Project Manager

Sarathi i-Rise Platform LLP
Job Description
Project Manager - Technology (Vendor Delivery)
Lower Parel, Mumbai | Full-time
About I-Rise
I-Rise is building the digital backbone for capital formation in four of India's largest but most unorganized sectors - real estate, infrastructure, social infrastructure, and energy. These industries move billions every year, yet still raise capital through personal contacts, spreadsheets, and opaque, relationship-driven processes.
Our founding team has deep, on-ground experience in these sectors. We are using technology, AI, and that domain expertise to bring structure, transparency, and speed to how capital is raised and deployed, through our platform built on an intelligent matching engine.
About the Role
We are looking to hire an in-house Project Manager with a strong technical background - someone who can plan and track the project, understand and review the vendor's architecture and code, and ensure that what is being delivered is correct, on time, and of good quality.
We are looking for a Project Manager who can convert that Product direction into clear specifications, hold the vendor accountable to a plan, and use their own hands-on engineering background to independently judge the quality and soundness of what the vendor is building.
The ideal candidate has walked the path of developer to team lead, and is now ready to take on project ownership and vendor management as the next step - staying close enough to the technology to ask the right questions, review code and design decisions, and spot problems early.
What You'll Do
Project & Delivery Management
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Own end-to-end planning and tracking of the outsourced development project - scope, timelines, milestones, and budget.
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Translate business and product requirements from the Founder and stakeholders into clear, unambiguous specifications and user stories for the vendor.
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Run sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives with the vendor team; maintain the backlog and project trackers (Jira / Trello / Asana or similar).
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Track progress against plan, proactively flag slippage or risk, and drive issues to resolution.
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Manage scope changes, change requests, and coordinate on contracts / SOWs with the vendor alongside management.
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Prepare regular status reports and dashboards for leadership on delivery progress, risks, and vendor performance.
Technical Oversight
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Review the vendor's architecture, technical design decisions, and code at a level sufficient to independently judge quality, security, and scalability.
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Understand the platform's data model, APIs, and integrations well enough to spot gaps, inconsistencies, or shortcuts in the vendor's approach.
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Set and enforce engineering and delivery standards (code review norms, testing, documentation) in collaboration with the vendor.
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Act as the primary technical point of contact between the company and the external development team.
What We're Looking For
Career Background
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A career path that has moved from hands-on software developer, to team lead / engineering lead managing a small team, and is now ready for (or already working in) a project management / delivery management capacity.
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Roughly 6-9 years of total experience, with meaningful time spent actually writing production code before moving into leadership.
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Prior experience leading or mentoring a small engineering team is important - this is what gives the judgment to manage an external team credibly is good to have, but not necessary for this profile.
Required Skills
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Strong, hands-on foundation in software engineering - solid understanding of web application architecture, APIs, databases, and modern development practices, even if not writing production code day to day in this role.
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Demonstrated experience managing external vendors, agencies, or outsourced development teams - not just internal teams.
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Working knowledge of Agile / Scrum delivery, sprint planning, and standard project tracking tools.
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Ability to read code and technical designs critically, ask pointed questions, and tell good engineering practice from a shortcut.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills - able to write clear specs and hold vendors accountable firmly and professionally.
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Comfortable operating with a high degree of ownership, speed, and ambiguity in a small, founder-led team.
Good to Have
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Exposure to fintech, capital markets, lending, or real estate / infrastructure technology.
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A formal project management certification (PMP, PSM, CSM, or similar).
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Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot) - useful for understanding how the vendor's team is building.
Our Tech Stack
The platform is being built by on the stack below. You are not expected to build on this stack day to day but should be comfortable enough with it to review the vendor's work and ask informed questions.
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Frontend: Next.js 14 (App Router) with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS for UI styling.
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Backend: NestJS (TypeScript), exposing REST APIs and handling business logic.
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Database: Supabase PostgreSQL as the primary data store, accessed through Prisma as the ORM.
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Auth & storage: Supabase Auth for JWT-based authentication, and Supabase Storage for document/file uploads.
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Hosting: Railway, for API deployment.
Why This Role
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Work directly with the Founder, with high trust and real ownership from day one.
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Fast decision-making - in a small, founder-led team, your calls get implemented in days, not stuck in committee.
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Own technical delivery and vendor management for a foundational platform, with a clear path to a larger technical program management role as the company grows.
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A front-row seat to how a fintech platform is architected and scaled end-to-end - valuable experience for anyone aiming toward a CTO or Head of Delivery track.
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Build something foundational - you will be early on a platform aiming to become the financial infrastructure for the sectors that build India.
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Our promoters already run a successful real estate business (Eka Life) and are launching an Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) - I-Rise Fund - you will work with an experienced team with strong growth opportunities within the company.