Senior Project Manager IT

The Company:

Elevate K-12 is changing the way classrooms work through live, online, real-time instruction to K-12 schools. Our two main focuses are to give students the best quality instructors and get them ready for the world of the future and to give instructors, especially women, work opportunities, irrespective of zip codes. We are the new way to the classroom!

https://elevatek12.com/

The Person:

 The Project Manager is responsible for planning, overseeing, and leading projects from ideation through to completion. They should have experience with both Waterfall and Agile ways of working. The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that resources, timelines, and the overall quality of a project is considered, accounted for, and delivered. The Project Manager must have strong leadership skills to lead cross-functional teams in a fast paced and rapidly changing environment with the ability to maintain discipline and focus on our business goals.

 The Job:

• Develop and manage relationships with all areas of IT and the Business. 

• Lead project planning sessions with cross functional teams as well as individually drive project management deliverables

• Manage several moving projects and project parts simultaneously.

• Determine and define project scope and objectives

• Predict resources needed to reach objectives

• Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan

• Manage relationships and coordinate milestones and dependencies between teams including: Business Operations, Customer Service, Finance, Sales, Testing, Development, Architecture, Infrastructure, Release Management, UI/UX, and more

• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout the entire project execution

• Manage project progress, adapt work as required, and ensure project meet deadlines

• Manage risk, issue and change mitigation plan

• Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement

• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress

• Communicate project reviews with executive leadership including but not limited to developing reports, facilitating demos, and engaging executives in decision making when appropriate.

• Optimize and improving processes where applicable

• Execute project change enablement and communications

• Conduct project readiness reviews, milestone reviews, and business go/no-go reviews

• Ensure projects are delivered within requirements and identified business value

• Maintain a project management repository and manage key information such as process, procedures, dependencies, and communication plans

 What you will need: 

• Total 11+ years of experience

• Minimum 7 years of experience in core project management

• Must have in-depth experience in Waterfall and MS projects with some exposure in Agile is preferred. 

• Proven ability to solve problems creatively

• Strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices

• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle

• Ability to multi-task and manage various project elements simultaneously

• Big-picture thinking and vision with detailed execution skill set required for delivery

• Conflict resolution skills

• Ability to coordinate multiple teams to ensure projects are executed to meet value goals

• Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

• Strong interpersonal and consultative skills  

• Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle

• Facilitation skills

• Organizational skills

• Process modeling

• Capacity to manage high stress or fast paced situations

Be Part Of Our Story:

Elevate K-12 is tasked with an important mission: change the way K-12 classrooms and teaching work. Our organization is a radically open-minded company that is scaling fast. We are a team focused on high performance, dynamism and embodying a collaborative culture at all levels. Our teammates are able to have open, honest discussions that drive us toward our mission. Elevate K-12 is in a stage of hyper growth that will continue to open up new challenges and opportunities for our team. 

We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender (including gender identity, gender expression, change of sex, and transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.  If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request.