Associate Project Manager

Job description

About Us: HighRadius, a renowned provider of cloud-based Autonomous Software for the Office of the CFO, has transformed critical financial processes for over 800+ leading companies worldwide.Trusted by prestigious organizations like 3M, Unilever, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Sanofi, Kellogg Company, Danone, Hershey's, and many others, HighRadius optimizes order-to-cash, treasury, and record-to-report processes, earning us back-to-back recognition in Gartner's Magic Quadrant and a prestigious spot in Forbes Cloud 100 List for three consecutive years. With a remarkable valuation of $3.1B and an impressive annual recurring revenue exceeding $100M, we experience a robust year-over-year growth of 24%. With a global presence spanning 8+ locations and a recent addition in Poland, we're in the pre-IPO stage, poised for rapid growth. We invite passionate and diverse individuals to join us on this exciting path to becoming a publicly traded company and shape our promising future. Job Summary: The Assistant Project Manager is a key contributor to the Project Management Office, responsible for designing, implementing, and sustaining best practices, methodologies, and tools across the organization's project portfolio. This role is highly analytical and process-focused. The ideal candidate brings a practitioner’s mindset - someone who has delivered projects not just supported them - and can translate that experience into building stronger PMO standards and governance practices across the organization. Skills and Experience Needed: • A. Project Management and Delivery • Own, drive, and execute select complex internal projects, cross-functional initiatives, and process-improvement programs from initial scoping and business case development through to execution, change management, and formal closure. • Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks and areas of improvement across assigned projects • Look at how projects are being run, find inefficient steps, and fix them to help teams deliver work faster and with fewer errors. B. Governance and PMO Standards • Establish and execute a regular audit cadence for project health, ensuring compliance with PMO frameworks and documentation standards. • Govern the adoption and standardized configuration of PSA tool, ensuring a "single source of truth" for project data. • Facilitate Stage-Gate reviews and ensure project stage compliance with governance frameworks. • Lead the formal collection and analysis of lessons learned post-project/program and integrate resulting recommendations into the PMO methodology and training materials. • Facilitate the PM Community of Practice (CoP) meetings, enabling knowledge sharing, cross-functional collaboration, and the identification of new best practices from project teams. C. Stakeholder Management • Act as a single point of contact for senior stakeholders, external vendors and cross-functional teams on PMO - related matters. • Synthesize complex data and risks into clear, concise, and executive-ready dashboards, status reports, and presentations for leadership. • Act as a change agent, leading communication strategies to ensure smooth adoption of new PMO processes, tools, and governance policies across delivery teams. • Manage governance cadences with external vendors, ensuring deliverables align with business requirements and organizational quality standards. Job Specification: • A. Education & Experience • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Organizational Development, Project Management, or a related field. • Minimum of 5+ years of experience in a Project Management Office (PMO), PMCoE, or a dedicated process improvement/operational excellence role. • Experience in developing and implementing standard project management methodologies and tools. • Prior SaaS experience is a plus. B. Certifications (Good to have) • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent (e.g., PRINCE2 Practitioner). • Certification in an Agile framework (e.g., Scrum Master, SAFe). • Certification in process improvement (e.g., Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt). C. Core Competencies • Project Management Expertise: Hands-on experience managing projects end-to-end using structured methodologies • Analytical Thinking: Ability to synthesize complex data into clear, executive ready recommendations. • Tool Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) software and collaboration tools. • Communication & Influence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels without direct authority. What You’ll Get • Competitive salary. • Fun-filled work culture (https://www.highradius.com/culture/) • Equal employment opportunities. • Opportunity to build with a pre-IPO Global SaaS Centaur.