Senior Project Manager, PMO

AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a nationally recognized nonprofit organization that is dedicated to closing the opportunity, expectation, and achievement gaps in education by partnering with schools all over the country to prepare students for college, careers, and life. This is accomplished by providing professional development to educators to support their efforts in the classroom, ultimately empowering students with strategies and skills that improve how they learn, question, and work together. With AVID’s mission to expand its reach, each department—from Information Technology to Events, Accounting to Business Services—is finding strategies to operationalize that goal in what they do. This is where our Project Managers play a crucial role in our organization, ensuring the successful planning, management, and execution of the portfolio of projects.

AVID Center is looking for an innovative, adaptable, and passionate Senior Project Manager to lead our Project Management Office (PMO), which has recently entered its second year. As the Sr. PM, you will guide, mentor, and motivate the PMO team, who manage numerous projects, across all departments, that are critical to the success of our organizational strategic plans and initiatives. You will help develop the road map for 2020 and beyond and build upon the solid foundation of established processes with best practices. Ideal candidates are not only experienced in portfolio management, but also have high leadership and relational capacities and are able to have fun and create memorable experiences in the office environment. They are flexible to meet people and projects where they are at, open to understanding, learning, and growth, and passionate about finding solutions that will elevate the work of the PMO.

More of what you will do as a Senior Project Manager:

• Develop, motivate, and mentor Project Managers to ensure high performance and continuous development to drive project management strategy and methodology
• Easily recognize areas for internal improvement and development plans for improvement
• Lead or participate in process improvement initiatives, as assigned, and promote the sharing of standard methodologies
• Develop and assess metrics to support project targets/deliverables
• Oversee organizational strategic initiative project status reporting
• Challenge others to develop as leaders, while clarifying roles and responsibilities
• Create an organization-wide learning plan to further advance the adoption of best practices

For further information, please refer to the attached “Senior Project Manager, PMO – Full Details.”

This full-time, exempt position receives a competitive salary, PTO, paid holidays, health benefits—including medical, dental, and vision options—paid volunteer hours, an automatic 5% 403b contribution (after 90 days), and the ability to impact the success of millions of students across the country!

AVID employs over 1,100 part- and full-time employees that rally behind our five core values—Service, Authenticity, Excellence, Ownership, and Potential—which we demonstrate in all we do.

All interested candidates must include a resume and cover letter with application.

First Candidate Review: Monday, December 30, 2019

Come be a part of the AVID Center legacy—join our team!