Project Manager

Summary

Join our team as a Learning Project Manager to support Noodle's vision for exceptional online learning by managing program design and course build projects for clients.

Requirements

• Certified Associate Project Management (CAPM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred and/or experience in general operations management
• Bachelor’s (required)
• Project management: 3 years (required)
• Budgeting and scope of work development: 3 years (preferred)
• Vendor management: 1 year (preferred)
• Curricular instruction or development: 1 year (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Ensure we deliver quality work against the Statement of Work meeting scope, schedule, cost, and quality metrics for the engagement
• Ensure that all the relevant project stakeholders are aware of the timeline, budget, time allocation, and dependencies and are working toward common goals
• Create and monitor project schedules in the project management software (Wrike) for use by the Learning team to ensure that the scope is completed on time and on budget
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to ensure a smooth experience and process
• Manage invoicing, billing and budget so that courses do not exceed the budgeted amount allocated for development
• Maintain documentation on assigned portfolios including the project plans, contracts, and artifact repositories
• Manage project access to assigned project schedules, folders and artifacts
• Coordinate client reviews and update client-facing schedules
• Monitor and flag project risks and escalate to the appropriate stakeholders and support the team to overcome these
• Provide weekly status reporting on the progress of your projects
• Coordinate resource allocations and workload amongst the various projects based on business priorities both for short term and long-term planning
• Assign resources and people to projects as needed
• Track and communicate the teams whereabouts when on leave and update it in the project management system and address impact on projects accordingly
• Identify and communicate opportunities to the Learning Department Leads/Vice President, PMO
• Meet with Account Managers to manage and flag potential issues, pressure points, and/or non-deliverables
• Lead meetings with project team members to set priorities and deadlines

Benefits

• Remote working (within South Africa)
• Yearly education allowance for lifelong learning
• Internet Allowance
• Contribution to either Medical Aid or Retirement Annuity