Project Manager - REMOTE

Concorde Career Colleges; Overland Park (KS); Remote; USD 68,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading education organization is seeking a Project Manager responsible for overseeing project design and execution. The candidate will coordinate timelines, resources, and budgets to meet organizational goals while fostering collaboration among stakeholders. Attractive benefits include a tuition waiver, competitive paid time off, retirement matching, and comprehensive insurance coverage.

Benefits

Tuition Waiver for employees and family

Competitive Paid Time Off

Retirement Matching

Paid Parental Leave

Health, vision, and dental coverage

Pet Insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years project management experience required.
• PMP or equivalent Project Management certification preferred.
• Experience in post-secondary higher education and vendor management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop project plans outlining scope, timelines, and deliverables.
• Monitor project budget and provide tracking reports.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and provide updates.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Negotiation

Organizational Skills

Team Building

Decision Making

Education

Bachelor’s degree in education or related field

Tools

Office productivity software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Smartsheet

MS Project

Teams

Project management software

Job description

Overview

Project Manager

The Project Manager oversees and coordinates the planning, execution, and delivery of projects across various departments. This role manages project timelines, resources, and budgets so that all goals and objectives are achieved in alignment with organizational priorities. The Project Manager partners with stakeholders to define project scopes, establish clear deliverables, and mitigate risks. This position requires problem-solving, and communication skills to foster collaboration and drive successful project outcomes.

In addition to joining an organization with an outstanding mission, Concorde is happy to provide the following Benefits You'll Love -

• Tuition Waiver: Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses
• Paid Time Off: Competitive paid time off programs for employees (Vacation, Sick, Flexible)
• Retirement Matching: 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days
• Paid Parental Leave: 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents to bond with a new baby
• Competitive Insurance: Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Pet Insurance: Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA
• Health Plan Enrollment: Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment

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Salary Range: 68K to 80K, depending on experience and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans outlining scope, timelines, resource requirements, and deliverables from design to completion
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to define project objectives and success criteria
  • Gather requirements, provide project updates, and drive alignment with organizational goals
• Develop and maintain project management tracking tools and documentation, including progress reports, meeting minutes, and relevant project artifacts
• Facilitate kick off meetings, project planning, and solutioning meetings
• Assist teams in feasibility analysis, breakdown structure, scheduling, and resourcing
• Monitor project budget and provide tracking reports
• Identify potential risks and issues associated with projects
  • Develop proactive mitigation plans
  • Address challenges and minimize project disruptions
• Track and escalate issue to project stakeholders
• Track, document and analyze project outcomes
  • Identify areas for improvement
  • Perform root cause analysis
  • Gather feedback from stakeholders
  • Leverage project insights and propose data-driven adjustments
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Licenses/Certifications

• PMP or equivalent Project Management certification (preferred)

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in education, instructional design, project management, or related field - or- 4 years project management experience including 2 years leading business partners and various stake holders (required)
• Minimum of two years project management experience and experience leading business partners and various stake holders (required)
• Intermediate experience using Office productivity software (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint), Smartsheet, MS Project and Teams, to include document formatting, organization, collaboration and review, data management, formulas, functions and pivot tables/charts, and presentation development, inclusive of multimedia, links and embedded collateral (required)
• At least 3 years in post-secondary higher education (preferred)
• Experience with vendor management (preferred)
• Knowledge of curriculum, instruction, and academic processes (preferred)
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a deadline-driven environment (preferred)
• Experience collaborating with instructional designers and faculty subject matter experts (preferred)

Skills

• Foster positive relationships with key stakeholders to ensure support and commitment to project objectives
• Outstanding people skills; excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Project management software platform experience (preferred)
• Review, analyze, and act on specific internal and external customer feedback
• Organize, plan, prioritize and follow through on work
• Endorse teaming, collaborative thinking, creativity, empowerment, and results
• Negotiation, motivational, and reporting skills

Standard Abilities

• Able and willing to:
  • Communicate, think, learn, and reason
  • Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or perform assigned tasks
  • Safely ambulate and/or maneuver when on-site at Company locations
  • Demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning, information ordering and category flexibility
• Ability to use good judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information with discretion
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines are essential and multiple projects are worked simultaneously
• Ability to gain, understand and apply information and data as it relates essential functions of the position
• Ability to foster long-term relationships with stakeholders

Work Environment

• Work is performed indoors in a climate-controlled environment when on site at assigned company location. Employees must be able to safely ambulate when on company premises.
• This position is designated as:
  • Remote; Employees must meet minimum technical standards for eligibility and participation.
• Travel Requirements
  • Overnight travel less than 10%