Do you have a passion for leading Product Development projects? As a Project Manager on our team, you will build meaningful stakeholder relationships and guide project teams as they create robust digital tools and learning solutions in a variety of formats that are used by millions of educators and students every day. This position is located at our K-12 headquarters in Columbus, OH or 100% remote. All candidates must reside in the Continental United States.
Your impact on the team
What you will be doing
- Collaborating with Product Managers and key team leads to document scope, goals, and objectives that align to market expectations and needs.
- Establishing comprehensive product delivery plans, which includes business case development, product scope, integrated schedules with dependencies mapped, budget management, forecasting, and quality management plans.
- Proactive planning of high-impact risks, problem-solving when issues arise, conflict resolution, and implementing change management processes in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Creating work breakdown structures as needed, mapping dependencies, gathering time estimates, and estimating resources as needed to develop a realistic plan for successful project execution.
- Collaborating with key project stakeholders to build an effective, high-performing project team.
- Communicating at all levels of the organization with transparency, data, and facts. Responsible for reporting status on assigned projects, project financial reporting, and resource allocation reporting.
- Mentoring your peers and serving as a thought leader on project management profession.
- 2-3+ years of Project Management experience desired with previous experience managing and leading concurrent projects within a matrix, remote environment.
- Strong commitment to operational excellence, passion for collaboration, and the ability to navigate stakeholder relationships objectively.
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- Previous experience working with educational clients or in the educational technology industry is preferred.
- PMI (PMP, PMI-ACP) desired with experience in business analytics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and process mapping.
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