Project Manager

Actalent; Seattle (WA); Remote; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

HSA - Health Savings Account

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Project Coordinator to drive a strategic initiative by coordinating several smaller projects and ensuring alignment across workstreams. The role focuses on communications, project administration, and financial support, partnering with workstream owners and initiative leads to deliver clear updates and documentation.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, and an excellent communicator, able to build relationships with internal teams while managing multiple

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project coordination across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to identify and communicate project risks clearly.
• Strong note-taking and ability to translate complex discussions into actions.
• Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple stakeholders and deliverables.
• Proactive, self-driven with strong follow-up on action items.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage project communications, including weekly reports and updates.
• Provide finance and project administration support, including vendor coordination.
• Support workstreams with meeting logistics and scheduling.
• Take detailed meeting notes and distribute them to stakeholders.
• Collect weekly updates and track status across initiatives.
• Report risks and blockers to leadership in a clear format.
• Review invoices and ensure alignment with purchase orders.
• Identify and communicate project risks and mitigation options.
• Collaborate with initiative leads to distill information for leaders.

Skills

Project coordination

Risk identification

Meeting notes

Stakeholder management

Communication

Organizational skills

Proactive work style

Listening/summarizing

Excel

Tools

Smartsheet

Asana

Jira

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Project CoordinatorJob Description

This role focuses on coordinating a special initiative that includes several smaller projects, supporting the execution and development of a new strategy. The Project Coordinator manages communications, supports project administration and finance activities, and partners closely with workstream owners and initiative leads to ensure clear updates, accurate documentation, and smooth project delivery. The ideal candidate is highly organized, proactive, and an excellent communicator who builds strong relationships with internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage project communications, including flash email updates, weekly reports, and WIKI content development.
• Provide finance and project administration support, including vendor coordination and financial support for operational planning activities.
• Support workstream owners with meeting logistics, including scheduling, sending invitations, and ensuring meetings run efficiently.
• Take detailed, accurate meeting notes that capture key discussion points, decisions, actions, and follow-ups, and distribute them to relevant stakeholders.
• Collect weekly updates from team members and support the Project Manager with status tracking across multiple initiatives.
• Report on project successes, risks, and blockers in a clear and structured manner for leadership and other teams.
• Review invoices for accuracy and ensure they align with purchase orders, tracking them appropriately and escalating discrepancies as needed.
• Identify and communicate risk factors for projects, helping stakeholders understand potential impacts and mitigation options.
• Collaborate with initiative leads, listening to detailed and granular information and distilling it into concise updates for leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Support multiple stakeholders simultaneously, maintaining strong relationships and ensuring their needs are addressed in a timely and professional manner.
• Contribute to the execution and development of a new strategic initiative by coordinating several smaller projects and ensuring alignment across workstreams.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in project coordination and project management, including managing updates and tracking progress across multiple workstreams.
• Strong skills in identifying project risk factors and communicating them clearly to stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to take detailed meeting notes, understand complex content and technical discussions, and translate them into clear actions, takeaways, and updates.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders, meetings, and deliverables simultaneously.
• Proactive work style with the ability to anticipate needs, follow up on action items, and drive tasks forward without constant direction.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a clear and precise communication style that supports relationship building with internal teams.
• Ability to listen to granular and complex information and then zoom out to synthesize and summarize key points for leaders and other teams.
• Proficiency in Excel for tracking data, creating reports, and supporting financial and project administration tasks.
• Experience using Smartsheet for project tracking, reporting, or task management.
• Experience using Asana and/or Jira for managing tasks, tracking progress, and supporting project workflows.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background or understanding in architecture, engineering, or design is a strong plus.
• Architectural experience or exposure to architectural projects is beneficial.
• Experience reporting on project successes and blockers to leadership or cross-functional teams.
• Experience reviewing invoices, validating accuracy, and tracking them against purchase orders.
• Comfort working on special initiatives that involve the execution and development of new strategies.
• Ability to build strong relationships with initiative leads and internal stakeholders.
• Experience working with or supporting large, complex organizations is helpful.

This is a remote role that allows you to work from anywhere within the United States, with the expectation that you will actively support Pacific Time (PST) business hours. You will collaborate virtually with initiative leads, workstream owners, and internal teams, using tools such as Excel, Smartsheet, Asana, and Jira to manage tasks, track progress, and communicate updates. The environment is fast-paced and initiative-driven, with a focus on executing and developing new strategic projects while maintaining organized documentation and clear communication across multiple stakeholders.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Seattle, WA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 13, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.