Senior Manager - Learning Project Management

AICPA • Durham, NC

10h • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Manager – Project Management leads and develops a team of Project Managers while also operating as a strategic delivery partner across the Learning organization. This role balances strategic planning and hands-on execution, ensuring initiatives are delivered efficiently, scaled globally and aligned to enterprise priorities. The role is accountable for advancing Agile ways of working, technology adoption and AI/automation enabled process improvement to increase speed, capacity and operational effectiveness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, or related field.
• PMP® or Prince2 or equivalent qualification.
• Experience applying process optimization methodologies such as Lean, Agile or Six Sigma.
• 8+ years of related experience, including 3+ years' experience as a project manager leading complex major projects.
• Experience managing a team of project managers.
• Demonstrated experience applying AI or automation to improve operational efficiency and delivery effectiveness

Responsibilities

• Lead the Project Management Team in a manner consistent with the Association's Management Charter.
• Collaborate with internal partners and project sponsors to define the scope of work including expected deliverables and outcomes, timeframes, budget, and resources needed.
• Develop clear project documentation, including project definitions and plans, resource assignments and schedules, measurement scorecards, and risk assessments. Main decision logs, change and communication plans, and budget reporting are also part of this documentation.
• Use relevant data and insights to identify and lead continuous improvement projects, including those involving AI or automation. Deploy process optimization methodologies and concepts such as Design thinking, Lean, Agile, and Six Sigma to drive effectiveness gains.
• Demonstrate a culture of continuous operational improvement by conducting retrospectives or lessons-learned meetings. translating insights into actionable improvements
• Experience supporting global initiatives and rollouts, including cross-region coordination and change management.
• Experience scaling delivery practices across complex, matrixed organizations.

Benefits

• We provide flexibility to help you achieve a good work-life balance.
• You'll be part of a global, diverse team who foster an environment of inclusion and belonging where you are valued for who you are and where you come from.
• We offer benefit options in and out of the workplace, including healthcare, retirement, paid time-off, parental leave, an employee assistance program.
• We provide resources that support your mental health, and evolve our offerings to meet your needs.
• We care about our employees' welfare and focus our benefits package on the benefits which support your wellbeing.
• We also recognize that everyone has different priorities, so in addition to our core benefits to support your health we offer flexible options for you to choose benefits that are right for you, your family and your lifestyle.
• We believe in non-stop learning and are committed to investing in learning opportunities that help you reach your full potential and support your continued development.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level