IT Project Coordinator
Location: Remote
Onsite Requirements: 2 days a month in Boston MA
Compensation Range: $40-45/hr

Introduction
Our client is seeking an experienced IT Project Coordinator to support project planning, coordination, and execution across the broader IT organization. The ideal candidate has a strong background coordinating projects within an IT environment, excellent communication skills, and the executive presence needed to interact confidently with leadership. This role requires someone who is highly organized, proactive, and comfortable managing competing priorities across multiple teams and projects.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities across the IT organization, supporting planning, scheduling, milestones, deliverables, and follow-up from initiation through completion.
• Partner with the CIO's direct reports, project managers, and functional leaders to track project progress, priorities, resource needs, and dependencies.
• Maintain project schedules, resource plans, action items, and deliverable tracking across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Facilitate project meetings and resource planning discussions, including preparing agendas, documenting decisions, and following up on outstanding items.
• Maintain project tracking and reporting within Azure DevOps (ADO), including work items, backlogs, assignments, status updates, and dependencies.
• Monitor project timelines, resource allocations, and potential capacity constraints; identify risks and escalate issues as needed.
• Prepare project status reports and leadership updates highlighting progress, upcoming milestones, risks, and items requiring attention.
• Support Agile and/or Waterfall project delivery practices, helping ensure consistent coordination, documentation, and communication across teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional communication between IT, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership to keep initiatives moving forward.
• Identify opportunities to improve project coordination, reporting, and overall processes across the IT organization.

• Solid experience coordinating projects within an IT organization, supporting multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Strong organizational and project coordination skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Experience working with project management and work-tracking tools; familiarity with Azure DevOps (ADO) strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting at least one project delivery methodology, including Agile or Waterfall.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interact professionally and confidently with senior leadership, including SVP-level stakeholders.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to facilitate discussions, communicate project updates, and follow through with stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving, identifying issues, tracking action items, and keeping projects on track.

• Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps (ADO), including Boards, backlogs, dashboards, and work-item tracking.
• Experience supporting both Agile and Waterfall project environments.
• Previous experience within the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry.
• Experience supporting an enterprise IT organization or PMO with multiple concurrent projects.
• Familiarity with project resource planning, capacity tracking, and portfolio-level reporting.

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