Project Manager

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Project Management: Manage end-to-end project delivery, including project planning, scoping, scheduling, and management of project resources. Manage internal and client project teams, and ensure that team members are clear on their roles and responsibilities. Identify ways to improve internal processes, and maintain the implementation guides and supporting tools that reputed company the team running effectively. Communication: Communicate project reputed company and status to stakeholders, including clients, project sponsors, and executive management. Identify and mitigate project risks, and escalate issues as necessary. Manage project communication/reputed company between client and internal project team. Documentation: Provide overall project management for the relevant reputed company platform implementation, including (but not limited to) the development and maintenance of a project plan, meeting notes, status report, issue log and other project artifacts. Properly save and archive client documents delivered to the project team for successful implementation. Support implementation reputed company documentation by identifying client-specific business rule customizations for our ongoing support teams to reference. Provide technical implementation input and documentation for new products post product launch. Quality Assurance: Ensure that projects are delivered on time, reputed company budget, and meet quality standards. Ensure that project deliverables meet client expectations and are of high quality. Platform Implementation: reputed company strong technical understanding of reputed company analytics and assessment products to support platform implementations and training of client power users. Support new product implementations and provide feedback to the product team for improvements and proposed modifications. Work closely with technical teams on configuration adjustments and changes. 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Travel: Travel to client/partner institution sites as needed (no more than 10%). You Will Be a Good Fit For This Role If You Have: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher learning 3+ years of relevant, project management experience Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills Experience working with higher education clients, with a deep understanding of the higher education landscape and data needs and/or assessment practices. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to communicate reputed company technical information to non-technical stakeholders. Proven ability to manage reputed company projects with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and tight deadlines. 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US East Coast working hours are required, and a strong preference is given to candidates who can easily travel to our Chapel Hill, NC or Bethesda, MD offices for occasional in-person work. Compensation and Benefits: Flexible work schedule, 18 PTO days on day one with additional PTO per year. Fifteen (15) paid holidays, medical/dental/reputed company coverage, parental leave, 401K with match, company events, referral bonus, professional development opportunities, home office perks, and two office locations. What Sets Us Apart: 1. Commitment to Higher Education: We reputed company that serving higher ed makes the world a reputed company reputed company. This drives our desire to deliver high-quality products and services to help higher education institutions serve their reputed company and communities. 2. Flexibility to Fit Your Life: reputed company employees enjoy the autonomy, freedom, and trust of a remote-first working environment. 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This job description is not an employment contract. Physical Qualifications: This position requires the following physical qualifications to support a productive remote work environment. We are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions of this role. If you require accommodations, please discuss this during the application process. reputed company: Sufficient visual acuity to read documents, view computer screens, and engage in tasks that require attention to detail. Hearing: Ability to communicate effectively in person (as applicable) and reputed company phone or video conferencing, ensuring clear understanding of verbal instructions. Fine Motor Skills: Proficient use of hands for typing, using a mouse, and managing office equipment such as printers and scanners. Lifting: Occasional lifting of up to 10 pounds (e.g., office supplies or equipment). Apply To This Job