Project Manager Contractor - Stride, Inc.

Job Description

Project/Program Management focuses on providing central expertise, support, and control for an organization's projects/programs including: developing program/project management best practices/templates and providing training/mentoring to project teams; monitoring dependencies across multiple inter-related projects; gathering and reporting consolidated project status and financial information to leadership. Bachelor's degree, 5-7 years of related professional experience

SUMMARY: The Project Manager, Level 2, is responsible for planning and managing projects which often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration, and for supporting project operations analysis and reporting. This role ensures project goals are accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters and that there is adherence to quality standards. The role prepares or facilitates the preparation of project deliverables and communicates with company executives and cross-functional stakeholders regarding the status of specific projects as appropriate.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

· Drive the gathering of detailed stakeholder requirements, constraints and assumptions in order to establish the project deliverables, using requirement-gathering techniques (e.g., planning sessions, brainstorming, focus groups) and the project charter;

· Develop and refine project plans that specify goals, strategy, staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, and allocation of available resources;

· Coordinate the execution of the contained tasks as defined in the project plan in order to achieve the project goals;

· Oversee the management of changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs using appropriate verification techniques in order to keep the project plan accurate, updated, and reflective of authorized project changes;

· Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques in order to monitor the progress of the project, identify and quantify any variances, perform any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders;

· Maintain relationships with other departments and organizations by recognizing dependencies in order to assess potential partnership and commitment to the project;

· Optimize processes, tools, metrics, and human capital to enable effective and efficient delivery of company projects.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

· Four (4) years of overall Project Management experience

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

· Successful tracking and schedule compliance with larger scale projects

· Ability to work across multiple job levels to achieve results

· Process modeling, data standardization, and analytics

· Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline driven process

· Consistent success in leading teams to meet aggressive deadlines

· Demonstrated skill with Project Management tools and concepts

· Experience with resource management (labor models, time tracking, etc.)

· Outstanding time management and organization skills

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project; Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and general Web proficiency; PPM tool(s)

· Ability to travel 10% of the time

· Ability to clear required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

· Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

· Project Management Institute (PMI) certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP)

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· This is a home-based position.

• This position is open to residents of, and may be performed remotely from Washington, D.C., and from any state.
• Compensation & Benefits:Stride, Inc. considers a person's education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position's work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee's salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position's level and expected