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Program Manager

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on enhancing student success and experience in Paragon One's remote externship programs. You will work to achieve high completion rates and satisfaction by coaching students and facilitating sessions, contributing to the company's mission of providing accessible professional experiences.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of professional experience in program management, project management, or management/strategy consulting
  • Experience with video conferencing software like Zoom
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong project/program management skills
  • Preferred: Completed a Bachelor's degree (MBA completed or in the course is a plus)

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and deliver sessions for students in remote externship programs.
  • Coach students working on projects for partner companies.
  • Achieve a high program completion rate and student satisfaction.
  • Adjust to changing priorities and conditions effectively.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Program Management
  • Communication
  • Team Building
  • Detail Oriented
  • Proactivity
  • Video Conferencing
  • Adaptability
  • Enthusiasm

About the company

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Paragon One

  • EdTech
  • Startup
  • 11–50
We're bridging the gap between education and the workforce. We create work-based learning experiences and partner with companies like PwC, Pfizer, HP Tech Ventures, Beats by Dr. Dre, The Home Depot, Meta, and Snapchat to accelerate their social impact initiatives, reach DEI-aligned hiring goals, and enrich their team's volunteering and mentorship efforts. Paragon One gives students unrivaled access to remote programs offered by top-tier companies across various industries. We partner with renowned organizations, enabling students to collaborate with Fortune 500 companies, innovative startups, and leading brands. Our network of corporate partners spans sectors such as technology, finance, healthcare, marketing, and more.

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Job description

Company Description

Paragon One helps students get professional experience easily to explore careers, build their resumes, and land jobs. We believe that every student will have the ability to easily access professional experience in the future to launch their careers. For enterprises who want to engage early talent without draining managerial resources, Paragon One’s platform saves companies time and money while helping them scale student engagement and hit their DE&I goals. Paragon One has served thousands of students on the path to 3X growth in 2021. Enterprises partnering with Paragon One include Facebook, PwC, Pfizer, National Geographic, HP, Snapchat, and Cloudflare.

Job Description

We are looking for program managers with a passion for education and career training to improve students' success and experience on Paragon One remote externship programs. By preparing and delivering sessions, coaching, and helping students working on different projects for partner companies, we expect program managers to achieve a high program completion rate and student satisfaction.

Outcomes:

  • Achieve 80% completion rate for programs managed
  • Achieve an avg rating of 9.0+ out of 10 on the sessions facilitated

Qualifications

Competencies:

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong project/program management
  • Strong team-building skills
  • Attention to detail: Detail-oriented and organized
  • Proactivity: Able to work independently and be a self-starter who takes initiative
  • Flexibility/adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions and copes effectively with complexity and change
  • Enthusiasm: Exhibits passion and excitement over work and has a can-do attitude

Requirements:

  • Completed a Bachelor's degree (MBA completed or in the course is a plus)
  • 3+ years of professional experience in program management, project management, or management/ strategy consulting
  • Experience with video conferencing software like Zoom
  • Personal access to reliable technology and a stable wifi connection

Additional Information

This is a contractor position with a flexible commitment between 15h-40h per week.

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