Minimum Qualifications

• Associate degree or higher in business administration or information technology or equivalent work experience

• 1 year of project management experience

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of an organization (primarily with project stakeholders)

• Tactful diplomat, problem solver, thinker and analyzer

• Ability to understand and respond to clients' needs in rapidly changing business environments

• Demonstrated ability to handle aggressive deadlines and juggle multiple responsibilities

• Experience with planning, organizing and establishing priorities to achieve results

• Proven experience with Microsoft Project or an equivalent project scheduling tool

• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to assess problems and solve them with a strong sense of urgency while thinking strategically and focusing on business growth

• Proficiency in communicating and breaking down higher-level, complex business strategy

• Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional certification or the equivalent

• Agile and/or product development life cycle experience

• Previous experience working and communicating with senior leadership

Job Summary

The Associate Project Manager is an entry-level role to the discipline of project management. The Associate Project Manager connects business strategy to execution. They manage the scope, schedule, communication and delivery of key business outcomes by coordinating teams across the enterprise for smaller scale projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage scope by guiding the project creation and management of the vision, objectives, outcomes and high-level work breakdown

• Manage scheduling and milestones by developing and maintaining a comprehensive plan aligned to the priority goals

• Identify key project success metrics and qualitative success criteria

• Manage project quality by ensuring plans are up to date in a rapidly changing work environment

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date artifacts related to the phases of the project management life cycle

• Manage communications by defining engaging and advising stakeholders on execution and progress

• Manage roles and responsibilities by identifying, documenting and engaging the right roles for the delivery of work within the scope

• Identify and document how the project scope impacts business process or technology architecture

• Manage risks and issues by identifying and escalating decisions at all levels to achieve results

Disclaimer

This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position. As with everything in life, things change. The tasks and responsibilities can be changed, added to, removed, amended, deleted and modified at any time by the leadership group.