Non IT Project Manager - 992

DSM-H Consulting; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DSM-H Consulting is seeking a Project Coordinator to work with leads on projects and maintain Microsoft Project Plans or Azure DevOps. The role involves coordinating meetings, driving action items, and thinking analytically to ensure value is delivered by the team.

The candidate should support both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, plan and facilitate Agile events, and work with stakeholders to remove blockers and provide data for strategic decisions.

Qualifications

• Four-year college or university degree in Business administration or a related field.
• Scrum Master Certification or PMP certification preferred.
• 5-7 years experience required.
• Do you accept internships as job experience: No
• Extensive knowledge of project management software (MS Project) and MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint).

Responsibilities

• Serve as a project coordinator working with leads on projects.
• Responsible for maintaining Microsoft Project Plans or Azure DevOps.
• Coordinating meetings, driving action items, thinking analytically.
• Support both Waterfall & Agile project management methodology projects.
• Planning, scheduling, and facilitating Agile events, fostering self-organization, visibility, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Verbal/written communication

Facilitation

Time management

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Teamwork

Education

Bachelors in Business Administration

Scrum Master or PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)

Job description

- Serve as a project coordinator working with leads on projects.

- Responsible for maintaining Microsoft Project Plans or Azure DevOps

Coordinating meetings, driving action items, thinking analytically

Typical task breakdown

- Support both Waterfall & Agile project management methodology projects

- Planning, scheduling, and facilitating Agile events. Fostering an environment of self-organization, high visibility, ownership, and continuous improvement with the team.

- Working with the product owner/service request manager and stakeholders to ensure value is always being generated by the team's work.

- Becoming a champion of removing blockers and impediments to the team’s progress & helping the team to capture and aggregate data useful to the team's development, as well as providing management information that will inform strategic decisions.

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Interaction with team

- Regular project update meetings, facilitate daily standup’s, sprint planning, retrospectives, and regular communication on project status. MS Teams, Email

Work environment

- Full-time on site- 5 days in office

Onsite – office environment either co-located with the client’s project team or the PMO team.

Work environment

- Full-time on site- 5 days in office

Onsite – office environment either co-located with the client’s project team or the PMO team.

Education & Experience Required

- Four-year college or university degree in Business administration or a related field

- Scrum Master Certification or PMP certification preferred

- 5-7 years experienced required

- Do you accept internships as job experience: No

Top 3 Skills

(Required)

- Possess extensive knowledge of project management software (MS Project), MS Office (Excel/Word/PowerPoint)

- Basic knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, and production methods.

Additional Technical Skills

(Required)

Soft Skills

(Required)

- Verbal and written communication skills

- Strong meeting facilitation skills and ability to influence others without having authority.

- Ability to work independently and manage one's time.

Required

- Organizational skills

- Interpersonal skills

- Ability to work in a team environment.