Project Manager Associate

Title: Associate Project manager
Duration: 6 months possible extension
Location: Full-time on-site M-F in Mclean

About:
We are looking for a Project Manager to join our HR&CC team. In this role, you’ll oversee projects in an enterprise service model environment, ensuring conformance with established PMO standards and governance. This role involves creative design, digital/web development, and internal/corporate communications teams within the HR&CC division; as well as client-facing communications teams external to the division. So the project manager must be a good communicator with attention to detail and ability to multitask while juggling competing priorities effectively.

Qualifications:
Works closely with cross-functional teams (creative design, corporate comms (internal comms and media relations), to drive project delivery against defined scope, develop and maintain project execution timelines, maintain project documentation, facilitate stakeholder working sessions, support the identification and resolution of project “blockers” (risks), and communicate between project leadership and clients to ensure projects remains on track.
Maintain relationships with project management peers to align on cross-program/project interdependencies Experience utilizing Agile framework/methodology, preferred Experience using project management software (Wrike/Asana/Jira) to manage projects, 2-4+ years of PM experience

Responsibilities:
Strong project management experience; including schedule management, change management, risk and issues management.
Projects are digital/web and/or workforce tech-related (using Waterfall (SDLC) and/or Agile methodologies) creative design, corporate comms/PR:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams to help determine project scope, develop and manage timelines, update and maintain project documentation, facilitate project team working sessions, support the identification and resolution of project blockers, and communicate effectively between project leadership and clients to ensure projects stay on track and are delivered on time and within defined scope.
• Track progress on projects, and report directly to clients and/or internal team members on performance and timeline of deliverables
• Maintain relationships with internal Project Management peers to align on cross program/project interdependencies


EEO
“Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of – Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.”