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Great Minds is an education management organization dedicated to providing all students with a high-quality education that includes a complete range of liberal arts and science pro
Senior Project Manager, Operations
Location
District of Columbia
Posted
133 days ago
Salary
$86K - $100K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Project Manager, Operations
Great Minds
• Applying established procedures and basic project management methodologies as defined by PMI’s Project Management Body of Knowledge. • Working with Great Minds teams across the organization to document project specifications and develop detailed scope documentation for each project. • Coordinating within the Operations department to determine resources needed to accomplish project goals within negotiated project timeline. • Creating and maintaining detailed project plans in Smartsheet with dependencies. • Documenting project risk and ongoing coordination of efforts to mitigate risk throughout project duration. • Conducting ongoing project status meetings and acting as liaison between all project teams to creatively manage and negotiate schedule adjustments as needed to achieve project goals. • Managing project change requests (e.g., scope, timeline) including documentation of requirements changes and negotiation of revised timelines given resource availability. • Ensuring continuous communication around the project as required by the established communication plan. • Planning for and reporting project metrics to document and evaluate the success of assigned projects. • Conducting pre-project launch training as needed and post-project debrief meetings.
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in project management, leading multiple projects simultaneously.
- Demonstrated experience working with third-party logistics providers (3PLs), including warehousing, fulfillment, and shipping partners.
- Strong understanding of order-to-cash, fulfillment, logistics, and inventory workflows.
- Highly results oriented and demonstrates personal accountability, urgency, and persistence in completing high-quality work products.
- Manage activities for multiple medium/large and/or complex projects simultaneously without missing critical deadlines.
- Anticipate project roadblocks and develop creative solutions both within and across projects to meet goals.
- Lead project teams to maintain and adhere to establish processes and procedures.
- Incorporate the latest project information, make quick decisions, and keep the appropriate management and project staff informed of rapidly occurring developments.
- Strong technical understanding and experience with various SDLC methodologies (Agile & Waterfall).
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, Smartsheet, or similar project management software, JIRA, Microsoft SharePoint/Sites or other similar distributed storage and collaboration systems, & 10,000 ft. or similar resource allocation/scheduling software.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Professional development opportunities
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