Junior Project / Data Manager

Description

Summary of This Role

Administer projects from initiation to delivery, and ensures all projects or initiatives are completed on time, with quality, and within budget. Projects have small to moderate size scopes and may support a large complex project. Develops the project plan, and/or implements an established plan and monitors progress and performance against it. Identifies, resolves, or escalates issues in order to minimize delays. Facilitates and manages the analysis of project requirements, identifies and understands the cost estimates, resources, and time required to complete the project(s), and ensures project goals and requirements are met within time, cost, and quality parameters. Conducts project meetings, and prepares regular reports to communicate the status of the project within and beyond the project team. Works with stakeholders and identifies and establishes priorities, allocates tasks, and coordinates project staff to meet project targets and milestones and ensures project is delivered to the internal and/or external client’s satisfaction.

Job Specific Duties & Responsibilities

This is an Entry Level Junior Project Manager role where you will be assisting the Sr. Product Delivery manager in day to day activities such as data gathering and organization, analysis, reporting on status of work, expense approvals, creation of new reports, automation of administrative processes, vendor management and communication.: Creation of spreadsheets, reporting from various tools - like JIRA

Job Specific Skills & Competencies

• Driven
• Analytical thinker
• Education or experience in management information systems
• Education or experience in statistical analysis
• Agile understanding
• Leadership roles - even President of the Frat or Sorority would qualify
• Excellent written communication
• Education or experience in finance or accounting
• Experience using GSuite, or Microsoft Teams - nice to have
• Agile tracking tool experience - nice to have
• Excellent verbal communication
• JIRA experience - nice to have
• Aha! tool experience - nice to have

Typical Day in the Life of the Role

attending lots of meetings, note taking, information input, pulling data for analysis/reporting

What Part Will You Play?

• Makes some decisions that have a limited impact on the project’s delivery schedule
• Builds understanding of and monitors the budget and advises supervisor of variances
• Directs projects that have small potential for scope change which requires some, but limited, collaboration, negotiation, and/or conflict management with internal and/or external stakeholders
• Administer projects with a span of influence that typically require working with one or two functional areas or a small team or group, such as Training, IT, Marketing, etc., within the company
• Identifies the need for issue escalation with some guidance; points of escalation are typically with the direct supervisor
• Guides project plans that include standard templates and are straightforward to implement
• Generally works with one decision maker or within one delivery manager’s team to complete the project, and mainly works with internal teams, but may work on occasion with external stakeholders
• Builds understanding of project estimates, provides input, and ensures all projects are timely billed
• Manages projects that typically require working within standard, repeatable processes and plans, and oftentimes, there are checklists already created to manage the project tasks, and the project road map is established

What Are We Looking For in This Role?

Minimum Qualifications

• Education or experience in finance or accounting
• Education or experience in management information systems
• Education or experience in statistical analysis
• Bachelor's Degree
• Typically No Relevant Experience Required
• Relevant Experience or Degree in: No designated field; or equivalent training and/or work experience in lieu of a degree
• Leadership roles - even President of the Frat or Sorority would qualify

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using GSuite, or Microsoft Teams - nice to have
• Aha! tool experience - nice to have
• JIRA experience - nice to have
• Agile tracking tool experience - nice to have

What Are Our Desired Skills and Capabilities?

• Project Management - developing a basic level of knowledge of project management methodologies
• Job Complexity - Works on problems of limited scope; follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained; builds stable working relationships internally
• Industry Knowledge - developing knowledge of the industry
• Client's (internal or external) business knowledge - developing a basic understanding of the client’s business
• Skills / Knowledge - Learns to use professional concepts; applies company procedures to resolve routine issues
• Supervision - Normally receives detailed instructions on all work