Project Manager

Pansophic Learning is a mission-driven, high-growth international education company dedicated to expanding access to high-quality learning for all students—regardless of geography, background, or circumstance. Through innovative digital curriculum and learning solutions, we partner with schools and educators to create meaningful educational experiences that empower learners to thrive academically and beyond. We believe every child deserves the opportunity to become who they aspire to be.

The Project Manager serves as a key operational team member within our centralized services organizations. In conjunction with the Sr. Director of Operations, the Project Manager is responsible for defining, executing, and ongoing support to a broad range of projects including business development, process, technology, and reporting & analytics. The Project Manager may work collaboratively with internal clients and cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality execution of priority projects.  

This is an in office position in Tysons Corner, VA.

Project Management 

• Own and manage the high-quality execution of individual projects. End-to-end project management will include roadmap design, management of the project team and plan, and development and presentation of final deliverables 

• Works with project team to ensure project budgets, resource plans, milestones, tracking metrics and success measures are achieved 

• Builds and manages relationships with key stakeholders at multiple levels in the organization to manage expectations as needed and keep a project moving forward 

• Serve as the main point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure teach actions remain in synergy 

• Provide daily, weekly, and monthly reports to school and company leadership 

• Perform quality control on the project throughout development to maintain expected standards 

• Completes special projects as assigned 

Research 

• Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones, adhering to deadlines and allocating resources 

• Assisting in the definition of project scope and goals 

• Researches and monitors performance trends and activity 

• Designs and coordinates in gathering requirements for new process enhancements 

• Communicate with the Operations team for process and tool enhancements to help prioritize needs 

• Researches available data and requests necessary data from analytics team 

Process Development and Execution 

• Acts as operations lead for gap identification, solution idealization, and business case development 

• Develop, recommend, and present strategies to leadership team that continually innovate and improve business performance 

• Assessing, creating and implementing process for the purposes of enabling accurate pipeline reporting and forecasting across business units 

• Secures necessary internal resources to support delivery of an approved business case 

• Help develop and drive process and systems/tool adoption across teams 

• Motivate people and teams involved to complete required tasks on time 

• Learn from and share best practices with other stakeholders 

Qualifications 

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or related discipline is required; an advanced degree in Business or Finance strongly preferred

• 2+ years of experience in Operations management 

• Strong analytical skills, both quantitative and qualitative; strong attention to detail and ability to pull business insights through complex data sets 

• Self-motivated and strong problem-solver with ability to handle multiple projects and activities 

• Ability to work well under pressure as well as effectively prioritize and execute tasks to meet deadlines consistently 

• Understanding of and ability to manage confidential information 

• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders across varying business functions 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

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