Associate Project Manager

Our PK1Cloud Services team is looking for an Associate Project Manager to work full-time from either our Charlotte, NC or Newark, NJ office.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Supporting and managing assigned projects or workstreams from initiation through completion. Assisting in defining project scope, goals, deliverables, timelines, and resource needs while maintaining comprehensive project plans.
• Monitoring project budgets, burn rates, forecasts, and account-level financials. Helping maintain scope integrity and identifying potential budget or scope concerns for timely escalation.
• Communicating regularly with clients, project team members, managers, and other stakeholders. Preparing project updates, facilitating routine discussions, and ensuring key decisions, action items, and expectations are clearly documented and communicated.
• Coordinating cross-functional teams, including statistical analysts and developers, to maintain alignment, manage dependencies, and support the timely completion of project milestones.
• Participating in and facilitating Agile project management activities, including sprint planning, prioritization, and deliverable tracking.
• Facilitating daily stand-up meetings to track progress, identify blockers, document action items, and maintain team alignment.
• Facilitating sprint reviews to review completed work and gather feedback and participate in retrospectives to identify successes, challenges, and opportunities for improvement.
• Identifying project risks, issues, and dependencies; maintaining appropriate tracking documentation; assisting in developing mitigation strategies; and escalating concerns when necessary.
• Coordinating project activities through completion, helping ensure deliverables are completed on time, outstanding items are resolved, and appropriate project closeout activities are performed.
• Evaluating project performance, documenting lessons learned, and contributing to improvements in project management processes, tools, documentation, and team practices.

What You’ll Bring to the Table:

• Foundational knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and tools, with exposure to managing or supporting projects, workstreams, schedules, deliverables, or cross-functional initiatives. Familiarity with Jira is a plus.
• Exposure to Agile and Scrum frameworks and an understanding of concepts such as sprints, stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and backlog management.
• Exposure to insurance, technology, IT operations, data-driven environments, or compliance-focused work is highly desirable. A willingness and ability to develop deeper technical and industry knowledge is essential.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build relationships with diverse stakeholders, participate confidently in discussions, and continue developing client-facing communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams, promote accountability, collaborate effectively, and develop the skills necessary to independently lead increasingly complex project activities.
• Ability to identify issues, gather relevant information, think critically, and contribute to practical solutions, including knowing when issues should be escalated.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain accurate project documentation, track action items, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities, manage competing deadlines, and organize work effectively in a fast-paced project environment.
• Understanding of basic project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation concepts, with the ability to identify and escalate potential concerns appropriately.
• Exposure to project budgets, financial tracking, burn rates, forecasting, or similar financial concepts, with an interest in developing stronger project financial management skills.
• Understanding of the importance of client needs, expectations, and feedback, with the ability to incorporate those considerations into day-to-day project activities.
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities, project requirements, client needs, and business environments while maintaining organization and professionalism.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn, receive feedback, expand project management and industry knowledge, and progressively take on greater project ownership and responsibility.