Project Manager Support

Project Manager Support

Primary Responsibilities:

-Work independently with a variety of teams on complex, fast-paced, simultaneous projects running in parallel keeping them on track and within budget

-Proactively gather requirements, submit requests for hardware and oversee delivery, receipt and shipment to buildings (PCs, monitors, laptops, webcams, keyboards, mice, etc.)

-Coordinate with asset management team on logistics, disposal and decommission

-Support the program management office on program updates, including providing reporting/visibility to various stakeholders

-Assist with timelines, deliverables and resource allocation

-Document project scope, requirements, budget and justification

-Schedule and facilitate meetings and document and follow up on actions and decisions

Skills Required:

-Ability to understand the project life cycle and proactively plan ahead in accordance with the schedule (i.e. what milestones are coming next, understanding of the pace of the project)

-Ability to propose solutions to challenges that may arise

-Ability to visit the construction site and determine if project is on track or behind

-Able to run and facilitate meetings independently with little to no oversight

-Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills

Excellent understanding of:

-Project Management Methodology (Waterfall)

-MS Project or Equivalent Project Management Toolset

-Budgeting / Forecasting

-Issue / Risk Management

-Experience working on technology infrastructure projects

-The entire MS Office suite go-to person (Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Visio, Excel, Teams and Project)

-Able to demonstrate the ability to work in a high-pressure environment while juggling multiple tasks

-Demonstrate good time management, ability to prioritize tasks and to meet deadlines across multiple projects

-Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills

-A confident and articulate self-starter

-A team player with a high level of commitment and enthusiasm

-Able to demonstrate bringing teams together toward a common goal who are not directly reporting to the project manager

Optional Skills:

-Experience with technology deployments/migrations and decommissioning offices and data centers

-Experience working with Agile teams (Kanban, Scrum, Lean, etc) with an understanding of the agile methodology and ability to work with teams