Associate Project Manager
- Firstorion
- North Little Rock, AR
- 1mo ago
- Full-Time
- On-site
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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.
What you’ll be doing:
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
What you’ll need:
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
Bonus Points:
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
Company 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!
Learn More About First Orion:
First Orion helps businesses generate more revenue, increase efficiency, and improve the customer experience by empowering them to brand their phone calls with their name, logo and reason for calling. We are the market leader in branded communications technology, and a trusted partner to Fortune 500 companies and the largest U.S. mobile carriers.
First Orion has been voted a Great Place to Work with top rankings in every category.
Learn more about what our employees have to say on our First Orion Glassdoor page and watch our People First Diversity Statement/Video.
First Orion Culture Cornerstones are at the core of everything we do here.
Disclosure:
First Orion is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Activities, duties, and responsibilities may change at any time with or without notice, based on the changing needs of our business.
This position is not eligible for employment-based immigration visa/status sponsorship. Employees are required to demonstrate proper work authorization as required by I-9 compliance.
First Orion is interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. First Orion’s immigration sponsorship policy is applied in a nondiscriminatory fashion regardless of race, gender, ethnic origin, or any other classification protected by law.