IT Project Manager / Senior Project Coordinator - REMOTE

Project planning & scheduling: Create and maintain detailed project plans, timelines, milestones, and resource schedules. Coordinate task assignments and ensure activities align with the project plan. Communication & coordination: Serve as the central point of contact between internal teams, clients, vendors, and stakeholders. Facilitate meetings, circulate agendas/minutes, and ensure clear, timely communication. Risk management: Identify, assess, and document project risks and issues. Develop and track mitigation and contingency plans; escalate critical issues appropriately. Reporting & documentation: Prepare regular project status reports, dashboards, change logs, RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) logs, and formal documentation for stakeholders and audit purposes. Quality control: Define and enforce quality standards, acceptance criteria, and testing/validation processes. Coordinate quality reviews and sign-offs. Stakeholder management: Build and maintain positive relationships with clients, vendors, and internal teams. Manage expectations and ensure stakeholder alignment on scope, schedule, and deliverables. Monitoring & evaluation: Track project progress against KPIs (schedule, budget, scope, quality). Conduct post-project reviews and capture lessons learned to improve future delivery. Change control: Manage change requests, evaluate impacts, obtain approvals, and update plans and documentation. 7+ years experience in project management or project coordination, preferably with progressively increasing responsibility on complex projects. 7+ years of experience developing project plans and schedules. Proficient with scheduling and collaboration tools 7+ years identifying risks, creating mitigation plans, and resolving issues. 7+ years of documentation skills and experience preparing executive-level status reports and dashboards. 7+ years implementing quality controls and ensuring deliverables meet organizational and client standards. Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline (or equivalent work experience). Stakeholder management: Proven ability to manage vendor relationships and liaise with cross-functional teams. Monitoring & evaluation: Experience tracking project KPIs and conducting lessons-learned reviews. Education: Technical proficiency: Advanced skills in MS Excel and PowerPoint (for reporting and presentations). Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; proven ability to present to senior stakeholders and clients