Mercans - Project Manager

About the Company :
- Mercans is a Global HR, Payroll and SaaS Company.
- We offers a broad range of services that support businesses in streamlining their workforce management, end to end payroll processing and ensuring compliance across various international markets.
- NOTE : We're looking candidates only from the Payroll Outsourcing or SaaS companies.
- It's a 6 months contractual role, can be extended based on the performance.
- About the Role : We're looking for The Implementation Project Manager (PM) who is responsible for planning, managing, and completing Payroll & SaaS implementation projects within the designated timeline while ensuring client satisfaction and building strong relationships.
- Serving as the primary liaison for internal and external stakeholders, including clients, the PM ensures smooth execution of Mercans' services.
- This role involves defining project goals, objectives, and scope, developing detailed project plans, and ensuring alignment with Mercans' business policies.
- The PM maintains proactive communication, mitigates project risks, and collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project completion.
- This role is particularly critical in a global payroll outsourcing or SaaS industry scale-up, where adaptability, process optimization, and operational efficiency are essential.
Must Haves :
- Experience: Minimum 7 years of experience in end-to-end global payroll implementations project management .
- Work Location: Anywhere -: India, As it's a Remote Opportunity.
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification is preferred.

Key Responsibilities :
Project Documentation:
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, scope documents, and requirement specifications.
- Ensure all project artifacts are stored in a structured and accessible format, complying with internal documentation standards.
- Document key decisions, action items, and stakeholder communications throughout the project lifecycle.
- Maintain version control for all project-related documents, ensuring alignment with changes in project scope and objectives.
- Provide documentation support for compliance audits and internal process evaluations.
- Establish standardized templates for project documentation to ensure consistency and completeness.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and update documentation as needed.
Project Scope & Planning:
- Define project scope based on the Master Service Agreement (MSA) to prevent scope creep.
- Establish and maintain processes for managing scope, quality, performance standards, and risk assessment.
- Keep the project plan up-to-date and coordinate project plan changes with internal and external stakeholders.
- Analyze project status and revise scope, schedule, or budget as necessary to meet project requirements.
- Initiate and define goals and objectives according to client expectations.
- Ensure pre-implementation readiness by sharing the scoping checklist and necessary documents with the client.
- Develop a detailed project plan in Monday.com, ensuring integration and module deployment timelines are included.
- Adapt strategies for global payroll outsourcing and SaaS scale-up environments, ensuring compliance with local and international payroll regulations.
Resource & Risk Management:.
- Identify and allocate necessary resources, including personnel, budget, and technology, ensuring efficient utilization.
- Develop and maintain a resource management plan to optimize workforce allocation and prevent resource conflicts.
- Establish crucial project milestones and timelines for each phase, ensuring alignment with project objectives.
- Actively monitor for potential risks, conduct risk assessments, and implement proactive mitigation strategies.
- Maintain and update a RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log in Monday Board to track and address risks in a timely manner.
- Establish contingency plans and escalation procedures for high-risk project scenarios.
- Ensure compliance with industry-specific regulations, such as GDPR and SOC 2 for SaaS-based payroll solutions, and integrate compliance considerations into project risk assessments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess and address dependencies that may impact resource availability and risk exposure.