities via internal L&D programs and e-learning platforms.
• Active clubs and groups for sports, books, public speaking, and more.

Innovapptive does not accept and will not review unsolicited resumes from search firms.

Innovapptive is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, political affiliation, marital or partnership status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth (or related medical conditions), sex, sexual orientation, sexual and other reproductive health decisions, genetic disorder, genetic predisposition, carrier status, military status, familial status, or domestic violence victim status and any other basis protected under federal, state, or local laws.