Junior Project Manager, Operations

Over the past 30 years, DISH has built a talented group of leaders and support teams at our Resource Command Center in Littleton, Colorado. As the company continues to develop, offering new products and services to an increasing customer base, it looks to recruit outstanding candidates capable to turning ideas and strategies into world-class results.

 A successful Junior Project Manger will have the following:

• Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Project Management, Engineering, Business or Marketing
• Business, analytical, communications, and/or marketing experience a plus.
• Experience in MS Office Suite and Microsoft Project (especially in PowerPoint and Excel) preferred
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with the ability to communicate and interact cross-functionally with multiple levels of management
• Excellent organization and time-management skills
• Results oriented, strong sense of urgency, proactive and flexible
• Ability to work under pressure on multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines with frequent interruptions and redefined priorities
• Self starter with ability to be strong team player and work independently

Primary responsibilities fall into the following categories:

• Working closely with business partners to complete projects in a high quality manner, on-time, on-budget and on-scope.
• Manage small to medium size projects
• Monitor the progress of identified project milestones and deliverables
• Act as liaison between the departments and teams for projects
• Serve as the central point of intake for project requests
• Develop project plans according to available resources and business needs
• Supports the project by performing planning, analysis, coordination, and reporting activities to keep projects on schedule
• Ensure timeline is reported consistently and accurately.
• Ensure the project is properly staffed
• Maintain documentation of project and program-level risks and issues, including ensuring impact analyses and mitigation/resolution plans are captured
• Maintain the project schedule and conduct analysis on slipped tasks, upcoming milestones, and dependencies. Research variances and report on or escalate findings
• Assist with tracking inter-project and task dependencies and report on impact to schedules at the project and program level