Project Manager, Contract

Stride, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Stride, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager responsible for planning and managing complex projects within a defined timeframe and budget. This role involves leading multidisciplinary teams, managing project scopes and deliverables, and communicating with stakeholders. This contractor position offers flexible work arrangements while providing competitive pay and a robust benefits package from Randstad.

Benefits

Health benefits

Retirement contributions

Paid time off

Qualifications

• 3 years of overall Project Management experience required.
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong skills in leading teams and meeting aggressive deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Lead global, multidisciplinary teams to achieve project goals.
• Develop project plans, coordinate task executions and manage changes.
• Measure project performance and communicate progress to stakeholders.

Skills

Process modeling

Data standardization

Analytics

Time management

Organization

Project Management tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Outlook

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

Jira

Job description

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Job Description

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Project Manager 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.

• Lead large, global, and often, virtual groups of multi-disciplinary teams of highly-talented professionals;
• 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;
• Lead in 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;
• Record 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;
• 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;
• Provide a high overview to the evolution of project processes and workflow in support of the dynamic needs of the Company’s business;
• Evolve processes, tools, and metrics to enable effective and efficient delivery of company projects.
• Maintain relationships with other departments and organizations by recognizing dependencies in order to assess potential partnership and commitment to the project;
• Motivate the team using appropriate tools and techniques in order to increase commitment to the program objectives;
• Prepare and present statements of work and proposals for vendors and potential customers in conjunction with technology management and Corporate Development;
• 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

• Three (3) 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 the required background check
  
  

Desired Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or related field
• Project Management Institute (PMI) certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Experience in Agile methodologies
• Experience in Jira
  
  

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 position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states, D.C.

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 contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range.

We anticipate this position will pay between $31.22 - $49.96 per hour. This is a temporary/contractor role and you will be an employee of Randstad. The upper end of this range is not likely to be offered, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Randstad offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.

Job Type

Contractor

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you can request the appropriate accommodation by contacting [e-mail].

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals With Disabilities

Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants receive consideration for employment based on merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law. Stride, Inc. complies with all legally required affirmative action obligations. Applicants will not be discriminated against because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  E-Learning Providers

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