Senior Manager, Project Management Office

ReUp Education • Austin, TX

13h • $105,000 - $135,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

ReUp is seeking a Senior Manager to build and lead its Project Management Office (PMO). This role involves designing and implementing foundational systems, templates, processes, and cadences for tracking and managing cross-functional projects. The Senior Manager will lead a team, translate C-suite priorities into executable plans, drive cross-functional execution, create enterprise-wide visibility through reporting, and foster accountability. This position requires proactively surfacing risks and capacity constraints, managing the PMO operating cadence, and continuously improving processes to support ReUp's growth. The ideal candidate is a pragmatic systems thinker comfortable in a fast-paced, PE-backed, growth-stage environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or above, commensurate with experience
• 7–10 years of experience in project management, program management, operations, or a related field
• Demonstrated experience building or formalizing project management infrastructure — templates, systems, reporting cadences — in an environment that lacked them
• Track record of driving cross-functional execution in a matrixed environment where influence mattered more than authority
• Experience managing and developing PM-level talent; comfortable leading a small team while remaining hands-on with the work
• Strong facilitation skills — can align department-level stakeholders, navigate competing priorities calmly, and keep projects moving without dominating the room
• Highly organized with the ability to hold complexity across multiple simultaneous initiatives without dropping threads
• Pragmatic systems thinker who defaults to right-sized process — not comprehensive frameworks for their own sake
• Clear, concise written communicator; able to translate project complexity into crisp status updates for leadership
• Comfortable operating in a PE-backed, growth-stage environment where resources are finite and pace is high

Nice To Haves

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification
• Experience in EdTech, SaaS, or mission-driven organizations

Responsibilities

• Build the PMO from scratch — design and implement the foundational systems, templates, processes, and cadences that define how ReUp tracks and manages cross-functional project work
• Lead and develop a two-person team from day one — manage an inherited Project Manager and hire one Program Manager within the first six months
• Translate C-suite priorities into executable plans — define scope, owners, milestones, dependencies, and timelines for every major cross-functional initiative
• Drive cross-functional execution — manage projects that span multiple departments, ensuring handoffs are clear, dependencies are tracked, and blockers get resolved rather than stalled
• Create enterprise-wide visibility — develop lightweight reporting that gives department heads and the CFO a clear, current view of initiative status, risks, and upcoming dependencies
• Drive accountability — track action items and commitments from leadership forums, follow up on progress, and close the gap between what gets decided and what actually gets done
• Surface risks and capacity constraints upward — proactively flag execution risks, resource conflicts, and timeline issues to the CFO and C-suite before they become crises
• Run the PMO operating cadence — own project kick-offs, status reporting, milestone reviews, and retrospectives as standard practice across the portfolio
• Continuously improve — assess friction in planning and execution processes and build for where ReUp is going at $50M–$100M ARR, not just where it is today

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees
• We pay 100% of the employee’s premium and 50% of any dependents’ premiums
• Contribute up to $1000 to employee HSA/$2000 to employee + dependent HSA
• PPO Buy-up plan available
• FSA available
• Company paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance for employee
• Flexible time off
• Up to 80 hours of dedicated sick time annually to support your well-being and work-life balance
• 16 paid holidays per year (including Juneteenth and the last week of the calendar year)
• Company wellness days (2 per year)
• Day of Service (Paid day for volunteering)
• 401(k) plan
• Paid parental leave (12 weeks primary parental leave, 6 weeks secondary parental leave)
• Discounted Pet Insurance
• Free Headspace subscription
• A diverse team that fosters a high level of collaboration despite being highly distributed

What This Job Offers

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