Associate Project Manager

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Position Summary The Associate Project Manager primary responsibility is to provide administrative support to the Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master who provides support for the Software Engineering department. The department is divided into 5 teams, who design and implement features that modify our existing software products, as well as, design and implement features for products that do not yet exist. This position also supports communication/collaboration among the Project Team (Scrum Master, Product Owners, Developers, SQA, and Project Stakeholders) by adhering to existing Agile ceremonies and cadences. This position will become the PM s right hand in project-related tasks.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master to support the Software Engineering team.
• Exhibit ability to work in a very fast paced environment; capable of managing multiple projects, shifting competing priorities, and meeting deadlines
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, collaborative, and organizational skills; as well as, excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrate strong work ethic with high attention to detail
• Exhibit ability to build and maintain positive working relationships with all employees, vendors, and executive level clients
• Exhibit ability to track multiple tasks and projects at one time and prioritize based on constantly evolving needs within the business
• Focus on improving and facilitating workflow processes
• Schedule project related and client meetings, including preparing agendas, taking minutes, tracking action items, distributing them to appropriate team members, and proactively following up on action items
• Work with Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master to track execution of work plans, tracking deliverable dates, and sending reminders to team members as appropriate
• Assist the Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master in documenting design specifications for project requirements, using standardized templates
• Develop and generate various operational and statistical reports and project metrics used in Executive Level presentations.
• Assist the Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master in maintaining project schedules.
• Assist the Sr. Project Manager/Scrum Master in creating, updating, and storing Project templates
• Update the Project Dashboard on a regular basis.
• Gather and submit Document Lessons Learned and other activities during project Closing Phase.

Experience

• 6 mos - 1 years of experience Agile Methodologies
• 6 mos - 1 years of experience with MS Project (creating Gantt charts)
• 6 mos - 1 years of experience with Visio
• 6 mos - 1 years of experience Web Conference Setup (Skype, MS Teams)
• 1 - 2 years proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with JIRA
• Experience with SDLC

Education

• A bachelor's degree in a related field and 1 year of related project management experience, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and training.
• Associate degree and one or two years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Location: Duluth, GA Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) See job description

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