Junior Project Manager

Summary

Join WiredPeople as a Junior Project Manager and contribute to various team initiatives! You will be responsible for managing project activities, facilitating meetings, drafting documentation (use cases, process maps, etc.), delivering training, and gathering requirements. Ideal candidates possess PMP certification or will obtain it soon, along with 2 years of relevant project management experience. This full-time position is based in Tallahassee, FL, with potential for a hybrid work schedule. The role involves collaborating with project teams and stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.

Requirements

• Certified PMP or slated to sit for PMP exam within the next 6 months
• 2 years of experience communicating project updates both orally and in written form with technical staff, executive management, and user staff
• 2 years of experience facilitating current state or application analysis sessions and documenting applications through use case process documents and workflow diagrams
• 2 years of experience developing project plans
• 2 years of experience creating and presenting internal and external status reports and detailed status reports suitable for presentation to the management team
• 2 years of experience tracking work tasks and maintaining project schedules (including work breakdown structures)
• 2 years of experience in risk tracking, mitigation, and issue tracking
• 2 years of experience delivering projects as per agreed schedule, as per the current technical specification (within scope), and within the approved budget
• 2 years of experience in meeting facilitation and documentation
• Experience in at least two of the following tools: HP Project Portfolio Management, Microsoft Project, Cherwell Software – IT Management Enterprise, Smartsheet, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, or Microsoft Word

Responsibilities

• Schedule and facilitate meetings, including preparing agendas and meeting minutes, documenting decisions, identifying issues, and action items
• Draft use cases, process maps, and standard operating procedures
• Draft design documentation
• Draft training documentation such as user manuals
• Deliver training to users
• Facilitate requirements gathering and prioritization
• Perform needs analysis, analyze business processes, develop process maps, and assist team members
• Draft functional and technical specifications
• Develop test cases, test plans, and conduct UAT
• Facilitate UAT with team members
• Write specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, and traceable (SMART) business requirements including role or persona, the need, and the outcome
• Facilitate requirements gathering with team members
• Draft and maintain project documents (including project charters, project plans, status reports, and schedules)
• Gather data, conduct data analysis, and create dashboards and reports
• Correspond (verbally and in written formats) with project teams and other stakeholders regarding project activities, deliverables, and status

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in communications development and planning
• 2 years of experience identifying, analyzing, and documenting policies, processes, and procedures using use case process documents, workflow diagrams, and drafting of standard operating procedures
• 2 years of experience gathering, drafting, and prioritizing requirements
• 2 years of experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), writing test scripts, testing methodologies, and documentation
• 2 years of experience drafting functional and technical specifications
• 2 years of experience using Microsoft Visio, Word, and Excel
• 2 years of experience in technical writing including drafting of project documents, reports, and user guides for a variety of stakeholders

Benefits

Hybrid work schedule (potential after selection)