Project Management Associate  

You will be part of a team in charge of developing new features for our SAAS portal solution. You will be in charge of leading projects to improve/create features and tools. You will be part of an international company composed of many different nationalities and still growing!

Responsibilities:

As a member of the Project Team in Manila, you will manage different kinds of projects from beginning to end. These projects could range from product Innovation to IT system improvement to internal tools and beyond. You are expected to:

• clarify with clients their needs and how proprietary they are;
• validate who/which department should be involved in the project and what is expected from them;
• share project/concern with IT and prepare detailed specs documents following clients' need;
• review/adjust project objectives following IT feedback, feasibility;
• coordinate the project: setting up meetings, documentation, communication with the people involved;
• always keep in mind deadline, cost, and quality;
• a test project in a test environment before and after release in production;
• manage communication and deployment once a project is finished or about to finish;
• prepare project or concern document (if the issue to fix) to validate priorities among other projects with management;
• be able to set priorities for the daily tasks. If needed, validate priorities with a manager and make sure that time allocated to each project is in line with the project output.

• Must have a college degree
• 1-2 years of Corporate Experience is an advantage
• Experience in Project Management is an advantage
• Must be willing to work in Eastwood, Quezon City
• Strong analytical and planning skills
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills

Skills

• Organization: Be organized. Manage to stay focused on the big picture and prioritize competing responsibilities.
• Foresight / Initiative: Be able to anticipate and head off problems that can jeopardize project deployment. Need to be analyzing data and making decisions that affect the project on a regular basis. Be able to take initiative and work independently. Be able to see links between clients and the project. To anticipate the possible issues and maximize the potential benefits.
• Pragmatism: Focus on getting work done with the resources available.
• Communication: Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Effectively use e-mails, meetings and status reports to communicate ideas, get decisions made and resolve problems. Understand the need to rely on others to be successful and as a matter of fact be empathetic and understand their opinion.
• Leadership: Be able to find ways to motivate and build confidence with colleagues, clients over whom you don’t have direct influence and who can prevent the project from happening.
• Flexibility: Be able to adapt to changing demands, needs, and/or direction of the project.
• Problem-solving: Be an open-minded person able to focus on the solution, not on the problem. Be able to think laterally and to simplify things.
• Software skills: Proficiency in Internet and Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)