Senior Project Manager

Great Purpose. Great People. Great Opportunities.

At Imagine Learning we empower potential by creating educational solutions that inspire boundless possibilities for every student, every day. We are passionate about innovating together to support educators in creating those special moments when students experience the joy of learning at its best.

We empower our team through a strong culture focused on career growth and development, flexible work arrangements, interesting and meaningful work, and supportive and connected colleagues. The majority of our employees enjoy the opportunity to work remotely from home within the US, or in a hybrid capacity in our offices in Tempe, AZ (headquarters), Austin, TX, Petaluma, CA, Rock Rapids, IA, Grand Rapids, MI, or Bloomington, MN.

Imagine Your Impact.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading efforts to deliver curriculum projects; this includes management of issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. This position contributes to process improvement initiatives to improve project delivery. The senior project manager will be assigned large and high-profile projects. S/he will have additional program management responsibilities including organizing programmatic reporting for the department and be the face of curriculum development to larger company-wide programs. Additionally, s/he will maintain a cross-department view for all projects to identify schedule, scope, and resource risks.

Position Type: This is a regular, full-time position.

Compensation: Base pay is anticipated to be between $74,058 and $87,000 per year. Eligible employees may also receive incentive/commission/annual bonus pay based on individual and/or company performance. Compensation may vary based on factors such as, but not limited to, individual skills, experience, training, education/certifications, geographic location, internal equity, and local market conditions.

Location: In this US-based position your location will be from your home office or if in Greater Phoenix Area, Hybrid.

Benefits: Eligible employees may receive the following benefits-

• 401k plan with a company match
• Flexible work schedules and work from home opportunities that foster work/life balance
• Employee referral bonuses

Additional benefits available to eligible full-time and partial full-time employees (partial full-time employees receive prorated benefits), include:

• Multiple health, dental, and vision plans, including medical plans with zero employee premiums
• 16 paid holidays, which include 2 floating holidays and a winter shutdown from Christmas Eve through New Year’s Day
• Paid Time Off
• Maternity and Fertility benefits
• Paid bonding leave when a new child joins your family
• Life and short and long-term disability insurance
• Pre-tax savings plans
• Paid volunteer hours and annual giving events
• A wide variety of professional development programs, including tuition reimbursement

Envision Your Experience.

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives.
• Develop detailed project plans and provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives.
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization.
• Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline.
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership.
• Understand interdependencies between technology, marketing, and curriculum development.
• Manage project scope and changes.
• Support formal/informal schedules to manage internal and external engagement.
• Develop and manage all aspects of project and program engagement from planning, external vendor relationships, communications, resources, change, risks and issues.
• Set and continually manage project and program expectations while delegating and managing deliverable with team members and stakeholders.
• Monitor, track and control outcomes to resolve issues, conflicts, dependencies and critical path deliverables.
• Determine the frequency and content of status reports from the project and program team; analyze results and troubleshoot problem areas.
• Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project and program life cycle.
• Identify and develop trusted adviser relationship with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and university stakeholders.
• Deliver appropriate and effective executive level communication.
• Ensure that projects and programs are proceeding according to scope, schedule, budget and quality standards.
• Continue professional development in order to keep current on emerging technologies, methods and best practices.
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques.
• Other duties as assigned.

Share Your Expertise.

Experience, education, and qualifications essential for success in this role, include:

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study with 5+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects and 5+ years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment; or an acceptable combination of education and experience.
• Intermediate level proficiency with SmartSheet, MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and SharePoint with experience presenting to stakeholders and/or Senior Leadership. 
• Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business objective.
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment.
• Demonstrated decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities.
• Proven success in providing on site leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones.
• PMP or Agile certification preferred.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB+).

Diversity and inclusivity strengthen our Imagine Learning team, enrich our lives, and help us design equitable educational experiences where learners see themselves and can also learn about people, cultures, experiences, and perspectives different from their own. We strive to hire, develop, and retain talented people who represent the diversity of the districts we serve. By developing initiatives that focus on the needs, expectations, and lives of our people, we’ve created an inclusive environment where all employees can contribute to their fullest potential.

Imagine Learning is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse workforce, providing equal employment and advancement opportunities to qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, transgender status (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned), sexual orientation, marital status, religion (including religion dress and grooming practices), age 40 and over, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information (including results of genetic testing and characteristics), veteran and/or military status, or service in the military, and any other basis or status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws. 

To all recruitment agencies: Imagine Learning does not accept agency resumes. Please do not submit candidates for consideration via our online application system, to Imagine Learning employees, or to any other organization location. Imagine Learning is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.