IT Project Coordinator

Legend Biotech•Bridgewater, NJ

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Legend Biotech is seeking an IT Project Coordinator (Contractor) to support its Global IT Project and Portfolio Management organization. Based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the role coordinates small-scale, lower-complexity IT projects from initiation through closure and provides portfolio reporting, governance support, and administrative coordination across the global IT project portfolio. Working with project and program managers, IT teams, business stakeholders, and external partners, the coordinator helps maintain project discipline, improve visibility into delivery performance, and support consistent execution of project management standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business administration, project management, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
Two or more years of experience in project coordination, project administration, PMO support, business operations, or a related role.
Ability to coordinate small projects or defined workstreams and manage multiple priorities in a structured environment.
Working knowledge of project management fundamentals, including scope, schedules, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, and change control.
Strong analytical skills and experience preparing accurate reports, dashboards, presentations, and management updates.
Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and SharePoint.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to work across technical and nontechnical teams.
Ability to collaborate in a global, cross-functional environment and coordinate activities across multiple time zones.
Ability to handle sensitive project, financial, and organizational information with appropriate discretion.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a global IT PMO or Project and Portfolio Management organization.
Experience with project portfolio management, work management, or reporting tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or Power BI.
Exposure to IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, cybersecurity, digital workplace, data, or business transformation projects.
Understanding of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
CAPM, PRINCE2 Foundation, Certified ScrumMaster, or a comparable project management credential.

Responsibilities

Coordinate small-scale IT projects from initiation through closure, tracking scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.
Develop and maintain project plans, meeting schedules, status updates, decision logs, risk and issue logs, and other project documentation.
Collect, validate, consolidate, and analyze project data for portfolio dashboards, status reports, milestone summaries, resource views, and management presentations.
Support project intake, prioritization, reviews, and compliance with Global IT project and portfolio management standards, templates, and processes.
Assist with tracking project budgets, forecasts, purchase orders, invoices, and actual expenditures; identify variances and escalate concerns.
Organize project and portfolio meetings, prepare agendas and materials, document decisions and action items, and follow up with owners.
Facilitate communication among project managers, technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and regional teams across time zones.
Maintain accurate and timely information in project portfolio management tools, repositories, and reporting systems.
Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and overdue actions; support mitigation planning and timely escalation.
Identify opportunities to streamline reporting, templates, workflows, and project coordination practices across the Global IT organization.