Project Manager – Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee project management, change management, and delivery assistance for organizational initiatives.

• Administer the organization-wide ODCM portfolio and implementation roadmap across four key areas: Decision Pathways and Leadership Alignment; People Manager Effectiveness; Organizational Planning and Processes; and Systems and Tools.

• Organize milestones, timelines, responsible parties, dependencies, risks, and decision points.

• Collaborate with managers, owners, contributors, and subject matter experts to drive workstreams and clarify plans, deliverables, roles, and subsequent steps.

• Plan and lead project meetings and execution-oriented forums.

• Craft and facilitate stakeholder discussions with executive leaders, managers, staff, and other groups.

• Create roadmaps, project plans, status updates, decision documents, run-of-show materials, facilitation guides, presentations, FAQs, toolkits, playbooks, and communications.

• Coordinate the sequencing and communication of organization-wide changes.

• Assist leaders and managers as change stewards by providing guidance, resources, engagement opportunities, and feedback loops.

• Monitor implementation progress and organizational impact; consolidate feedback and propose modifications.

• Identify and address project risks, capacity limitations, and conflicting demands; escalate issues and decision requirements as needed.

• Work collaboratively with Human Resources, Information Systems and Technology, Finance, Marketing and Communications, Justice and Equity, executive leadership, and program and departmental teams.

• Aid in embedding sustainable organizational development and change management practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• At least 7 years of pertinent work experience, including leading or coordinating complex project management, organizational development, change management, or cross-functional implementation initiatives.

• Proven experience managing a portfolio of interconnected projects with shared milestones, dependencies, risks, and decision points.

• Strong collaborative project management abilities, encompassing the development and execution of shared goals, deliverables, workplans, and timelines with contributors who are not direct reports.

• Demonstrated experience in designing and facilitating meetings, workshops, focus groups, and leadership discussions.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the capability to articulate complex work into clear presentations, guidance, updates, tools, and messages.

• Sound judgment and political savvy, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, organizational dynamics, and sensitive discussions discreetly.

• Experience supporting organization-wide change through stakeholder engagement, communications, training, feedback, adoption, and continuous improvement.

• Understanding of nonprofit operations and experience working collaboratively with leadership, human resources, technology, finance, communications, and program teams.

• Strong analytical capabilities and the ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data, identify themes and risks, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.

🏝️ Benefits

• 100% coverage for healthcare plans (medical, dental, and vision).

• 20 days of paid time off for first-year employees, with additional paid time off accrued in subsequent years.

• 14 paid holidays each year.

• Paid sabbatical leave for eligible employees.

• 401(k) plan with contributions from ClimateWorks and matching employee contributions.

• Life insurance and short-term and long-term disability coverage.

• Family support, including fertility, child, elder, and pet care assistance.

• Physical wellness benefits, such as gym memberships and fitness equipment.

• Financial wellness benefits, including financial planning services.

• Mental wellness benefits, such as therapy and coaching services.

• Annual in-person opportunities, including a week in San Francisco, an all-staff retreat, and a departmental retreat.