Senior Project Manager

SEIU UHW-WEST AND JOINT ER ED FUND•,

3d•$120,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Education Fund is a non-profit partnership between 6 Locals of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and 22 Healthcare Industry employers, serving the education and training needs of 100,000 eligible workers. Our mission is to empower our diverse healthcare workforce to advance in a changing environment through innovative education and training solutions. Our program and budget have doubled in scale over the last five years to provide career advancement and continuing education services to 20,000 learners annually, and we are positioned for continued growth with new partners and funding. Reporting directly to the Director of Organizational Learning, the Sr Project Manager will bring advanced project management expertise to ensure organizational objectives are achieved efficiently and effectively. They will manage a portfolio of key projects and serve as a trusted project management advisor to leadership and stakeholders. The Senior Project Manager will also serve as a mentor to other project managers, providing guidance, coaching, and support to strengthen project management practices across the organization.

Requirements

BA/BS degree required; advanced degree preferred
At least 7 years of progressively responsible project management experience, including complex, cross-functional projects or programs
Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, interdependent workstreams, and teams across multiple locations
Strong intellectual curiosity and ability to analyze, conceptualize, and evaluate information to determine relative strengths and weaknesses of ideas, proposals, risks, and project options
Comfortable managing ambiguity, structuring unclear problems into actionable plans, and balancing action with the appropriate level of risk
Demonstrated problem-solving leadership with limited oversight in a rapidly evolving environment
Strong ability to influence senior stakeholders, manage large cross-functional teams, and achieve outcomes without direct authority
Strong ability to produce accurate and precise work, detect discrepancies, resolve discrepancies, and improve processes while meeting deadlines
Demonstrated ability to multi-task, prioritize, and make sound trade-off recommendations across competing organizational needs
Able to analyze data, trends, and project performance indicators and provide clear recommendations to leadership
Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and communication skills; a persuasive and passionate communicator with excellent public speaking and executive briefing skills
Ability to mentor, coach, guide, and provide constructive feedback to project managers, project leads, and cross-functional team members to strengthen project management practices, tools, templates, and best practices
Must have a valid driver’s license, use a vehicle, and maintain an appropriate level of car insurance
All candidates will undergo pre-employment requirements, including a criminal background check and education verification

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification strongly preferred; program management, agile, or related credentials valued
Experience leading programs or portfolios with high visibility, interdependent workstreams, and senior stakeholder engagement
Experience with labor-management partnerships, workforce development, higher education, career and technical education, vocational education, certification, and credentialing relating to the healthcare labor market
Experience with Salesforce, WRIKE, Zoom, and MS Office

Responsibilities

Serve as advisor to the Leadership Team by helping evaluate, prioritize, and advance strategic projects that align with organizational goals, available resources, and cross-functional needs
Provide project management leadership for complex, high-priority organizational initiatives, programs, projects, and efforts
Oversee the strategic projects portfolio and initiatives, including interdependencies, priorities, risks, and resource needs across departments
Report on the portfolio of projects and project activities to the Leadership Team, including data-driven recommendations, risks, trade-offs, and decisions needed
Lead and manage cross-functional projects using Ed Fund’s Project Management Life Cycle and industry best practices, especially projects with high complexity, ambiguity, or organizational impact
Drive standardization, continuous improvement, and adoption of the Ed Fund’s Project Management Life Cycle, tools, templates, governance practices, and reporting standards
Mentor and coach associate and mid-level project managers by providing guidance, feedback, and support on project planning, stakeholder communication, risk management, and use of Ed Fund project management tools, templates, and best practices
Provide administrative and project support for priority digital tools, helping staff use systems effectively, improve workflow efficiency, and reporting, and collaboration.
Create, manage, and improve project documents including project charters, project plans, schedules, risk / issue / decision logs, business requirements documents (BRDs), close-out documents, action items, and executive dashboards
Schedule and manage project team meetings, including creation of agendas, meeting minutes, action tracking, and decision documentation
Create and maintain project executive dashboards; anticipate, escalate, and resolve risks and issues with appropriate leadership involvement
Develop presentation materials and facilitate various meetings including knowledge sharing sessions, lunch & learns, workshops, steering committees, and leadership briefings
Review current business processes, identify areas of improvement, and devise improvement strategies that increase project delivery effectiveness
Negotiate priorities, resources, timelines, and trade-offs across departments while maintaining alignment with organizational goals