What are the responsibilities and job description for the Business Analyst position at Pansophic Learning?
Pansophic Learning is a dynamic, high-growth international education company that strives to provide students and educators exceptional learning solutions that enable them to maximize their success academically and in life, regardless of geographic, financial, or demographic circumstance. We believe every child should be able to be whatever they want to be in life regardless of where they were born.
This position works in office (McLean, VA) 4 days per week.
Overview
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Project Manager / Business Analyst to manage schedules for complex software development initiatives across the program, project, and team levels. This role is responsible for driving coordinated planning and execution, ensuring work stays aligned with strategic priorities and is delivered on time and within scope. The ideal candidate has deep experience orchestrating multiple software projects simultaneously, aligning stakeholders, and maintaining visibility into progress and risks across the delivery lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Program Planning & Coordination
It is our policy to abide by all federal, state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination based solely on a person’s race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status, veteran status (including protected veterans), marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, familial status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected status except where a reasonable, bonafide occupational qualification exists.
This position works in office (McLean, VA) 4 days per week.
Overview
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Project Manager / Business Analyst to manage schedules for complex software development initiatives across the program, project, and team levels. This role is responsible for driving coordinated planning and execution, ensuring work stays aligned with strategic priorities and is delivered on time and within scope. The ideal candidate has deep experience orchestrating multiple software projects simultaneously, aligning stakeholders, and maintaining visibility into progress and risks across the delivery lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Program Planning & Coordination
- Manage schedules for large-scale software programs, translating business goals into detailed, actionable plans.
- Build and maintain integrated program roadmaps and delivery calendars that align multiple projects and teams.
- Partner with product and engineering leadership to prioritize work, allocate resources, and sequence initiatives for maximum impact.
- Track milestones, deliverables, and dependencies, ensuring program-level alignment with organizational objectives.
- Manage schedules for multiple concurrent software development projects from kickoff through deployment.
- Coordinate sprint planning, release cycles, and delivery timelines, adapting schedules to reflect changing priorities and conditions.
- Ensure project plans remain accurate, visible, and actionable, with clear ownership and accountability for all workstreams.
- Proactively identify schedule risks and remove roadblocks to keep projects on track.
- Facilitate collaboration across engineering, product, design, QA, and operations teams to align day-to-day work with program schedules.
- Provide visibility into team capacity, velocity, and progress, enabling data-informed adjustments to plans.
- Mentor Business Analysts and technical leads to improve scheduling practices and delivery consistency.
- Report schedule status, risks, and mitigation plans to senior leadership with clarity and precision.
- 8 years of experience managing schedules for complex software development programs and projects in a SaaS, enterprise, or platform environment.
- Proven success coordinating initiatives across multiple teams, products, or business units.
- Strong command of agile methodologies.
- Excellent technical fluency - able to understand engineering priorities and constraints when managing schedules.
- Outstanding communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
- Track record of anticipating risks, navigating ambiguity, and maintaining delivery momentum in fast-paced environments.
It is our policy to abide by all federal, state and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination based solely on a person’s race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status, veteran status (including protected veterans), marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, familial status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected status except where a reasonable, bonafide occupational qualification exists.