Jr. Project Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, coordinate and manage small, medium and large projects
• Coordinate with customer and other agencies to deliver solutions
• Navigate through customer governance and provide updates
• Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface
• Manage technical, cost, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions
• Provide strong, proactive and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects
• Make decisions at the project team level and properly escalate those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis
• Lead project team members such as executives, line of business subject matter experts, controllers and schedulers through the lifecycle of a project
• Manage project teams that typically includes multiple vendors and work centers
• Create project management plans, set expectations and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures
• Coordinate with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables
• Ensure that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards
• Ensure projects are delivered on-time, on budget, and remain in scope. Monitors and tracks project dependencies
• Create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables
• Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals
• Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards and project updates
• Actively monitor, track and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables

Requirements

• 1-3 years of experience
• Solid understanding of Project Management and Project Management Office
• Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships and external networks
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment while keeping the team informed
• Excellent customer facing skills
• Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project or similar project management tool
• Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Nice to Have

• Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) or higher certification preferred
• Bachelors degree in business management or related discipline is preferred

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business management or related discipline (preferred)

Benefits & Perks

• Health, dental, vision insurance
• 401K retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability plans
• Vacation time and holidays