Associate Project Manage
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Job Summary
The Role
The Associate Project Manager (APM) supports delivery across Fastmarkets by coordinating day-to-day project activities and keeping work on track. Reporting to the Head of Change the APM works with business and technology teams to clarify objectives maintain plans and actions and provide clear progress updates.
This role is focused on stakeholder coordination meeting facilitation and delivery reporting. The APM organises workshops captures decisions and actions maintains RAID and key documentation and escalates risks and blockers promptly to the Project Manager/Change Manager for the initiative (or the Head of Change if none is assigned)
Principal Accountabilities
- Keep assigned initiatives on track by maintaining schedules milestones and action logs and following up to close agreed tasks
- Improve delivery coordination by keeping stakeholders aligned through clear day-to-day communication across business technology and third-party teams
- Reduce delivery risk by keeping RAID (risks assumptions issues and dependencies) up to date tracking actions to closure and escalating blockers promptly to the Project Manager/Change Manager (or the Head of Change if none is assigned)
- Support timely third-party delivery by coordinating vendor/partner meetings and deliverables tracking actions and flagging risks or slippage to the appropriate owner
- Enable clear decisions by producing concise status updates (progress RAG risks/issues and next steps) and contributing to reporting packs for senior stakeholders
- Increase delivery momentum by organising workshops capturing decisions and actions and keeping delivery tools and documentation up to date
- Make project information easy to find and reliable by maintaining a central documentation repository with appropriate version control and access
Qualifications :
We recruit talented dynamic people with diverse backgrounds and experiences all united by a belief in our mission to provide the worlds leading and most trusted price reporting events and intelligence service for the markets we serve. Were proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a fully inclusive workplace where everyone feels able to participate and contribute meaningfully.
If you are open-minded curious resilient solutions-oriented and committed to promoting equality then read on.
KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
We are looking for an individual who is highly motivated driven and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced successful team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly.
Fundamentals
Excellent written and spoken English; able to produce clear updates and documentation
Interest in or exposure to news pricing data or commodities markets is advantageous
Comfortable working with third parties by tracking actions and supporting communications
General Skills
Adaptable; comfortable working across teams and stakeholder groups
Strong communication skills able to tailor messages for technical and non-technical audiences
Detail-oriented and proactive; keeps information current and flags gaps early
Technology
Interest in the project lifecycle (design build test release)
Experience or keen interest in AI literacy and digital tools with a mindset focused on learning curiosity and continuous improvement
Confident with Microsoft Office and keen to learn Jira/Confluence and related delivery tools
If youre excited about the role but your experience skills or qualifications dont perfectly align we encourage you to apply anyway.
Additional Information :
Our Values
Fastmarkets people come from all different walks of life. Its this mix of brilliant personalities experiences and insights that gives us that warm open and friendly culture you can feel as soon as you meet us. But however wonderfully different we all are there are six things we all have in common and they form our Fastmarkets values.
Created by our own employees to reflect some of the personal traits that Fastmarkets people have our values are key to what makes our culture unique. They reflect who each of us are and theyre embedded in everything we do. Our values are:
- METRICS DRIVEN. We use insights to improve our customers experience and our business performance
- ACCOUNTABLE. We are accountable to ourselves and those we work with: we keep our promises and get things done
- GROWTH MINDSET. This value enables us to be nimble to the changing realities and operate with a sense of urgency
- INCLUSIVE. We are inclusive and respectful celebrating each of us and giving everyone a deep sense of belonging with the desire to bring their best self to work every day.
- CUSTOMER CENTRIC. We are customer-centric in all that we do
- COLLABORATIVE. We are collaborative able to work across teams and capitalise on the diversity of intellect perspectives and experiences.
We are committed to ensuring all candidates feel welcomed and supported. Should your application advance and you require accommodations for the interview process please inform us so we can make the necessary arrangements.
Youve read a little about us now its over to you!
If you like what youve read so far and think you can see yourself as a Fastmarkets person its time to fill in your application form. This form is an important part of the selection process: its used to determine whether or not youll be chosen to have an interview and acts as a basis for the questions well ask you on the day.
Its vital that you try to capture all the relevant information we have asked for on the form so we can get a good feel for who you are and why youre great.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Who we are Fastmarkets is the most trusted cross-commodity price reporting agency (PRA) in the agriculture, forest products, metals and mining and energy transition markets. Our price data, forecasts and market analyses give our customers a strategic advantage in complex, volatile, of ... View more