Manager, Projects & Operations

Summary

Join DARO, a technology social enterprise, as a Project Manager for the GivingTuesday Data Commons. This remote, full-time, 12-month maternity leave coverage contract position, based in the Americas with a 9-5 EST schedule, offers a competitive salary ($900,000 MXN to $1,200,000 MXN annually for Mexican applicants). You will manage projects, lead teams, develop strategies, and build partnerships within the nonprofit sector. The role involves applying project management frameworks, conducting business analysis, and ensuring project excellence. There's a potential for a permanent position after the contract concludes.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience of applying and adapting industry-standard project management frameworks and systems to diverse project types
• Eager to help clients to ensure that data, information, and technology projects are impactful and sustainable
• High tolerance for uncertainty and thrives under pressure
• Continuously learning and applying new concepts to your work
• Include a cover letter telling us how your experience will make you a good fit

Responsibilities

• Ensure project management excellence across a broad portfolio of data infrastructure, research & analytics, and other technology projects
• Convert senior leadership strategy and intent into action plans through the development of project plans, project monitoring systems, and resource tracking systems
• Develop and manage project plans with the foresight that they will grow, shift and evolve on a day-to-day basis
• Provide business analysis and stay a step ahead of the problems that arise, adapting plans as needs and priorities change
• Practise excellent client management to maintain positive and strategically-oriented relationships
• Lead and iterate on processes and governance to support the operations of the Data Commons
• Articulate and communicate project objectives, outcomes, and relevance to organisational strategy
• Ensure processes and for allocating project resources and monitoring activities are clear, efficient, and up-to-date
• Liaise with both DARO and GivingTuesday Operations teams to ensure alignment resourcing needs & solutions
• Support the creation of content and deliverable components as needed
• Maintain a positive and productive relationship with partnering project staff and coordinate their efforts
• Take responsibility for the direction of the team, continuously re-prioritizing as context changes
• Support strategy development and adjustment through communication with the GivingTuesday Data Commons leadership team
• Develop and manage systems to track resource allocation across a broad portfolio of projects and provide regular high-level budget updates to senior leadership
• Support the contracting process - managing agreements with consultants, SaaS’s, and more
• Support partnership development project delivery by identifying additional areas for support/new projects
• Lead important projects and initiatives that help our partners and provide value to the sector
• Stay up to date on trends in the sector, to apply them in our projects as needed

Benefits

• Full-time, Remote
• 12-month Maternity Leave coverage contract
• Salary range: $900,000 MXN to $1,200,000 MXN total annual compensation (for applicants in Mexico)
• Possibility of transitioning to a full-time, permanent role at the end of the contract