Media Delivery Manager

Kaplan; United States; Remote; USD 64,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education company is seeking a Media Delivery Manager to oversee Learning Media projects and drive operational excellence. The ideal candidate will create strategic roadmaps, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and collaborate across teams. This role requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of relevant experience, particularly in project management and business operations. Competitive salary offered in the range of $64,000 - $100,000 along with comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Remote work flexibility

Comprehensive Retirement Package

Tuition assistance for employees

Health benefits from day 1

Generous Paid Time Off

Qualifications

• 5 years in Business Operations, Product Delivery, or Project Management.
• Advanced knowledge of project management tools.
• High emotional intelligence and ability to manage multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Create a strategic roadmap for Learning Media.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration across media initiatives.
• Develop analytics-driven insights and track KPIs.

Skills

Project management

Business analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Smartsheets

Data visualization tools

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Media Delivery Manager

For more than 80 years, Kaplan has been a trailblazer in education and professional advancement. We are a global company at the intersection of education and technology, focused on collaboration, innovation, and creativity to deliver a best-in-class educational experience and make Kaplan a great place to work. The future of education is here and we are eager to work alongside those who want to make a positive impact and inspire change in the world around them.

The Media Delivery Manager is responsible for overseeing a broad portfolio of Learning Media projects, engaging in strategic planning, ensuring operational excellence, and driving efficiencies. With a growing volume of media production initiatives, this role focuses on strategic roadmaps, stakeholder management and communications, process improvement, capacity management, and the development of data-driven insights to optimize resource allocation and workflow processes. This role creates complex product roadmaps, including those across the Academics and Platform Operations Team. This role collaborates with APO leaders, Media Functional Managers, and Product Owners to ensure seamless execution and support strategic planning. The Media Delivery Manager takes a proactive approach to driving strategic and tactical alignment, leveraging analytics to enhance decision-making and productivity within the teams. The Manager will track Media Team progress, milestones, and KPIs and lead the effort to champion this information with the organization.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create a strategic roadmap for Learning Media and for the Academic & Product Organization, communicating with leadership and product stakeholders to prioritize and deliver media against operational and learner engagement goals.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration between production, creative, and strategy teams, ensuring alignment across media initiatives.
• Develop analytics-driven insights, tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational metrics to improve efficiency and resource allocation.
• Gathering operational and performance data, leading data-driven decision-making to improve production workflows, optimizing output, and advocating with the organization for adoption of best production practices.
• Oversee Media portfolio by tracking multiple projects across their lifecycle, implementing best practices in project and resource management.
• Lead Media intake and scoping for an increasing number of media projects, ensuring smooth workflow, and partnering with product owners to understand, scope, and execute work.
• Lead process improvements and automation efforts to enhance media production operations and support an increasing volume of projects.
• Serve as team lead on Smartsheets and emerging AI technologies to create optimized workflows and improve efficiency, building and maintaining projects, trackers, and portfolios.
• Proactively monitor project milestones and at-risk deliverables, identifying solutions to ensure on-time and high-quality output.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in project management software tools (Smartsheets preferred), providing training and guidance to team members.
• Support operational budget management, ensuring projects align with cost objectives and financial targets.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 5 years in Business Operations, Product Delivery, or Project Management
• Advanced knowledge of project management tools (Smartsheets or similar software).
• Proficiency in business analytics, KPI tracking, data visualization, and process optimization.
• High EQ and ability to manage multiple stakeholders across departments. Strong written and oral communications with a wide variety of stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Strong initiative, problem-solving, and leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with media, production, or marketing.

Benefits and Total Rewards

Beyond base salary, our comprehensive total rewards package includes:

• Remote work provides a flexible work/life balance
• Comprehensive Retirement Package automatically enrolled in The Company Contribution Plan (8-10% annual company contribution based on tenure)
• Our Gift of Knowledge Program provides tuition assistance and substantial discounts for our employees and close family members
• Comprehensive health benefits; new hire eligibility starts on day 1 of employment
• Generous Paid Time Off includes paid holidays, vacation, personal, sick paid time-off, plus one (1) volunteer day and one (1) diversity and inclusion day to participate and give back to our local communities

We are committed to providing a supportive and rewarding work environment where every employee can thrive. You can learn more about our full benefits package and total rewards philosophy here.

Compensation

For full-time positions, Kaplan has two Salary Grades. This position is Salary Grade B: $64,000 - $100,000. The specific compensation offered will be determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, relevant experience, education, skills, and market data. We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal and state wage laws.

Location & Status

Location: Remote/Nationwide, USA

Employee Type: Employee

Job Functional Area: Content/Material Creation

Business Unit: 00091 Kaplan Higher ED

Diversity & Inclusion

Kaplan is committed to cultivating an inclusive workplace that values diversity, promotes equity, and integrates inclusivity into all aspects of our operations. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, nationality, or sex. Learn more about our culture here.

Kaplan considers qualified applicants for employment even if applicants have an arrest or conviction in their background check records. Kaplan complies with related background check regulations. Kaplan is a drug-free workplace and complies with applicable laws.