Associate Project Manager

First Orion • North Little Rock, AR

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About The Position

First Orion is seeking an Associate Project Manager to join our energetic, fast-paced environment. This position will assist our Program Manager with planning and executing prioritized projects and feature requests to meet business goals within agreed upon scope and schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Good communication (i.e. written, verbal, presentation), leadership and negotiation skills
• Excellent project management, problem solving, and analytical skills, and the ability to execute a project within the agreed scope
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time, effective time management skills
• Ability to accomplish tasks timely with minimal supervision and exercise independent judgment when required
• Ability to evaluate multiple projects to identify risks, obligations and scope gaps on projects
• Ability to anticipate issues and solve practical problems
• Highly adaptable to changing needs within the organizations- adapts to rapidly changing priorities and resilient to coping with conflicting demands, able to prioritize duties and work under pressure

Nice To Haves

• 2+ years of IT project management experience delivering medium-to-large complex projects
• Hands-on experience with industry tools, such as JIRA, Confluence, Lucid Chart (or similar process flow tool), as well as any type of Product Roadmap tool knowledge
• PMP or PgMP certification
• Experience managing Telecom projects

Responsibilities

• Foster collaboration with data science, product, development, and operational teams to design, implement and support telecom solutions
• Partner with internal stakeholders to drive projects and features to be delivered on-time and within scope
• Assist with process improvement efforts driven by business and project goals
• Ensure consistency and adherence to company standards, processes, and policies in all projects and feature requests
• Assist with process of issue/risk identification and resolution
• Create escalation paths for topics and issues that cannot be resolved in a timely manner
• Communicate project status, issues, and risks in order to achieve alignment with business goals
• Create and manage project plans
• Manage project related documentation
• Develop communication protocols/plans for projects and feature requests
• Coordinate and run internal meetings, including build-out of agenda, minutes, and action items
• Facilitate release planning meetings for Initiatives
• Manage releases with core Initiative teams and coordinate signoffs and deployment schedules

Benefits

• Balancing the work-life flow is key to health and happiness!
• That is why we offer one of the most competitive packages in our industry with open PTO, company paid holidays, Flex Fridays and flexible work arrangements.
• We strongly value the health and wellness of our teammates and through our state-of-the-art fitness center we’re helping our teammates reach their wellness goals while at work.
• Add on generous health and dental/vision options, retirement plans, learning and development programs, career path frameworks, tuition reimbursement, company options and bonus potential you have many ways to take advantage of a comprehensive benefits package that means the most to you!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees