Project Manager – Schools Team

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of and manage the School's Team comprehensive production calendar encompassing curriculum development, ancillary products, digital resources, video production, editorial, design, and product launches.

• Create project plans, timelines, milestones, and allocate resources for the development of curriculum and ancillary products.

• Oversee multiple simultaneous K–12 curriculum projects and synchronize schedules across both internal and external teams.

• Track project progress, identify risks, resource limitations, and dependencies, and escalate issues with proposed solutions.

• Ensure that projects remain on schedule, within scope, and in alignment with organizational priorities.

• Act as the primary communication hub for project teams and stakeholders.

• Organize project meetings, prepare agendas, follow-up on items, and create action plans.

• Keep all parties informed about project status, milestones, risks, and deadlines.

• Convert product vision into actionable project plans in collaboration with Product Managers.

• Manage internal and external resources, contractor onboarding, scheduling, contracts, and vendor implementations.

• Maintain project management systems, dashboards, documentation, workflows, specifications, meeting notes, and checklists.

• Coordinate quality assurance checkpoints and transitions throughout curriculum development, editorial, production, and product launch phases.

• Monitor project expenditures and resource usage.

• Develop dashboards and status reports for leadership and analyze project metrics.

• Assess workflows, create standardized templates and best practices, and support the adoption of project management tools and technologies.

• Foster an environment of continuous improvement within the Schools Team.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Education, Operations, or a related field is required.

• A minimum of 2 years of project management experience, ideally in educational publishing, curriculum development, media production, or product development.

• PMP or Project Management Certification is preferred.

• Proven experience managing multiple intricate projects simultaneously.

• A servant-leader mindset with outstanding interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict-resolution abilities.

• Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills are essential.

• Familiarity with project management software such as Smartsheet, Monday.com, Asana, Microsoft Project, or similar tools.

• Exceptional capability to coordinate cross-functional teams and prioritize competing demands effectively.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.

• Willingness to travel to Ascension headquarters in Exton, PA, as necessary.

• Embody and uphold Ascension's core values of humility, passion, and integrity.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)

• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)

• Short Term & Long Term Disability

• Training & Development

• Work From Home

• Wellness Resources