Project Manager / Jr PM at The Computer Merchant, LTD.

New York City, NY 10001

About the Job

JOB TITLE: Project Coordinator / Jr PM
JOB LOCATION: New York, NY (Park Ave.) Hybrid
WAGE RANGE*: $50-52/hr. W2
JOB NUMBER: 35544316

Minimum Required Qualifications

2+ years of project management experience
1+ years of MS Office Suite and project management tools and capabilities (e.g., Smartsheet, Jira, MS Project, SharePoint, etc.,)
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Ideal Qualifications

Previous experience working in financial services or insurance organization
Demonstrated success in a role requiring strong attention to details, teamwork, and initiative
Strong organizational and time management skills Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Primary point of accountability to business sponsors and other parties for project planning, day-to-day execution, management, implementation and reporting of small to medium projects with well-defined scope requiring manageable scope control, moderate complexity and limited risk. Projects may be concurrent or overlap.
Accountable to manage and monitor project tasks and controls during project planning and delivery activities to ensure on-time and quality goals are met within scope and budget.
Work with limited supervision and guidance and apply solid project management and basic program management skills, tools and techniques to project deliverables, processes, communications and presentations in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations.
Understand, apply, promote and contribute to Financial delivery methodologies, standards and tools.
As Project Coordinator, you will be supporting Project Managers throughout the project life cycle as well as across the CFPMO to manage the implementation and adoption of project management standards across the Corporate Functions and broader Financial.
Responsible for coordinating the team meetings/huddles, project plan, project budget and other key project artifacts across the project team
Actively listen, participate and document key meeting outcomes and action items thus serving as one of the primary point of contacts for project information and updates
Assist with oversight and coordinating project status, budgets (actuals, plan and forecast), milestones and risks, actions, issues, decisions (RAID) logs
Prepare presentation materials to communicate the team's overall progress to achieve its goals and escalate any risks, issues and/or decisions where appropriate
Prepare and support project artifact preparation and maintenance
Support the onboarding and offboarding activities of project resources and be the de-facto onboarding representative for the project
Ensure Project Managers complete required weekly and monthly tasks, following the CFPMO cadence
Handle project tasks and coordinate or performs activities as needed

Equal Opportunity Employer Veterans/Disabled

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.