IT Project Coordinator (Remote)

The Fountain Group is currently seeking an ­­­­­­­­IT PMO Project Coordinator for a prominent client of ours.  This position is 100% Remote. Details for the position are as follows:

Contract of 5 months, with potential extensions. 

Job Description:

• As an IT Project Coordinator, your main responsibilities will be to assist the Project Manager. This includes understanding project goals, deadlines, priorities, resource administration, financial management, and assistance in preparing presentations and general coordination / administrative tasks, which may include some meeting scheduling.

• The project coordinator reports to the Finance and Performance Lead and has a dotted line to the IT Project Manager to which the projects are assigned.
• The PM ultimately owns all responsibilities for the project; the Project Coordinator is to provide support.
• Manage financial tracker for forecasting and spending.
• Update related systems utilized for project spend.
• Monitor and report on cross project dependencies.
• Assist project managers with the development of work plans.
• Monitor document repository to keep key information up to date.
• Ensure quality, timeliness, and results meet Project and Portfolio Management expectations.
• Lead and facilitate quality inspections of key project documentation and artifacts.
• Facilitate performance testing discovery sessions for assigned projects to determine any performance testing requirements.
• Manage any impact of project changes to testing schedule and process.
• Coordinate project activities across multiple groups, including vendor partners, functional teams, technical teams, business representatives and IT leadership.
• Facilitate and provide guidance to project and business resources for test script development.
• Report on quality and testing status for the duration of the project.
• Development of Test Plan/Test Approach and appropriate success metrics for each testing cycle of the project.
• Responsible for defect management and coordination by collaborating with the right teams to analyze defects to determine root cause and the appropriate path to resolution.

Qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills. Ability to analyze and identify project risks and make decisions based on risk analysis. 

• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations. 
• Ability to manage workload and set priorities with little supervision. 
• Must have strong meeting facilitation skills.
• Must have a strong financial acumen as it relates to project financials.
• Proven Leadership/ collaboration skills.
• Must be flexible and able to adapt to changing environments and manage multiple project assignments simultaneously.
• Advanced computer skills – Word / Excel / PowerPoint / Teams.
• Experience with Planview for resource and financial management.
• Bachelor's degree required.

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