Employment Enterprises, Inc. is working with a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire young people to succeed by providing them with a foundation in fiscal responsibility and entrepreneurial knowledge. We are seeking a project manager who will be a key member of the Education Delivery & Learning Technology team by ensuring projects are planned, executed, and completed successfully. This Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing project teams for multiple projects related to Product Lines. This role offers an exciting opportunity to lead innovative educational projects and apply your project management skills in a dynamic, mission-driven environment. This is a fully remote position and the targeted pay rate is $40-$45 per hour.
Responsibilities:
Project Planning
- Lead the creation of the project charter, working with product management and additional key stakeholders.
- Create the project management plan and needed project documentation, including, but not limited to work breakdown structures, deliverables, workflows and schedules, resourcing plans, risk mitigation plan, cost estimates, and communication plans with input from product shared services teams.
- Organize planning meetings and the Education project kick-off meeting, ensuring documentation of meeting decisions and outcomes as aligned to the innovative product development process.
- Collaborate with product shared services leadership in the process of identifying and onboarding vendors.
Project Monitoring, Reporting, and Close Out
- Coordinate with multiple cross functional teams to ensure project milestones and requirements are met within the set timeline and budget.
- Monitor project progress against project requirements, communicating status updates, issues and risks as outlined by project plan.
- Identify and minimize project risks throughout the project life cycle, collaborating with project team to mitigate risks
- Manage changes according to change management plan; ensuring communication with all project stakeholders.
- Manage project budgets and provide reporting as required, with support from team leadership
- Ensure stakeholder acceptance of project deliverables based on project plan.
- Maintain project documentation.
- Ensure lessons learned are discussed and documented with each project.
- Manage the project close out process.
Project Management Team & Process Improvement
- Identify opportunities for project management process improvements and efficiencies and discuss with team.
- Support in developing and implementing best practices in project management processes.
Required Qualifications:
- 5+ years of relevant experience as a project manager or similar position, preferably in educational or technology settings
- 5+ experience with formal project management methodologies (ie Agile, waterfall) and processes (planning, documentation, executing, monitoring, close out)
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and collaborative project management tools and software (e.g., ClickUp, Asana, Trello, Microsoft Planner, or similar)
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and time management skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and proactive approach
- Ability to manage multiple projects at once and prioritize in a fast-paced environment
- Bachelor’s degree in education, Business, Project Management or a related field, or equivalent education/experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Project Management certification
- Familiarity with learning management systems, particularly D2L Brightspace
- Attention to detail and quality in managing and implement products and systems
- Experience with education products and content delivery, such as print and digital programs for K-12 students and beyond
- Experience with e-learning authoring tools (e.g., Articulate Storyline) and/or knowledge of web development basics (HTML, CSS)
What we offer:
- 401K retirement plan
- Medical and dental benefits for qualifying professionals or Fixed Indemnity Health Benefits
- Flex spending account
- Credit Union Membership
- Pet Insurance
- Worker Advantage discount program membership
- Voluntary Supplemental Insurance
“Our Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Employment Enterprises, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, assign, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, ancestry, U.S. Veteran status, or any other protected category under applicable law.”
Employment Enterprises, Inc is the parent company of Temporary Solutions, Inc. Temporary Solutions is a workforce solutions company based out of 10550 Linden Lake Plaza, Suite 200, Manassas, VA 20109.
