What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager - Contract position at Discovery Education?
We are looking for a highly skilled Project Manager to work as part of the Product Management team to support the development of DreamBox Math’s student experience. The individual is responsible for planning and managing grant funding designed to design, test and launch new features to improve students’ motivation and engagement in their mathematical journey. This role is critical to ensuring the successful execution of the project while maintaining transparency and accountability.
In This Role You Will
Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.
In This Role You Will
- Complete, track and submit all required grant paperwork and reports to ensure compliance with grant terms and deadlines
- Monitor and maintain the grant budget, ensuring all expenditures align with the approved funding guidelines
- Plan and schedule project activities, ensuring timely progress toward grant objectives
- Facilitate scrum team meetings with developers, UX/UI designers and other stakeholders
- Facilitate change requests to ensure all stakeholders are aware of impacts to budget and schedule
- Manage contracts with vendors and ensure synergies between vendor timelines and overall project timelines
- Identify and mitigate risk to project schedules which would impact outcomes or deliverables
- Communicate project status (risks, adjustments, and progress) on a consistent basis to various stakeholders
- Proven track record for successfully managing complex projects; experience with grant funding is a plus
- Experience working in an agile environment leading scrum team meetings
- Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and act decisively
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent written and oral communication as well as strong interpersonal skills
- 3 years of experience in project management
- Budget management experience
- Experience in EdTech is a plus
- Strong proficiency in use of multiple types of software applications (MS Office and Outlook systems, JIRA, Confluence)
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
- Legal right to work in the United States.
Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.
