Security PMO Project Coordinator - Hybrid

MIT Lincoln Laboratory; Lexington (MA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

MIT-funded pension

Matching 401K

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a Project Coordinator to join the Strategy and Project Management Office (SPMO). You will support portfolio management, planning, communications, and onboarding for security initiatives across the Laboratory.

The role requires a bachelor’s in business/PM/IT or equivalent, 4+ years of project support (2+ with a master’s), and strong MS Office skills. Hybrid work arrangements are offered and successful candidates must obtain/maintain a Secret DoD clearance and be

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, project management, information technology, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 4+ years supporting projects, programs, operations, or project management activities, or a master’s with 2+ years.
• Efficient time management to handle multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience developing schedules, status reports, and action-item trackers.
• Strong written and verbal communication for reports and stakeholder meetings.
• Proficiency with MS Office (Word/Excel/PowerPoint).
• Ability to coordinate cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret DoD security clearance; U.S. citizenship required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities, milestones, dependencies and deliverables across multiple security-related projects.
• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, and PMO artifacts.
• Summarize meeting takeaways into actionable items.
• Support project managers with planning, meetings, status reporting, and follow-up.
• Facilitate PMO meetings with agendas, decisions, and action tracking.
• Prepare weekly/monthly/executive status reports and program communications.
• Coordinate documentation and ensure deliverables are complete and stored per requirements.
• Improve PMO processes, templates, workflows, metrics, and reporting mechanisms.

Skills

Time management

Communication

Attention to detail

Project coordination

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, project management, information technology, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Jira

Smartsheet

ServiceNow

Job description

MIT Lincoln Laboratory is seeking a Project Coordinator to join the Strategy and Project Management Office (SPMO). You will support portfolio management, planning, communications, and onboarding for security initiatives across the Laboratory.

The role requires a bachelor’s in business/PM/IT or equivalent, 4+ years of project support (2+ with a master’s), and strong MS Office skills. Hybrid work arrangements are offered and successful candidates must obtain/maintain a Secret DoD clearance and be