Jr. Project Manager – Pension System Migration (100% Remote - U.S.)

With roots dating back to the 1800s, our Customer is a global professional services firm HQ’d in New York City with businesses in insurance brokerage, risk management, reinsurance services, talent management, investment advisory, and management consulting. Today, they are a unique group of businesses with many enduring competitive advantages. Among them are the quality of their colleagues, deep client relationships, vast global footprint, depth of intellectual capital, and cohesive and collaborative culture.

We are seeking an experienced, proactive Junior Project Manager on a contract basis to support a large-scale pension administration system migration. This initiative involves transitioning existing clients from legacy systems to a new cloud-based platform while supporting ongoing implementations, system enhancements, and operational activities. This role is 100% remote.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project management or project coordination, excellent communication and organizational skills, and the ability to independently drive project activities in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. This individual will work closely with Project Managers, Business Analysts, technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders to coordinate project deliverables, facilitate meetings, track progress, and ensure timely resolution of outstanding issues.

This is a hands-on project management role requiring strong ownership, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities with minimal oversight.

• Lead daily project sprint meetings, facilitate discussions, document action items, and ensure timely follow-up across project teams.
• Manage and maintain detailed project plans in Microsoft Excel, tracking milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and outstanding tasks through completion.
• Coordinate project activities across Business Analysts, Project Managers, technical teams, vendors, and end users to maintain alignment on priorities and timelines.
• Support system migration and implementation activities, including requirements tracking, release coordination, and go-live readiness.
• Coordinate system testing activities, monitor testing progress, track issues, and facilitate communication between technical and business stakeholders.
• Utilize JIRA to manage project workflows, monitor open items, and track readiness for testing and implementation.
• Identify project risks, issues, and blockers, escalating concerns appropriately to minimize disruptions and delays.
• Prepare and deliver concise project status updates, progress reports, and summaries for leadership and stakeholders.
• Facilitate recurring project meetings, including sprint check-ins, testing discussions, release meetings, and implementation updates.
• Coordinate release activities and prepare meeting documentation, release summaries, and stakeholder communications.
• Maintain organized project documentation and prepare recurring materials using established templates.
• Proactively follow up with team members to ensure accountability, timely task completion, and adherence to project objectives.
• Adapt to evolving project requirements, shifting priorities, and changes in implementation timelines.

Required Qualifications

• 6–9+ years of experience in project management, project coordination, or related project delivery roles, preferably supporting technology implementations or system migrations.
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage project activities, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive deliverables through completion.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience facilitating meetings and presenting high-level project updates to leadership.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Experience maintaining project plans, tracking milestones, managing dependencies, and identifying or escalating project risks.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Outlook for project tracking, scheduling, and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to work effectively in a remote, meeting-intensive environment while demonstrating initiative, accountability, and sound judgment.
• Comfortable working within iterative or sprint-based project delivery environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience within pension administration, retirement benefits, or related financial services environments. Familiarity with pension terminology, processes, and industry-specific requirements is highly desirable.
• Experience coordinating or overseeing system testing activities, including testing readiness, issue tracking, and resolution follow-up.
• Experience supporting cloud-based software implementations, system migrations, or technology transformation initiatives.
• Familiarity with JIRA for workflow management, issue tracking, and project coordination.
• Experience using SharePoint for project documentation and collaboration.
• PMP certification or other recognized project management certification.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.