Are you ready to power the World's connections? If you don’t think you meet all of the criteria below but are still interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box - we’re looking for candidates that are particularly strong in a few areas, and have some interest and capabilities in others. We are looking for a Senior Practice Manager to join the growing Professional Services team at Kong. As a Sr. Practice Manager, you will have the opportunity to work across the entire customer lifecycle and lead the regional professional services team (Architects and Engineers) to drive prescriptive outcomes for Kong customers. You will be responsible for success across the defined install base to drive adoption, consumption, customer satisfaction, expansion and ensure team growth and development. Practice Manager will ensure our customers are getting the most value out of Kong products. As a primary professional services contact and ambassador for our customers, the practice manager is a strategic long-term, relationship-based customer-facing role. Apart from driving key business metrics, the Practice Manager will also focus on practice building, growing, and evolving the team as well as driving day-to-day professional services business needs. This is an important role and requires someone with exceptional leadership, organizational, communication skills and the ability to multitask, context switch, and manage the entire customer deployment lifecycle. This role also involves supporting various stakeholders (Sales, Pre Sales, Customer Success, Product, Engineering, Finance, RevOps, and others). Working at Kong presents a unique opportunity to help customers modernize their approach to IT to embrace Cloud Native development principles. What we are looking for: - Across the defined regional customer base, engage with customer organizations (from Developers, Architects to C-level executives) to build the initial professional services direction, and oversee the customer success throughout the Kong deployment phase including the onboarding/adoption phase of the customer journey. - Engage with Kong customers across the sales and pre-sales cycle to define overall implementation and deployment strategy to ensure success. - Perform activities to gather scope and build prescriptive outcome-based proposals for immediate and long-term adoption. This will include negotiating MSAs, SOWs as well as partner agreements. - Work with customers and stakeholders to understand and analyze engagement scope, requirements, time, cost, benefits, etc. Drive the engagement lifecycle end to end to deliver business outcomes. - Responsible for achieving key business metrics such as PS Bookings, Team Utilization, Revenue Growth, Overall success, and satisfaction across the defined customer cohort. - Identify, prioritize, and own resolution of internal and customer escalations & project risks, driving an effective resolution across technical, business, and executive stakeholders. - Build a high-performing diverse team, hire the best talent, and lead from the front setting the team up for success. - Build strong relationships across cross-functional teams at Kong. - Engage routinely with the Kong Product, Engineering, and Sales team to build an overall strategy to drive adoption, innovation, and maturity in our engagement & delivery model. - Strengthen Kong adoption and success across the defined regional customer install base by developing strong delivery partner executive relationships and awareness of partner delivery capabilities. What you will bring to Kong: - Strong professional services leadership background and experience in the API/Open Source space would be an added advantage - Experience overseeing service delivery in the enterprise IT delivery across a multi-million-dollar portfolio - Deep experience in building and developing remote professional services teams including career growth planning, performance, and resource management - Excellent customer-facing skills and ability to communicate with executives as well as other stakeholders at customer sites and cross-functionally within Kong. - Ability to demonstrate relationship building internally and externally - Exceptional organizational and change management skills with an ability to manage competing client, organizational, and changing business needs - Excellent presentation skills along with a strong understanding of professional services business metrics in a SaaS software environment. - Ability to manage critical and political situations with business stakeholders with strong interpersonal skills - Proven team player, and team builder who loves to work in a fast-growing and roll up their sleeves in a dynamic environment and can keep pace with constant change. About Kong: Kong Inc., a leading developer of API and AI connectivity technologies, is building the infrastructure that powers the agentic era. trusted by the Fortune 500 and startups alike, Kong's unified API and AI platform, Kong Konnect, enables organizations to secure, manage, accelerate, govern, and monetize the flow of intelligence across APIs and AI models. For more information, visit www.konghq.com.

