Project Administrator in Hood River, Oregon at Advanced Navigation and Positioning Corporation

As a Project Administrator, you will be an integral part of the Program Management Office (PMO) and Advanced Development team. You will administratively support a portfolio of new product development projects through planning, execution, monitoring, controlling, and reporting by applying Agile project management methodologies.

• Work with the PMO to maintain alignment with overall strategic product roadmaps, including authorized projects within the portfolio as well as forecasted new initiatives.

• Maintain ownership of the resource capacity planning and reporting process for the portfolio of projects within the strategic roadmap.

• Engage in the administrative process of launching new projects.

• Work with the team of Project/Program Managers to ensure consistency, accuracy, and tracking of product backlog assignments, ensuring total alignment with portfolio project plans.

• Support formal project reviews, including the preparation and presentation of project cost status and subcontracted work.

• Own the project quad charts used in slide decks for project review meetings, ensuring they conform to process standards and are professional, consistent, and complete.

• Partner with Project/Program Managers to ensure project folders are organized and maintain a consistent structure.

• Coordinate the "small victories" process with all stakeholders as an internal work progress reporting and strategic alignment methodology.

• Support project managers in auditing work stories to ensure evidence meets the designated "definition of done."

• Support project managers in the creation of project plans, with a particular emphasis on standardized product backlog creation.

• Support project managers to ensure all work products defined by the Product Lifecycle (PLC) model are prepared, peer-reviewed, and presented at all formal development gate reviews.

• Associate’s degree, preferably in Engineering or a technical field.

• Knowledge of and experience with fundamental project management methodologies.

• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills.

• Ability to administratively support, coordinate, and collaborate on customer visits and customer reviews.

• Experience supporting various formal and informal meetings, including capturing actionable items.

• Proven ability to work with a wide range of individuals up to the executive level.

• Ability to strictly follow Product Lifecycle (PLC) models.

• Solid MS PowerPoint skills.

• Ability to take true ownership of the function and remain accountable for outputs.

• Demonstrated experience with Agile values and principles is helpful.

• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job in an office environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Essential functions may require maintaining the physical condition necessary for sitting, walking or standing for periods of time; operating a computer and keyboard; talk and hear at normal room levels; using hands to finger, grasp, and feel; repetitive motion; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; lift, push, carry, or pull up to 20 pounds.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. Employee is exposed to the typical office environment with computers, printers and telephones.

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of:

• 401(k) plan with match with immediate vesting.

• Comprehensive suite of insurance benefits for employees (and their families) to include a variety of medical plan options (including an HSA with employer contribution), dental, vision, life and disability insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Legal/Identity support plans, pet insurance.

• Access to Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care).

• Generous paid time off including 4 weeks of vacation per year, 11 paid company holidays, which includes a winter company shutdown from Christmas to New Year’s.