Director, Project Management Jobs

About Braven

We believe that the next generation of leaders will emerge from everywhere. We empower promising college students with the skills, confidence, experiences, and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs, which lead to meaningful careers and lives of impact.

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About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Director, Project Management who will serve as a project manager of multiple high impact, cross-functional projects at Braven. This person will also contribute to the development of our Project Management Office, that will pioneer codifying a standard project management methodology that will be critical in moving our program from its current state into our future state. As a member of the Project Management subteam, you will utilize the Agile methodology and Scrum framework to create and lead cross-functional project teams, in order to reach key project milestones and ultimately, high impact deliverables that will allow Braven to meet its ambitious goals.

This role is on the Product Team and reports directly to the Director, Technical Project Management.

What You’ll Do

• Create and maintain quality project documentation and other assets, including the project charter, project schedule and lessons learned.
• Evaluate assigned projects and plans utilizing the Agile methodology and Scrum framework.
• Ensure timely completion of project deliverables and milestones and overall project success in relation to stakeholder satisfaction and project quality.
• Develop, strengthen, and cultivate effective working relationships with project sponsors and teams to ensure cross-team communication, transparency, consistency, and successful achievement of project goals and outcomes.
• Support, manage, and execute the life-cycle of a portfolio of multiple short- and long-term cross-functional projects, ensuring excellence in all aspects of service delivery - 90%
• Identify and gain agreement on project objectives, scope, timing, and resources with organizational stakeholders.
• Effectively communicate and consult with product owners, project sponsors and project contributors to ensure consistency and alignment on the project methodologies for successful project delivery.
• Other duties to support the vision and direction of the Product Team, as assigned - 5%
• Collaborate closely with product owners, Program Managers and other subteam leads to understand their needs in order to prioritize work effectively and to evaluate and resolve conflicts to produce successful outcomes.
• Recognize, identify, and anticipate challenges, mitigate risks and their impact, and make decisions to facilitate issue resolution.
• Contribute to tasks within the scope of the projects, as assigned.
• Facilitate project meetings and regularly communicate the status of projects to stakeholders within and beyond the project team.
• Collaborate with other members of the Project Management Team, in order to share and further codify Braven’s project management best practices.
• Commit to utilizing the standard project management methodologies of the growing Braven Project Management Office, while simultaneously offering feedback and new learnings for continuous improvement.
• Manage end-to-end operational and tactical aspects of cross-functional projects of varying size, scope, technical level, organizational impact, and risk.
• Contribute to the development of the Braven Project Management Office - 5%

Minimum Requirements

• Some experience with highly cross-functional project management (formal or informal)
• 5+ years of work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong ability to collaborate effectively and cross-functionally with teammates. Your passion for our mission and those whom we serve is evidenced by an unwavering customer service orientation. Your role is to set others up to do their best work.
• You have a demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• Certifications: Certified Scrum Master or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Competencies
• Committed to continuous learning and improvement and as such, are comfortable seeking out, receiving and implementing constructive feedback without taking it personally.
• Demonstrated success in managing complex projects from start to finish. You pay attention to the details and ensure that all contributing teammates have task clarity, while also ensuring that all stakeholders are updated.
• A problem solver at the systems level, who is comfortable with ambiguity. You are able to thrive in the gray, while being excited about and able to convert that gray into black and white.
• Strong communicator and facilitator, able to present ideas and content in a concise, clear, engaging way and able to adapt your approach to meet the needs of a variety of stakeholders.
• Regardless of your role, you are ready to roll up your sleeves to get the work done that will propel Braven through the growth phase we are in.
• You are a relentless prioritizer, with the ability to make hard decisions in order to achieve the most important things.
• Your experiences have informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.
• Work Experience: 5+ years of demonstrated excellence in cross-functional project management or complex program management and demonstrated success in managing people directly and laterally, ideally with some experience in a non-profit setting
• Experience with agile methodologies and specifically, scrum
• You exemplify Braven’s core values.
• Experience with project management tools such as Asana or Smartsheet
• Demonstrated success in building relationships in order to enhance the effectiveness of your team or work.
• Additional Preferred Skills:

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to support Braven’s programming eight nights per year
• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC)
• Will be expected to travel for no more than three to four weeks in the year

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be fully vaccinated and have received the Booster vaccination against COVID-19 and provide proof of such by the date of hire. Individuals may claim exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons. Exempted individuals will be subject to weekly testing if they engage in any in-person work activities.

Application & Interview Process

While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

• Performance Task
• Panel Interview with Key Partners
• Phone screen with Talent Team member
• Interview with Hiring Manager
• Reference Checks

Compensation and Benefits

The salary for this position, which depends on prior work experience and our assessment of your demonstrated fit for the role, will likely be between $78,900-$98,600 in Atlanta, $83,000-$103,700 in Chicago, $89,600-$112,000 in Newark or New York City. Braven offers competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process.

Braven also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include:

• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

Location

We gather in the office two to three days a week. Therefore, we require teammates to live within commuting distance of one of our hubs: Atlanta, Chicago, Newark, or New York City. Each teammate can use at least two flex days per week of their choosing to work remotely. We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Braven, we are committed to attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a diverse team. Braven operates in the context of our American culture, against the backdrop of systemic racism and oppression of marginalized people since our country’s founding. We are committed to assembling leaders at our organization who have emerged from everywhere, with a particular emphasis on those who share the racial and income backgrounds of our Fellows, and creating an inclusive culture that allows all teammates, of all experiences and identities, to thrive.

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor. We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.