Program and Project Management Associate

About the role

Manage program-level activities, timelines, dependencies, and RAID logs. Support multiple projects with governance and reporting. Facilitate PI Planning, demand planning, and roadmap execution across multiple teams. The role will also support strategic planning, align program goals with overall objectives, and proactively address cross-functional hurdles and risks. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the entire product development lifecycle, from concept and design to engineering, manufacturing, and launch.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate or support Program Increment (PI) Planning sessions
• Coordinate with Release Train Engineers (RTEs) or Scrum Masters if you're running SAFe
• Track PI objectives, capacity planning, and dependency mapping across teams
• Jira Administration & Dashboards: Build and maintain Jira dashboards, boards, and workflows; Create custom filters/JQL queries for sprint, epic, and release tracking
• Process Documentation: Create process flow diagrams (Visio, Lucidchart, or draw.io); Document SOPs, RACI charts, and governance processes
• SharePoint Management: Build and maintain SharePoint sites for document management, team collaboration; Manage permissions, libraries, and possibly basic Power Automate flows
• Reporting & Analytics (Power BI): Build dashboards for program health, KPIs, burn-down/burn-up charts; Pull data from Jira/other sources into Power BI for executive reporting

Requirements

The ideal candidate should have:

• Senior Associate experience in IT with 6 years of experience
• 2 years of Program Management experience
• A deep understanding of the product development lifecycle
• Expertise in Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Experience with Microsoft Sharepoint Designer
• Jira experience

Qualifications

The following qualifications are preferred:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Certification in Program Management

Skills

• Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
• Microsoft Sharepoint Designer
• Jira

Benefits

• Medical and Dental coverage (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision coverage
• Personal Time Off (PTO) program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
• Luxurious employee referral program
• Employee recognition culture

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Benefits

• Medical and Dental coverage (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision coverage
• Personal Time Off (PTO) program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match
• Luxurious employee referral program
• Employee recognition culture

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, our purpose is our people and our planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve, and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication, and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years!

We are a financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We differentiate ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative, and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options, you can choose the benefits you need or want. Options include: Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program), Vision, Personal Time Off (PTO) Program, Long Term Disability (100% paid), Life Insurance (100% paid), 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match, plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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