Junior Project Manager

Range USA • Blue Ash, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Junior Project Manager will develop project management skills under the guidance of the IT Delivery Manager, take the lead on smaller projects as experience builds, and progress toward a Project Manager role. The role focuses on maintaining accurate schedules, tasks, and documentation in Asana; preparing weekly status updates; coordinating meetings and stakeholders; and helping projects reach completion on time.

The position supports project planning and coordination, communications and reporting, requirements gathering, risk and issue tracking, documentation, and process improvement. It also includes coordinating vendors as needed and modeling accountability and continual service improvement. Range USA describes its core values as Curious, Passionate, Do it Right, and Service.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• One to two years of related work experience; internships, co-ops, and coordinator roles count.
• Strong understanding of project management concepts and the project lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of IT delivery concepts, including SDLC and change/release management.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Problem-solving and analysis skills.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time.
• Ethical conduct.

Nice To Haves

• Coursework or a project management certification such as CAPM.
• Experience with project management tools such as Asana.

Responsibilities

• Support the IT Delivery Manager in defining project scope, objectives, and deliverables, and document them for project teams and stakeholders.
• Build and maintain project plans, task lists, schedules, and milestones in Asana using established processes and workflows.
• Track task progress, due dates, and dependencies; follow up with team members and raise schedule slippage early.
• Take ownership of assigned smaller, lower-risk projects and workstreams with guidance from the IT Delivery Manager.
• Coordinate project handoffs and closeout, confirm deliverables are complete, and capture lessons learned.
• Prepare agendas, project lists, and current status data for the weekly Project Prioritization meeting; take notes and track decisions and action items.
• Draft weekly status updates and project reports for project teams, stakeholders, the business, IT management, and Range USA leadership.
• Translate technical project updates into clear summaries for non-technical audiences.
• Maintain project dashboards and track measures such as on-time delivery, open risks, and team workload.
• Gather, clarify, and document business and functional requirements with stakeholders as projects progress.
• Log and track risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions; promptly escalate them to the IT Delivery Manager.
• Keep project charters, requirements, meeting notes, and status history organized, current, and easy to find.
• Track changes to scope, schedule, and priority and communicate them to the appropriate people.
• Model accountability and continual service improvement, and collaborate and communicate with leadership and department directors and managers.
• Recommend improvements to project templates, processes, and Asana workflows.
• Support vendor coordination, including scheduling and tracking deliverables, as required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance.
• Unlimited shooting and free classes.
• Industry-leading online and in-store discounts.
• Manufacturer rewards and points program.
• Paid training; no firearm experience is needed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level