Job Details

Title: Associate Project Manager
Request ID: 8370-1
Location: 100% remote
Duration: 1+ year contract

Job Description: •Top 3 Required Skills:
1. Problem Solving (Analytical)
2. Expert Client Communication (written)
3. Comfortable with data

Position Summary
Our Associate Project Managers (APM) assist with the administration of Remediation and/or Class Action projects. The APM works for the Project Manager who is the primary face of our operations to our clients. Internally, the APM may coordinate with our sales representatives, data analysts, software engineers, contact center supervisors, disbursement specialists, claims analysts, and a host of other personnel to ensure project deliverables are met. Superior client communication skills—both verbal and written—are required.

Job Responsibilities
• Project Financial Requirements – Provide timely and accurate budget/estimate review and management; monthly revenue forecasting; and monthly invoice review. Ensure that projects are within scope and manage client communication when necessary.
• Staff Development – In consultation with the Project Manager, provide guidance to the team members about certain aspects of the project so that the team members can understand their tasks fully and act on them efficiently, on time and within budget.
• Process Improvements – APMs should consistently be looking for way to improve Epiq processes and procedures to deliver services more profitably to our clients while enhancing efficiency with our internal partners.
• Economic Objectives – APMs are expected to meet billable and utilization goals.
• Training – In partnership with our Training Team, develop training curriculum and facilitate training classes as needed.

Towards this goal, the APM will work with stakeholders in operational departments to continually enhance service quality standards to meet and/or exceed client expectations. This position is responsible for fostering a team environment and building cooperation between client services team members, Epiq company team members, and sales to provide the highest quality service standards, reach revenue targets, and obtain efficiency/profit goals.

Required Qualifications & Characteristics
• Project management experience is preferred. Professional PMP certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI) is preferred.
• Strong technical orientation, excellent computer skills, exceptional planning and organizational skills, and a keen attention to detail are all required.
• Candidates with prior banking or financial service industry experience will be strongly preferred.
• Outstanding communication skills are required. Successful candidates will possess a strong ability to communicate effectively with clients and internal operations groups
• Successfully manage multiple and shifting priorities; assist the Project Manager with delegation to team members to ensure work is delivered on time, within scope and meets quality standards.
• A Bachelor's degree in management or other relevant industry experience is preferred.

Pre-Employment Requirement
All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of our pre-employment screening that may include drug testing, background/criminal check, and if applicable, must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

APR Staffing is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

About APR Staffing
APR Staffing was born from the merger of two well-respected technical staffing firms in Portland. ieSolutions, founded in 2002, enjoyed an impressive reputation as one of the largest locally-owned and most respected technical staffing companies. Professional Resource Group, aka Data Resource Group, founded in 2009, also earned regional acclaim for being a fast-growing and highly-motivated professional staffing agency. Both companies have been recent award winners for the Portland Business Journal's Fastest-Growing Private Companies. The two firms, now as APR Staffing, make for one of the fastest-growing and most-respected professional and technical staffing companies in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

Collaborating with our customers, we augment their workforce with technical and administrative professionals. We provide only high-caliber, professional-grade resources throughout the Pacific Northwest.