Project Management Specialist II

Project Support Specialist

Location - Columbus, OH (hybrid remote) Duration - 12+ months Pay Rate - $60/hr W2

• Manage GRIID Log (Gaps, Risks, Issues, Impacts and Decisions) and Project Plan in Jira and Confluence.
• Escalates issues as needed.
• Develop dashboards and reports in Jira and Confluence to monitor workstream and overall initiative status.
• Together with subject matter experts, discovers and documents dependencies and tasks in Jira.
• Create high-visibility communications and presentations to provide status updates to stakeholders and executives.
• Maintain up-to-date content and relevant messaging on Confluence, Jira, SharePoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Provide Agile transition support, guiding the team in continuous improvement of agile practices.
• Ensures ongoing relevance of Confluence content for team and stakeholders.
• Organize and maintain Teams pages and files to ensure that content is current, accessible, and easy to navigate.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and lead implementation.
• Support project working sessions, stakeholder alignment meetings, steering committees, and document meeting minutes.
• Follow up with appropriate parties on meeting tasks and outcomes.
• Coordinate meetings ensuring availability of rooms, participants, equipment, and resources as needed for initiative activities, while also collaborating with Sub-Product Owners and Workstream Leads to manage conflicting meetings and activities.
• Support IMO (Initiative Management Office), Operational Readiness, and IPP (Integrated Project Plan)/MPM (Multi-Project Management) work streams' with creation and distribution of written communications and plans.
• Manage department email box, calendars, and distribution lists.
• Order supplies needed for Initiative team.
• Assist in business travel organization and reimbursement.
• Promptly escalate decisions and issues to appropriate IPP/MPM team members and/or leadership team.

• 5+ years of experience working in professional environment.
• 2+ years Project Management experience
• Excellent organization skills and ability to multi-task while working with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to execute multiple projects.
• Proficiency with MS Office tools:
  PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams.
• Ability to create professional communications using Word and PowerPoint while adhering to Corporate Identity standards.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and take initiative to move projects forward.
• Demonstrated ability to discern importance and urgency of topics raised and escalate issues as needed.
• Demonstrable ability to communicate professionally via email, phone, and in-person.
• Project management or Agile certification (PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, Client-CF, etc.) preferred
• Experience working in an agile environment, maintaining Jira and Confluence preferred
• Experience building and maintaining SharePoint Online site preferred
• Experience maintaining project plans using MS Project preferred
• Associate degree in business, finance, marketing, or related field preferred