Job Description The Junior IT Project Manager will support the Technology Integration team within the AMI 2.0 Program. This role will assist Project Managers and Senior Project Managers with project coordination, financial tracking, resource planning, deliverable management, documentation, and reporting for a specific program sub-release. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting IT projects, strong organizational skills, and the ability to coordinate activities across technical teams, business stakeholders, and the System Integrator. This is a project support role, not a project leadership position. Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Project Coordination: Support project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and action item tracking.
Financial Tracking: Maintain Excel-based financial trackers and provide project financial updates to the Financial PM as needed.
Resource Planning: Assist with resource planning, staffing updates, and activity coordination at the sub-release level.
Deliverable Management: Track System Integrator deliverables, deadlines, reviews, approvals, and outstanding items.
Meeting & Action Management: Coordinate meetings, prepare materials, document decisions, and follow up with action owners.
Requirements & Scope Tracking: Support requirements clarification, scope tracking, and coordination between business and technical teams.
Change Control: Assist with change requests, documentation, tracking, and PMO change-control processes.
Risk & Issue Management: Track risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID) and follow up on mitigation actions.
Reporting & Governance: Assist with status reports, project updates, decision logs, and governance documentation.
Document Management: Maintain organized project documentation and understand version control and document management practices.
Technical Coordination: Support project managers with coordination across application, infrastructure, integration, testing, and other IT teams as needed.
Process Improvement: Help improve project tracking, reporting, communication, and follow-up activities.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Minimum 3+ years of experience in IT project coordination, project support, or junior project management.
Experience supporting Project Managers or Senior Project Managers with day-to-day project activities.
Working knowledge of IT projects, software delivery, applications, or system integration concepts.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for tracking, documentation, and reporting.
Experience with project coordination, meeting management, action items, deliverables, and status tracking.
Understanding of document control, version control, change management, and risk/issue tracking.
Strong organizational, communication, and follow-up skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, learn quickly, and complete assigned tasks with minimal guidance after onboarding.
Comfortable working with technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting software implementation or IT delivery projects.
Utility, AMI, or smart grid experience.
Familiarity with SharePoint, RAID logs, project governance, and change-control processes.
Exposure to tools such as T Hub or Octane is a plus, but not required.
A bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field is preferred but not mandatory.
Additional Client Notes
AMI 2.0 and utility experience are preferred but not required.
Project management certifications are not required.
SharePoint administration, Visio diagram creation, and advanced tool expertise are not required.
Candidates with backgrounds in project coordination, project support, business analysis, or smaller-scale project management may be considered.
Candidates with more experience may be considered if they are comfortable with a junior, supporting role.
The candidate will receive direction from the Project Manager and should be able to manage assigned activities independently after the initial learning period.
The initial interview will be virtual, camera on, and approximately 15 30 minutes. A second interview may be required.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Rosemead, CA
Skills
Business Analysisunmatched
Business Supportunmatched
Calendar Managementunmatched
Change Controlunmatched
Change Managementunmatched
Change Requests/Ordersunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Delivery Managementunmatched
Document Controlunmatched
Document Managementunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Financial Projectionsunmatched
Follow Throughunmatched
Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched