Assistant Technical Project Manager (Student Role)
Your role in helping us achieve our mission
As a Technical Project Manager (Student Role) within the broader technical operations and engineering ecosystem, your role in helping us achieve our mission will be to support the planning and coordination of internal technical projects that span across teams such as Platform Engineering, IT, Software Development, and beyond.
You will help organize timelines, track task progress, facilitate communication between technical and non-technical stakeholders, and contribute to the successful delivery of projects that improve internal systems, tools, and workflows. This role is ideal for a university student looking to gain hands-on experience in project management within a technology-driven organization.
This is a part-time position designed to offer flexibility around academic commitments while providing meaningful exposure to real-world project execution in a modern tech environment, with the possibility of a full-time position during the summer months.
Responsibilities
- Support planning and coordination for cross-functional technical projects across internal teams (e.g., infrastructure improvements, onboarding workflows, internal tool deployments)
- Assist in organizing project timelines, action items, and dependencies to ensure consistent project momentum
- Track tasks and help maintain project boards (e.g., Monday.com, Jira), ensuring items are up to date and team members are aligned
- Attend team meetings, take notes, and follow up on action points or blockers with relevant stakeholders
- Communicate progress and next steps to technical leads and broader stakeholders in a clear and structured way
- Help document workflows and support process improvements related to IT operations, DevOps practices, or system migrations
- Identify risks or impediments early and raise them to the appropriate project owners for resolution
- Support operational follow-through—help ensure successful completion and wrap-up of each project or sprint
- Assist in creating presentations or reports that summarize project status, milestones, or retrospectives
- Apply foundational project management techniques and tools to organize, track, and support delivery of work
- Embrace and contribute to Sidekick’s culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous learning
Must haves
- Currently enrolled in or recently graduated from a university program (e.g., business, engineering, computer science, or a related field)
- Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to manage multiple small tasks or projects in parallel
- Interest in learning project management fundamentals, with an eye for structure and clarity
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English
- Comfortable using or learning digital tools like Jira, Confluence, Monday.com, or Google Workspace
- A proactive mindset—you enjoy solving problems, keeping others informed, and seeing things through to completion
- Eagerness to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment and collaborate across disciplines
Nice to haves
- Familiarity with project management methodologies such as Agile or Kanban
- Prior experience in a technical team setting, whether as a student intern or through academic projects
- Interest in healthcare, health tech, or regulated technology environments
- Experience writing documentation or organizing shared team resources
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