Project Coordinator, Residential Energy Efficiency Programs  Location: Southern California, LA Region. (Remote, with potential for monthly office travel) Ready to make a difference? Come join our team as a Project Coordinator supporting multifamily projects. The Project Coordinator role will provide support for field-based staff, the network of Trade Allies, and other program participants, including utility customers/ratepayers, acting as a liaison between the customer service and program management teams.  You will build and manage relationships with manufacturers, retailers, trades, and key community stakeholders aligned with energy efficiency products and services. Working closely with the client and our nation-wide implementation team, you’ll focus on bringing energy efficiency and bill savings to utility ratepayers, including under-served communities, providing safer, more energy efficient homes, and ensuring energy grid stability in the Southern CA area.  Do you possess strong communication skills, enjoy interacting with clients and community stakeholders, and have experience with or working knowledge of Energy Efficiency programs?  Do you enjoy working with a team of highly skilled, multi-disciplinary, and passionate team members, collaborating with national subject matter experts, and bringing it all together to deliver results for your clients? If so, then you have found the perfect job. Apply today!  Why you will love working here: - Quality of life: Flexible workplace arrangements, work-life balance - Investment of the community: Donation matching, volunteer opportunities - Investment in you: Tuition reimbursement, access to professional development resources, 401k matching, Employee Stock Purchase Plan - And many, many more (Ask your recruiter for more details!) What you will be doing: - Provide support for field-based staff and the network of participating Trade Allies  - Maintain ongoing communications with participating contractors, customers, and consultants.  - Clarify and resolve/escalate customer/contractor concerns related to program participation as necessary.  - Build industry relationships, provide insights to ensure that programs run efficiently and effectively and constantly respond to changing market conditions.  - Collaborate with regional and national teams to provide national cohesiveness and bring efficiency & best practices to your client’s programs.  - Establish milestones and monitor adherence to program plans and schedules, identify program problems and obtain solutions, such as reallocation of resources or changing contractual specifications.  - Support and track contractor enrollment in programs.  - Assist technical teams to ensure QA/QC standards for the program are met. What we need you to have (minimum qualifications):  - Bachelor's Degree in (Energy, Business Admin, Communication, Lib Arts, or related fields)(Candidates can substitute one year of experience for each year of education) - 1+ years of professional work experience while working in a group or team. Energy efficiency or demand response programs; or consulting projects for utilities, state energy offices, state/local governments, and/or regional non-profits, highly preferred. What we would like you to have: - Experience working in a group or team setting, potentially in an office-based setting - Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills  - Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.  - Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.  - Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information.  - Ability to apply detailed knowledge of organizational procedures to make independent decisions and serve as a credible resource for a senior management team.  - Ability to work with all levels of internal staff, as well as outside clients and vendors.  - Ability to handle multiple priorities.  - Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel) Working at ICF ICF is a global advisory and technology services provider, but we’re not your typical consultants. We combine unmatched expertise with cutting-edge technology to help clients solve their most complex challenges, navigate change, and shape the future. We can only solve the world's toughest challenges by building a workplace that allows everyone to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer. Together, our employees are empowered to share their expertise and collaborate with others to achieve personal and professional goals. For more information, please read our EEO policy. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation, please email Candidateaccommodation@icf.com and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.  Read more about workplace discrimination rights or our benefit offerings which are included in the Transparency in (Benefits) Coverage Act. Candidate AI Usage Policy At ICF, we are committed to ensuring a fair interview process for all candidates based on their own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is not permitted. This policy is in place to maintain the integrity and authenticity of the interview process.  However, we understand that some candidates may require accommodation that involves the use of AI. If such an accommodation is needed, candidates are instructed to contact us in advance at candidateaccommodation@icf.com. We are dedicated to providing the necessary support to ensure that all candidates have an equal opportunity to succeed.   Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position based on full-time employment is: $60,967.00 - $103,643.00 California Remote Office (CA99)

At Allstate, great things happen when our people work together to protect families and their belongings from life’s uncertainties. And for more than 90 years, our innovative drive has kept us a step ahead of our customers’ evolving needs. From advocating for seat belts, air bags and graduated driving laws, to being an industry leader in pricing sophistication, telematics, and, more recently, device and identity protection. Job Description This position is not available for California, Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, or Puerto Rico residents. The Enterprise Project/Program Management Lead Consultant is accountable for independently leading all aspects of multiple complex programs or projects with a high level of risk, organizational span, business complexity, team size, and interdependencies. Projects may be across multiple functional areas and are of strategic importance to the organization. Key Responsibilities - Engages appropriate stakeholders in risk identification and mitigation. - Represents projects/programs and their objectives in all governance and gating forums. - Customizes solutions for complex issues, typically involving enterprise-level considerations. - Motivates others to embrace project challenges and inspires them to achieve goals while constructively evaluating their performance. - Delivers clear, concise communication on complex projects and issues in a simplified style for any audience. - Achieves project results through leadership and influence rather than authority; leverages organizational dynamics and communication skills to drive outcomes. - Drives achievement of project/program success factors. - Leads project execution by providing direction and oversight throughout the lifecycle to ensure business requirements are met. - Directs strategic projects/programs of high complexity and impact. - Manages high-complexity projects independently, without the need for external support or direction. Work