Junior Project Lead

The Junior project lead is responsible for overseeing the full project life cycle, from Initiation to close out, ensuring the successful delivery of projects within scope, on time, and within budget, this role involves leading project planning, execution, and monitoring activities, and effectively managing
project risks, resources and communications

• Responsible for the entire project life cycle; project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and close out
• Deliver projects on time, within scope and budget.
• Lead planning activities to develop robust project plans including resources and components requirements
• Execute project risk management activities including risk identification, ranking and contingency planning.
• Manage all daily project activities, including schedule development, project budget development, team leadership, project communication, staffing activities, status reporting, and resource plan development.
• Facilitate effective project meetings, handle change and conflict.
• Identifies and tracks critical path/activities, risks, contingencies, and alternatives and offer suggestions to get projects back on track when necessary.
• Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules.
• Provide project updates to team and management on work performed, plans, budget, and status.
• Coordinate internal resources and third parties/ vendors (if applicable) for the precise execution of projects.
• Develop resource planning estimates to make decisions on project workload and priorities
• Ensure resource availability and allocation is appropriate.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to handle changes in project scope, schedule, and cost.
• Other responsibilities include, but are not limited to, preparing meeting agendas, recording meeting minutes, tracking action items, coordinating global and sub-team activities, and disseminating project information.
• Follow up on action items between team meetings and ensure accountability of team members
• Maintain Shared file system and other databases with project status and key project information
• All other relevant duties assigned