Project Manager - Learning & Development

ELB Learning; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

ELB Learning is seeking a client-focused Project Manager to lead LXT custom development projects from kickoff through final delivery. The Project Manager owns the project plan, client communication, scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and reporting while coordinating cross-functional learning and development teams.

You will serve as the primary day-to-day client contact, lead kickoff meetings, status calls, milestone reviews, and project communications, and ensure timely delivery with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience managing client-facing delivery and multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from kickoff through final acceptance and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets, forecasts, and resource assignments.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact and lead kickoff meetings, status calls, milestone reviews, and project communications.
• Establish and manage the approved baseline for scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
• Monitor project health, progress, hours, financial performance, and upcoming deliverables; address variances early.
• Maintain accurate status reports, RAID logs, decisions, action items, approvals, and project documentation.
• Coordinate instructional design, creative, development, quality assurance, and other project resources.
• Manage client inputs, review cycles, consolidated feedback, approvals, and acceptance criteria.
• Identify and mitigate risks, resolve blockers, and elevate issues requiring leadership support.
• Manage scope changes through documented impact assessment, approval, and change control.
• Ensure internal quality reviews and required stage gates are completed before client delivery.
• Lead project closeout, including final acceptance, financial reconciliation, documentation, and lessons learned.

Skills

Client communication

Meeting facilitation

Organization

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Equivalent professional experience

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Asana

Job description

PROJECT MANAGER

LXT Custom Development

Location: Remote (United States)
Job Type: Full-Time
Salary: $75,000–$85,000 annually
Travel: Approximately 25%
Role Type: Individual Contributor

About the Role

ELB Learning is seeking a client-focused Project Manager to lead LXT custom development projects from kickoff through final delivery. The Project Manager owns the project plan, client communication, scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and reporting while coordinating cross-functional learning and development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from sales handoff and kickoff through final acceptance and closeout.

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets, forecasts, and resource assignments.

• Serve as the primary day-to-day client contact and lead kickoff meetings, status calls, milestone reviews, and project communications.

• Establish and manage the approved baseline for scope, schedule, budget, and resources.

• Monitor project health, progress, hours, financial performance, and upcoming deliverables; address variances early.

• Maintain accurate status reports, RAID logs, decisions, action items, approvals, and project documentation.

• Coordinate instructional design, creative, development, quality assurance, and other project resources.

• Manage client inputs, review cycles, consolidated feedback, approvals, and acceptance criteria.

• Identify and mitigate risks, resolve blockers, and elevate issues requiring leadership support.

• Manage scope changes through documented impact assessment, approval, and change control.

• Ensure internal quality reviews and required stage gates are completed before client delivery.

• Lead project closeout, including final acceptance, financial reconciliation, documentation, and lessons learned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Three or more years of project management experience, including responsibility for client-facing delivery.

• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with competing deadlines and priorities.

• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, and changes.

• Strong client communication, meeting facilitation, organization, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams in a fast-paced delivery environment.

• Proficiency with project management, collaboration, and document-sharing tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing custom learning & development, eLearning, training-content, or digital-production projects.

• CAPM® (Certified Associate in Project Management), PMP® (Project Management Professional), or comparable certification.

Core Competencies

• Project planning and execution

• Client and stakeholder management

• Scope, schedule, budget, and resource management

• Risk mitigation and issue resolution

• Financial and delivery accountability

• Cross-functional leadership

• Clear communication and professional judgment

Why Join ELB Learning?

Join a collaborative team delivering custom learning solutions for leading organizations. You will manage meaningful client engagements, partner with talented learning professionals, and help strengthen consistent, high-quality project delivery across ELB Learning.