Jr. Project Manager, Technology (TEMPORARY)

Summary

Crossmedia is a global media independent agency committed to transparency and innovative connections. They are seeking a Jr. Project Manager in Technology to support planning, coordination, and delivery tracking of enterprise technology initiatives across the agency.

Responsibilities

• Support the Program Manager in coordinating technology projects, workstreams, and enterprise solution initiatives
• Maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, action items, decisions, dependencies, and risk/issue tracking
• Track progress against deliverables, priorities, and project objectives while ensuring updates remain current
• Follow up with stakeholders to keep commitments moving forward and identify areas requiring attention
• Maintain accurate project documentation and ensure teams have visibility into project status
• Coordinate project meetings, working sessions, status updates, and stakeholder discussions
• Prepare agendas, capture notes, document decisions, and manage follow-up actions with clear ownership and deadlines
• Support project reporting by gathering updates, summarizing progress, and highlighting risks, blockers, and key decisions
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to ensure the right teams are aligned at the right time
• Communicate project information clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Partner with business product owners to understand workflows, business needs, priorities, and success criteria
• Support technical product owners and development teams by organizing requirements, priorities, open questions, and project documentation
• Help translate business needs into organized inputs that support technical delivery
• Assist teams in maintaining clarity around scope, ownership, decisions, and next steps
• Identify and document project risks, issues, assumptions, blockers, and dependencies
• Track mitigation plans and escalate items requiring additional support or decision-making
• Support user acceptance testing, release readiness, implementation activities, and post-launch follow-up
• Help create documentation, training materials, FAQs, and adoption resources that support successful implementation
• Support consistent project management practices, tools, and documentation standards across Technology initiatives
• Maintain organized project artifacts, including project plans, requirements documentation, workflow summaries, meeting notes, status updates, and release materials
• Contribute to improving project templates, workflows, and delivery processes
• Help ensure project information is accurate, current, and accessible to relevant stakeholders

Skills

• 1–3 years of experience in project coordination, project management, technology operations, product operations, business operations, or a related role
• Basic understanding of project management principles, delivery tracking, stakeholder communication, and documentation practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to organize and summarize information clearly
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail and follow-through
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while keeping stakeholders informed
• Comfortable collaborating with both business and technical teams
• Curious, proactive, and willing to ask thoughtful questions to understand scope, requirements, and next steps
• Able to work independently while knowing when to escalate, ask for guidance, or bring issues forward
• Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, and a collaborative mindset
• Positively contributes to Crossmedia culture and helps create an environment built on trust, clarity, and shared success
• Experience supporting technology, software, data, automation, workflow, or enterprise solution projects is preferred
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Jira, or similar platforms is preferred
• Familiarity with Agile delivery concepts, sprint planning, backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria, or software development lifecycles is a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 1–3 years of experience in project coordination, project management, technology operations, product operations, business operations, or a related role
• Basic understanding of project management principles, delivery tracking, stakeholder communication, and documentation practices
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to organize and summarize information clearly
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail and follow-through
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while keeping stakeholders informed
• Comfortable collaborating with both business and technical teams
• Curious, proactive, and willing to ask thoughtful questions to understand scope, requirements, and next steps
• Able to work independently while knowing when to escalate, ask for guidance, or bring issues forward
• Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, and a collaborative mindset
• Positively contributes to Crossmedia culture and helps create an environment built on trust, clarity, and shared success

Nice to Haves

• Experience supporting technology, software, data, automation, workflow, or enterprise solution projects is preferred
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Smartsheet, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, Jira, or similar platforms is preferred
• Familiarity with Agile delivery concepts, sprint planning, backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria, or software development lifecycles is a plus

Benefits

• Flexibility to work in hybrid manner with in-office and work from home options (depending on role).
• Open/Flexible PTO/Annual leave with US & UK specific policies
• Sponsored healthcare options and agency-wide physical & mental health support
• 401k with company match (USA), and generous Pension (UK)
• Paid sabbatical at significant milestone anniversaries
• Generous paid parental leave policy
• Life milestone recognition & support
• The Pursuit of Happiness Fund devoted to helping Crossmedians find their happy (be it travel, enrichment class, fitness membership or professional development)
• Cell phone/tech reimbursement
• Student Loan payment plan (US)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Learning & Development and training programs
• And burgers – lots and lots of burgers