Remote Project Manager, Solutions Insights Lab

Solutionsjournalism; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work stipend

100% premiums covered for medical

Dental and vision insurance

20 days paid vacation

3 floating personal days

10 sick days

8 paid holidays

Last week of December off

Flexible work schedule

Job summary

Solutions Insights Lab (SIL), an initiative of the Solutions Journalism Network, is hiring a Project Manager to lead day-to-day management and coordination of SIL projects, ensuring on-time delivery, scope adherence, and high-quality outputs. The role sits at the intersection of project management, research operations, partner engagement, and knowledge management.

You will translate partner commitments into plans, coordinate people and workflows, manage risks, and maintain momentum from launch

Qualifications

• 5 - 7 years of experience in Project Management: A proven track record of managing complex, multi-phase projects from launch to completion, with demonstrated experience using Asana as a primary project management and workflow tool.
• Project Management and Systems Thinking: Strong ability to manage multiple workstreams, people, timelines, and dependencies within complex projects. Able to anticipate challenges, make sound day-to-day decisions, adapt plans when needed, and know when issues should be escalated.
• Workflow, Pipeline, & Knowledge Management: Exceptional ability to build, maintain, and oversee end-to-end research/content pipelines (tracking participant outreach, scheduling, transcription, analysis, drafting, and dissemination). Comfortable creating intuitive internal process playbooks, documentation, and tracking systems that keep multi-person teams aligned.
• Technical and Project Management Tools: Strong proficiency with project management and collaborative tools, including Asana and Google Workspace, and the ability to use them effectively to manage workflows, track progress, coordinate teams, and maintain clear project information.
• Partner and Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated experience working directly with clients or partners, managing day-to-day relationships, leading project communications and meetings, setting expectations, and navigating changes in scope, timelines, or priorities.
• Operational Delivery in Mission-Driven Contexts: Experience managing projects in nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, international development, or similarly fast-moving environments. Able to bring structure and accountability to complex work while remaining flexible and responsive to changing project needs.
• Global Development Fluency: Professional experience in international development, social impact, or social entrepreneurship, with an understanding of the organizations, funders, practitioners, and other stakeholders working across these fields.
• Oral and Written Communication: Strong communicator who can translate complex project information into clear, concise updates for clients, project teams, and leadership. Skilled in leading meetings and producing high-quality partner communications, project reports, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Take primary project management responsibility for a portfolio of core SIL client engagements, managing projects from launch through final delivery.
• Work closely with the lead researcher on each engagement, combining strong project management with the researcher’s responsibility for research quality, analysis, and insight development.
• Develop and maintain clear workplans, timelines, milestones, and project trackers using SIL’s agreed systems and processes.
• Coordinate work across interviews, research, analysis, writing, partner review, engagement, and final delivery, ensuring smooth handoffs between stages.
• Track progress against scope and deliverables, adapt project plans as needed, and flag significant risks, delays, or resource constraints to the Deputy Director.
• Manage photo and video assets across project drives, coordinating their movement through translation, transcription, editing, and production.

Skills

Project management

Asana

Google Workspace

Stakeholder management

Communication

Workflow design

Systems thinking

Tools

Asana

Google Workspace

Job description

Solutions Insights Lab (SIL), an initiative of the Solutions Journalism Network, is hiring a Project Manager to lead day-to-day management and coordination of SIL projects, ensuring on-time delivery, scope adherence, and high-quality outputs. The role sits at the intersection of project management, research operations, partner engagement, and knowledge management.

You will translate partner commitments into plans, coordinate people and workflows, manage risks, and maintain momentum from launch