Project Manager – Learning and Development Program

Lake Shore Associates•Dallas, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves leading the end-to-end design, planning, and execution of an Early Career Development Program. The Project Manager will partner with HR, SMEs, and firm leadership to develop a curriculum covering professional development, business acumen, and project delivery. The position requires experience with industry-standard project management methodologies and managing Agile projects to provide solutions for client needs.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience in planning and leading learning and development projects.
Exceptional project management skills.
5+ years of project management in a learning and development environment.
Experience managing medium to high complexity projects.
Ability to work effectively across stakeholders and build team cohesiveness.
Ability to manage multiple parallel efforts and deliver quality deliverables on schedule.
Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Experience working on projects across a variety of capabilities and functional areas.
Experience working in a collaborative and highly matrixed environment.
Experience managing Agile projects.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end design, planning, and execution of an Early Career Development Program.
Partner with HR, SMEs, and firm leadership to develop a curriculum across professional development, business acumen, and project delivery.
Apply industry-standard project management methodologies and manage Agile projects.
Establish and facilitate ongoing project reviews of scope, resources, schedule, and budget.
Manage stakeholder engagement and expectations during the lifecycle of projects.
Design program roadmaps and implementation plans, curriculum framework and session outlines, and project design (structure, milestones, evaluation criteria).
Perform issues and risk management, tracking, prioritization, resolution facilitation, and reporting.
Create leadership presentations using PowerPoint.
Apply industry best practices for project management, coordinating multiple vendors and customers spanning a multi-national organizational structure.
Facilitate a centralized onboarding and development curriculum with regional experts.
Build and maintain successful relationships with clients, vendors, and internal partners.
Work closely with IT and business teams delivering customer products.