Project Manager, ASML

The Berkman Klein Center (BKC) at Harvard University’s Institute for Rebooting Social Media (RSM) is a three-year, “pop-up” research initiative to accelerate progress on social media’s most urgent problems, including misinformation, privacy breaches, harassment, and content governance. By convening participants across industry, government, civil society, and academia in timebound collaboration, the Institute aims to improve the state of digital social spaces through multi-model output.

The Applied Social Media Lab (ASML), established within RSM, is hiring practitioners from industry to develop products, tools, and protocols for existing and new social media platforms. Teams of technologists will work in thematic ‘pods’, generating and driving new ideas, projects, and experiments around themes like Trust and Safety Tooling, Political Deliberation, Disinformation Mitigation and more. The lab’s output will range from white papers to fully-functional product prototypes.

The Project Manager will bring both domain expertise and management experience to the Applied Social Media Lab. This individual will “own” one of the Lab’s thematic pods, overseeing all aspects of the policy, product and/or feature platform while leading a team of 3-4 individuals with varying levels of seniority. They will be expected to significantly contribute to the release of output(s) and engage with cross-sectoral stakeholders, and will be independently responsible for all aspects of people management as it relates to their team.

As a Project Manager, you are/will:

• Responsible for internal and external stakeholder management needed to drive development and implementation of policy and governance work products.
• Drive collective projects and work products, coordinating across multiple teams and external partners.
• Lead and coordinate a project team’s overall performance, scope, cost, and deliverables.
• Manage a team of 3-4 policy professionals and technologists with a range of experience, backgrounds, and specialties.
• Drive the entire lifecycle of multiple projects or features at once.

• Minimum of seven years’ post-secondary education or relevant work experience
• Supervisory experience

We are looking for people who have:

• Experience managing and collaborating with a broad range of highly motivated and dynamic individuals, including faculty.
• Project Management experience in an academic institution, for-profit company, governmental agency, or nonprofit.
• Strong project management skills including planning and directing teams, strong communication and collaboration skills, ability to multi-task and keep projects on track.
• Demonstrated ability to work up and down the product stack from spot-checking deliverables to presenting to executives.
• Excitement to drive on products and projects in the public interest.

This position may be performed in-person or remotely; the option for hybrid work is also available.

This is a term appointment currently expected to extend through 6/30/25, with potential for renewal subject to funding and departmental need.

We regret that Harvard Law School is unable to provide visa sponsorship for staff positions.

All offers to be made by HLS Human Resources.

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• Paid Time Off: 3-4 weeks of accrued vacation time per year (3 weeks for support staff and 4 weeks for administrative/professional staff), 12 accrued sick days per year, 12.5 holidays plus a Winter Recess in December/January, 3 personal days per year (prorated based on date of hire), and up to 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents who are primary care givers.
• Health and Welfare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and life insurance programs, along with voluntary benefits. Most coverage begins as of your start date.
• Work/Life and Wellness: Child and elder/adult care resources including on campus childcare centers, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs related to stress management, nutrition, meditation, and more.
• Retirement: University-funded retirement plan with contributions from 5% to 15% of eligible compensation, based on age and earnings with full vesting after 3 years of service.
• Tuition Assistance Program: Competitive program including $40 per class at the Harvard Extension School and reduced tuition through other participating Harvard graduate schools.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Program that provides 75% to 90% reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year for eligible courses taken at other accredited institutions.
• Professional Development: Programs and classes at little or no cost, including through the Harvard Center for Workplace Development and LinkedIn Learning.
• Commuting and Transportation: Various commuter options handled through the Parking Office, including discounted parking, half-priced public transportation passes and pre-tax transit passes, biking benefits, and more.
• Harvard Facilities Access, Discounts and Perks: Access to Harvard athletic and fitness facilities, libraries, campus events, credit union, and more, as well as discounts to various types of services (legal, financial, etc.) and cultural and leisure activities throughout metro-Boston.