Staffing - Project Coordinator

Staffing

• Project Coordinator#26-08487 $33.33
• 36.

66 per hour Painted Post, NY

All On-site Job Description Job Title:

IT Project Coordinator Location:

Remote

• open to all US locations.

Must be willing to support EST time zone. Candidates local to Corning, NY or Charlotte, NC preferred.

Schedule:

Full-time, M-F, 8am-5pm EST. Some flexibility may be required for collaboration with global teams, as needed.

Interview Process:

One Round Panel Video Interview This position does not support immigration sponsorship. Anticipated through EOY, possibility of extension based on demand.

About Corning:

Odds are that the email you read this morning travelled over Corning Optical Fiber; the smartphone you used had a Corning cover lens; and the vehicle you took to work had cleaner emissions because of a Corning catalytic substrate. Corning is one of the world's leading innovators in materials science. For more than 160 years, Corning has applied its unparalleled expertise in specialty glass, ceramics, and optical physics to develop products that have created new industries and transformed people's lives. Corning succeeds through sustained investment in R D, a unique combination of material and process innovation, and close collaboration with customers to solve tough technology challenges. The global Information Technology (IT) Function is leading efforts to align IT and Business Strategy, leverage IT investments, and optimize end to end business processes and associated information integration technologies. Through these efforts, IT helps to improve the competitive position of Corning's businesses through IT enabled processes. IT also delivers Information Technology applications, infrastructure, and project services in a cost-efficient manner to Corning worldwide. Software development, data, automation, and advanced analytics capabilities are drastically transforming research and manufacturing beyond labs and point process automation to modeled, systemic, highly contextualized and data driven systems. Corning is building and adopting the foundational digital capability for these company-wide efforts, and are looking for a passionate, hard-working, and talented Project Coordinator to join a team leading transformational projects for the enterprise. Overview The IT Project Coordinator is a key member supporting our IT Project Management Office, working closely with the Corning businesses, developers, data scientists, analysts and domain experts to deploy IT solutions to meet customer requirements. Your work is crucial to our global digital transformation efforts because it helps deliver high quality solutions that create value for Corning. The successful candidate will be responsible for their own project tasks while leveraging agile practices where possible. Interaction with cross functional teams, collaboration, communication, and attention to detail will be critical. Agile practice knowledge is crucial to this role, including working as part of a multi-functional agile team, contributing to project plans, impeccable financial tracking and managing the quality governance and testing process(es) within the project. Responsibilities As an IT Project Coordinator, your main responsibilities will be to assist the Project Manager. This includes understanding project goals, deadlines, priorities, resource administration, financial management, and assistance in preparing presentations and general coordination / administrative tasks, which may include some meeting scheduling.

• The project coordinator reports to the IT Project Management Office and has a dotted line to the IT Project Manager to which the projects are assigned.
• The PM ultimately owns all responsibilities for the project; the Project Coordinator is to provide support.
• Manage financial tracker for forecasting and spending.
• Update related systems utilized for project spend.
• Monitor and report on cross project dependencies.
• Assist project managers with the development of work plans.
• Monitor document repository to keep key information up to date.
• Ensure quality, timeliness, and results meet Project and Portfolio Management expectations.
• Act as the

SDLC/ IT

Project Quality Subject Matter Expert for assigned projects

• Own and maintain quality deliverables, including SDLC /Quality plans, metrics, and required approvals throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure all QA‐owned deliverables are completed accurately and on time.
• Working knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements (e.g., SOX) applicable to IT systems and projects.
• Lead and ensure adherence to applicable regulatory requirements throughout the full project lifecycle for regulatory projects.
• Capture and report quality metrics, risks, and status to project and leadership stakeholders.
• Escalate quality or SDLC risks to the appropriate process owners when required
• Lead and facilitate quality inspections of key project documentation and artifacts.
• Lead and manage all testing activities, including system, integration, regression, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Define testing scope, strategy, cycles, timelines, and resource needs in partnership with functional and technical owners.
• Ensure test environments, tools, and data are prepared and ready prior to execution.
• Manage the defect lifecycle, including triage, reporting, and communication during active test phases.
• Facilitate performance testing discovery sessions for assigned projects to determine any performance testing requirements.
• Manage any impact of project changes to testing schedule and process.
• Coordinate project activities and testing across multiple groups, including vendor partners, functional teams, technical teams, business representatives and IT leadership.
• Facilitate and provide guidance to project and business resources for test script development.
• Report on quality and testing status for the duration of the project.
• Development of Test Plan/Test Approach and appropriate success metrics for each testing cycle of the project.
• Responsible for defect management and coordination by collaborating with the right teams to analyze defects to determine root cause and the appropriate path to resolution.

Education, Experience, and Licensing:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, IS, or equivalent area of technical study. (minimum required)
• Certification in project management methodologies is desired, but not required.
• Certification in agile methodologies is desired, but not required.
• A minimum of 3+ years working as an IT project team member.

Quality Analyst experience preferred.

Required Skills:

• Desire to grow skills and strive for a Project Manager career track.
• Must have strong meeting facilitation skills.
• Must have a strong financial acumen as it relates to project financials.
• Strong analytical skills. Ability to analyze and identify project risks and make decisions based on risk analysis.
• Proven Leadership/ collaboration skills.
• Must be flexible and able to adapt to changing environments and manage multiple project assignments simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization; this includes written and verbal communications as well as visualizations.
• Strong work ethic and positive attitude that fosters a collaborative work environment.
• Ability to manage own workload and set priorities with little supervision.
• Ability to adapt to and succeed in a fast paced, changing environment.
• Exhibits strong presentation and critical thinking skills.
• Effective conflict resolution skills
• Advanced computer skills
• Word / Excel / PowerPoint /

Teams Desired Skills:

• Experience with Planview for resource and financial management
• Quality Management application experience
• OpenText ALM (Quality Center) knowledge and experience.
• Experience applying SDLC methodologies (e.g., Waterfall, Agile, Iterative) within enterprise IT project environments.
• Power BI Report Creation
• desired but other platforms may be required.
• Knowledge of Confluence, Planview and other associated Agile tools.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance requirements, including SOX and other applicable regulations.
• Knowledge and experience applying automated testing tools and processes.
• Introductory Scrum or Agile Certifications/Training
• AI-based testing experience

EEO:

"Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of

• Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.

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