What are the 3-4 non-negotiable requirements of this position?
• 5 years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects. • 5 years of experience working with business stakeholders within a cross-functional matrix environment. • 3 years of experience with full product lifecycle with understanding of development lifecycle and various technology methodologies that support that lifecycle. Excellent experience in SDLC Methodologies, Agile, SCRUM, SDLC / Waterfall.
What are the nice-to-have skills?
More required skills • Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations. • Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence. • Build and maintain relationships by engaging business leaders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve objectives. • Experience negotiating vendor contracts. Experience drafting and submitting budget proposals and recommending subsequent budget changes where necessary.
Describe how this position fits in your organization.
The Senior Project Manager at National Heritage Academies (NHA) is responsible for leading teams to deliver project(s) that span across one or more business units. Manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality and SDLC control guidelines throughout the full systems development life cycle. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. Contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery. The Senior Project Manager has the authority to run the project on a day-to-day basis. Verify that the project produces the required deliverables of quality, within the specified constraints of time and cost and to achieve the potential benefits defined in the business case.
What is exciting about this opportunity? Please include team and company culture.
National Heritage Academies (NHA) partners with communities to build and operate public charter schools. Founded in 1995, today NHA has over 100 schools in nine states, serving more than 60,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Our schools are designed to eliminate the achievement gap and provide school choice to families, so their children are prepared for success in college, career, and life. In fact, a majority of our schools consistently outperform their local district on the state test. According to the Center for Research Outcomes at Stanford University, NHA is a leading performer among charter schools and management organizations, outperforming both conventional district schools and other charter school operators. In addition, according to our employee survey, over 90% of respondents agree that the work they do is meaningful to them. Join us. Together we transform lives.

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This is a full time position