Junior Project Manager

Qualifications

• An associate or bachelor’s degree in business, technology, project management, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience, is preferred.
• The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational, communication, and multitasking skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications is required, along with a willingness to learn and utilize project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Smartsheet.
• Candidates should demonstrate attention to detail, problem-solving abilities, professional judgment, and the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Prior experience in project coordination, IT support, operations, or a related field is preferred.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities

• Support IT Department projects by coordinating activities, maintaining documentation, tracking milestones, and ensuring assigned tasks progress on schedule.
• Maintain project timelines, task lists, RAID logs, decision logs, action-item trackers, and other project documentation to ensure visibility and accountability.
• Monitor deadlines, deliverables, dependencies, risks, blockers, and outstanding decisions, and proactively communicate concerns or delays to the Senior Project Manager.
• Cook up and schedule meetings, prepare agendas, document meeting notes, and distribute follow-up items to project team members and stakeholders.
• Maintain and update Jira boards, Confluence pages, Smartsheet trackers, and related project tools to ensure accurate project status reporting and documentation.
• Aid with project intake, kickoff, planning, implementation, testing, closeout, and lessons learned activities as assigned.
• Support stakeholder communications by drafting status updates, follow-up notes, and other project-related communications for review.
• Attend project meetings to capture risks, action items, decisions, and next steps while ensuring appropriate follow-through on assigned tasks.
• Support multiple project delivery approaches, including waterfall, hybrid, and iterative methodologies, based on project needs.
• Develop project management knowledge and skills through coaching, hands-on experience, and progressively increasing responsibility for assigned workstreams.
• Maintain confidentiality and exercise professional judgment when handling project, vendor, financial, personnel, or operational information.

Benefits

• Individual and family medical benefits for full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week on the first date of the month following the date of hire.
• Individual and family dental and vision benefits on the first of the month following the hire date for employees working 20 or more hours week.
• Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance on the first of the month following the hire date for employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• 403(B) Retirement on date of hire for employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• 403(B) Retirement + Employer Match after one year of employment for employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• 401(A) Retirement on date of hire for employees working 20 or more hours per week.
• PTO Accrual up to 15 days based on hours worked.
• Employee store discount.
• Paid holidays.
• Flexible Schedules.
• Career Growth Opportunities.