What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Project Manager position at SISL Global?
Job Title : Jr Project Manager
Location : New York, NY 10020
Job Type : Full time
1. Project Planning & Initiation Support
- Assist Senior Project Managers in defining project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria
- Support preparation of detailed project plans, schedules, and milestone tracking
- Contribute to effort estimation, task breakdown, and dependency mapping
- Maintain and update project initiation documents (PID), charter documents, and baseline plans
- Help identify resource requirements and preliminary project timelines
2. Day-to-Day Project Execution Support
- Track daily/weekly progress of project activities across multiple workstreams
- Follow up with internal teams to ensure timely completion of assigned tasks
- Monitor task ownership, deadlines, and deliverable completion status
- Ensure smooth coordination between development, QA, business, and vendor teams
- Assist in removing execution bottlenecks by escalating issues appropriately
3. Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Act as a coordination bridge between technical teams, business stakeholders, and vendors
- Organize and schedule project meetings including kickoff, status, sprint, and review calls
- Prepare meeting agendas, document minutes (MoM), and track action items
- Share regular project updates with internal leadership and external stakeholders
- Ensure clear, consistent, and timely communication across all project participants
4. Project Tracking, Reporting & MIS
- Maintain project dashboards, trackers, and reporting tools (Excel, Jira, MS Project, etc.)
- Prepare weekly, fortnightly, and monthly status reports for management review
- Track key project KPIs including progress, effort burn, milestones, and delivery timelines
- Highlight deviations, risks, and slippages proactively
- Support data collection for executive-level reporting and presentations
5. Risk, Issue & Dependency Management (RAID)
- Maintain comprehensive RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)
- Identify potential risks during execution and escalate in a timely manner
- Track issue resolution progress and follow up with relevant teams
- Support mitigation planning in coordination with senior PMs
- Ensure dependencies between teams are clearly tracked and managed
6. Governance & Compliance
- Ensure adherence to organizational project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid)
- Maintain proper documentation for all project phases
- Support internal audits and compliance checks when required
- Ensure version control and accuracy of all project artifacts
- Follow governance frameworks defined by PMO or delivery leadership
7. Resource, Vendor & Financial Tracking Support
- Assist in onboarding, allocation, and tracking of project resources
- Coordinate with external vendors and service providers for deliverables
- Track timesheets, effort reporting, and resource utilization
- Support invoice tracking and basic financial reconciliation (if applicable)
- Help ensure vendor SLAs are being monitored and met
8. Change & Scope Management Support
- Assist in tracking change requests and scope modifications
- Maintain documentation of approved changes and updates to baseline plans
- Support impact analysis of changes on timelines, cost, and resources
- Ensure all stakeholders are informed about approved changes
9. Tools & Reporting Systems
- Work with tools such as:
- MS Excel (Advanced tracking & reporting)
- MS Project / Smartsheet (Scheduling)
- Jira / ServiceNow (Task & issue tracking)
- PowerPoint (Executive reporting)
- Maintain structured project documentation repositories