Associate Project Manager

About us

Travel is regional, usually driving distance, and rarely more than two nights a week. Our founder spent 20 years running plants before starting the firm in 1987.

Tackleward Associates has a small PMO. You will own schedules, budgets, risks and status reporting for your projects. Contract and full-time roles available. PMP preferred. Remote within the US. The team meets in Orlando once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Responsibilities

• Define scope, schedule, budget and resources with project sponsors.
• Plan and support go-lives, including cutover and rollback steps.
• Keep project documentation organized in SharePoint or Confluence.
• Coordinate work across IT, operations, finance and vendors.
• Report status to sponsors and steering committees.
• Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log.
• Oversee vendor statements of work and deliverables.
• Escalate blockers before they turn into missed dates.

You'll need

• 1+ years of project management experience.
• Experience managing budgets and multiple projects at once.
• Strong written status reporting.
• Able to travel up to 15%.
• Organized, with a habit of following up.
• Proficient in Smartsheet, MS Project or a similar tool.

Desirable

• PMP or CAPM certification.
• ERP or software implementation experience.
• Construction or facilities project background.

Benefits

Salary range: $76,000 to $85,000 a year

• Employee assistance program.
• Professional development budget.
• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with a 100% match up to 5%.

Tackleward Associates is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Tackleward Associates.