Remote Manager, Project Management

Summary

Join Great Minds as a Manager, Project Management to support the Enterprise Project Management Office by managing project portfolios, developing teams, and communicating with stakeholders.

Requirements

• 5+ years working on cross-functional large, complex projects simultaneously
• 1+ years leading project management teams
• Advanced experience with project management principles and, ideally, Smartsheet or similar project management software
• Deep knowledge of Project Management Institute’s best practices
• Experience working with curriculum content or educational publishing
• Demonstrated success in a leadership role building, motivating, and inspiring teams to achieve goals
• Ability to manage activities for multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong analytic and interpersonal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PPT), Microsoft SharePoint, or other similar distributed storage and collaboration systems
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication skills
• Sound organizational habits, necessary for successful goal setting, collaborative problem solving, deadline execution, and record keeping
• Impeccable written, verbal, and social communication skills needed to incorporate different points of view and present them as a unified plan

Responsibilities

• Steer projects within a program portfolio to success, ensuring each initiative is delivered with precision, efficiency, and aligned to business objectives
• Manage and develop dynamic program management teams along a trajectory from the Associate Project Management role to the Senior Project Manager role
• Monitor and support the schedule health of all projects and analyze and identify project and program risks
• Evaluate project metrics and measure established key performance indicators
• Maintain a single, accessible source of truth for accurate and timely data relevant to product scope and release dates; produce and present accurate and timely data to support risk mitigation, on-going decision making, and strategic planning
• Regularly evaluate efficiencies within all processes, including content creation and production workflows, and initiate proposals aimed at improving efficiency, communication, morale, and/or the overall success of Great Minds and its mission
• Use command of the budgets to propose trade-offs, applying understanding of the relationship between each item in a project budget and the relationship it plays in the successful completion of the goals of the project as well as the role it may play in the success of other projects, considering the interdependencies between projects
• Proactively identify and resolve strategic and tactical issues that may impair the organization's ability to meet its strategic, financial, and technical goals
• Create and lead effective communication cadences across development teams, stakeholders, and executive teams to produce accurate and timely status reporting throughout each project life cycle
• Cultivate strong working relationships with cross-functional professionals throughout the organization

Preferred Qualifications

Experience working with metrics to develop charts and graphs