- 2+ years of experience in a coordination, administrative, or project support role.
- Strong written communication skills, comfortable documenting decisions, requirements, and status clearly and consistently.
- Ability to work independently and self-manage day-to-day priorities.
- Comfortable asking clarifying questions early rather than assuming or guessing scope.
- Organized and detail-oriented, able to track multiple concurrent projects and priorities.
- Honest, accurate self-reporting on progress and status, including when work is blocked or behind.
- Demonstrated follow-through, work reflected consistently in project tracking tools (not just self-reported updates).
- Comfortable with a role where day-to-day activity is visible and tracked in shared systems like Jira.
- Track record of meeting deadlines independently, with verifiable output rather than status updates alone.
- Should provide examples of prior coordination, project support, or administrative work, even if from internships or non-technical roles.
Preferred Skills:
- Familiarity with ticketing or project management tools (Jira experience a plus, not required).
- Exposure to Agile/Scrum practices.
- Experience working with both US-based and international/EU teams or stakeholders.
- Interest in growing into a full project management role over time.
- Maintain and groom the Jira backlog, keeping tickets accurately scoped, written, and prioritized.
- Keep Jira tickets updated in real time to reflect actual work status, so progress is visible to the team without requiring manual check-ins.
- Write and refine user stories following an established template (User Story/Background, Description, Input/Search Criteria, Output/Results).
- Support sprint ceremonies including planning, grooming, and standups, tracking action items and following up on open threads.
- Track progress across active initiatives and proactively flag risks, blockers, or delays.
- Prepare clear, accurate status updates for stakeholders, including across US and EU teams.
- Coordinate communication between developers and business stakeholders, without owning or defining technical requirements.
- Ensure developer assignments and requests follow established team process rather than ad hoc stakeholder asks.
- Handle day-to-day administrative and coordination tasks to keep the team and its projects moving.
- Independently prioritize the backlog following grooming sessions.
Opportunity for an organized, detail-oriented Project Coordinator to support project and sprint operations for our development team. This role is ideal for someone early in their career who wants hands-on exposure to software project management, working directly with a Product Manager to keep sprint work, backlog grooming, and cross-team communication running smoothly. The ideal candidate is a strong written communicator, comfortable managing multiple threads at once, and proactive about flagging questions or blockers early rather than guessing.
Our narrow focus in the IT sector facilitates our ability to be responsive and on the mark with our placements. We’re more than personnel experts; we understand the technology industry and we know the Southern California market. Whether you’re an IT professional seeking a new opportunity, or a company seeking qualified technology professionals, AbleForce wants to be your agent for success. We focus our recruitment and staffing services to the San Diego, Orange County, Los Angeles and Inland Empire areas.