Location - This position is a remote home-based role. - Your home office does not need to be near an Allstate office, but it does need to be in the United States. - Some travel is expected for this position. Candidates should be comfortable with travel based on business needs. Preferred Experience - External Management Consulting, Strategic Business Development (SBD) and Finance experience a plus. - Demonstrated experience managing complex projects or programs, preferably within large organizations involving multiple departments or business units. - Insurance claims experience spanning multiple lines of business such as auto, property, and casualty, with a solid understanding of claims operations and industry best practices. - Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives that drive business value and improve operational performance. Functional Skills - Communication: Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to convey complex ideas clearly and concisely to a variety of audiences. - Influencing: Effectively leads stakeholders toward informed decisions using data, logic, and sound reasoning; drives alignment and commitment to change. - Strategic Thinking: Connects day-to-day project activities to broader organizational goals and long-term business outcomes; anticipates challenges and aligns work with strategic priorities. - Storytelling: Creates compelling presentations and executive-level decks that communicate insights through clear, engaging narratives. - Adaptability: Demonstrates flexibility and resilience when priorities shift; maintains focus and productivity in dynamic environments. *This role has no supervisory responsibilities #LI-JS2 Skills Adaptability, Communication, Influencing Skills, Storytelling, Strategic Thinking Compensation Compensation offered for this role is 90,700.00 - 153,925.00 annually and is based on experience and qualifications. The candidate(s) offered this position will be required to submit to a background investigation. Joining our team isn’t just a job — it’s an opportunity. One that takes your skills and pushes them to the next level. One that encourages you to challenge the status quo. One where you can shape the future of protection while supporting causes that mean the most to you. Joining our team means being part of something bigger – a winning team making a meaningful impact. Allstate generally does not sponsor individuals for employment-based visas for this position. 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Overview Build the Future At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is on creating seamless, impactful products that truly benefit our users while supporting growth and collaboration across teams. We foster a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and a balance between career growth and personal well-being. How can you make an impact? McGraw Hill conducts business through four operating segments: K-12, Higher Education, Global Professional, and International. The Associate Content Project Manager role requires organizational and problem-solving skills to oversee the day-to-day execution of projects while maintaining alignment with business goals and customer needs. This is a remote position open to applicants authorized to work for any employer within the United States. What You’ll Do: - Project Planning and Coordination: Support the development of project plans, timelines, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with business objectives. Assist in creating detailed project schedules and tracking progress against deadlines. - Agile Ceremonies Participation: Actively participate in Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, ensuring that the team stays on track and project goals are clear. - Backlog Management Support: Help manage the project backlog by ensuring user stories are well-defined, prioritized, and clearly communicated to the development team. Work with the Product Owner and stakeholders to refine backlog items as needed. - Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, design, QA, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless collaboration throughout the project lifecycle. Communicate project status, risks, and blockers across teams. - Risk and Issue Management: Identify project risks and issues early, and collaborate with the team to mitigate or resolve them. Proactively communicate potential roadblocks to relevant stakeholders and ensure timely resolution. - Track Project Progress: Monitor project timelines, resource allocation, and overall progress. Ensure the team adheres to Agile best practices and deliverables are completed according to schedule. - Facilitate Communication: Ensure clear and effective communication among all project stakeholders, including executives, team members, and external partners. Keep all parties informed on project status, dependencies, and any changes in scope or timelines. - Support Continuous Improvement: Assist in collecting and analyzing project performance data to identify areas for process improvement. Encourage and participate in retrospective sessions to enhance team efficiency and project outcomes. - Documentation and Reporting: Maintain accurate project documentation, including project plans, meeting notes, risk logs, and status reports. Help prepare updates for senior management on project status, including key milestones and challenges. - Project Delivery and Quality Assurance: Work closely with the team to ensure project deliverables meet quality standards and client expectations. Assist in conducting quality assurance checks and reviewing final outputs before release. What you bring: - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. - 1-2 years of experience in project management, operations, or a related role, ideally in an Agile environment (internships or co-op positions are also acceptable). - Agile Methodologies: Familiarity with Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban) and the ability to contribute to Agile ceremonies and processes. - Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate project goals, risks, and progress to both technical and non-technical teams. - Organizational Skills: Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. - Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate and address potential issues before they impact the project timeline. - Collaboration & Teamwork: Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including developers, designers, and business stakeholders. - Attention to Detail: Ability to track and monitor project progress meticulously, ensuring all details are covered and deadlines are met. Desired Skills (Optional): - Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Trello, Asana, or Microsoft Project. - Bi-lingual skills a plus - Familiarity with Agile project tracking tools like Confluence, Jira, or similar tools. - Basic knowledge of product management or software development processes. - Experience working on digital projects, including web or mobile applications, is a plus. Why work for us? The pay range for this position is between $49,500 - $75,000 annually. However, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Additionally, a full range of medical and/or other benefits may be provided, depending on the position offered. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings. McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com or @careers.mheducation.com” email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. 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