Project Manager II - Craft Education

Craft Education is on a mission to solve skilled labor shortages by powering work-based learning pathways for all. At Craft, we are revolutionizing the apprenticeship degree by combining on-the-job learning with accredited instruction to create educational pathways for working professionals and meet employer needs. Our flagship product, Craft Connect, helps organizations administer apprentice degree programs and address data and reporting needs, while transforming how on-the-job learning converts into academic credits.

Our team of technology, education and workforce professionals provides technical assistance to organizations looking to launch and manage apprenticeship degree programs, accelerating the expansion of these programs and the data infrastructure that underpins them.

If you’re looking to join the work-based learning revolution, we’d love to talk with you. At Craft, you’ll have the opportunity to solve hard problems in a high-growth startup environment and make a lasting impact on the future of education and workforce development. We’re excited to advance this work as a team of innovative, collaborative and mission-oriented professionals. We hope you’ll consider joining us.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is:

Grade:
Professional 308
Pay Range: $73,000.00 - $

The Project Manager II oversees the execution and process of all projects for their department. The PM will work with multiple teams, project requesters, and creative teams to develop project plans according to strategic development priorities as defined by project requesters and leadership. This position is accountable for ensuring that the scope, dates, commitments, and project plans are communicated to all stakeholders and updated as necessary.

The individual monitors and reports project status, including risks, issues affecting project schedules, and milestone achievements, to stakeholders and departmental leadership. This role coordinates critical grant reporting requirements, working with internal and external stakeholders, and will monitor delivery team milestones and documentation necessary for particular grants.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Maintains a thorough and detailed understanding of all department projects, purpose and status, and ensures projects meet outlined processes.
• Monitors, reports on, and makes visible project status, issues, resource requirements, dependencies, and project plans.
• Keeps stakeholders and departmental leadership informed of project statuses, including milestone achievements, toll gate progress, risks, and any issues that may affect project schedules. Full transparency is essential; monitoring of critical path elements with limited direction and leading through influence are essential skills.
• Documents project deliverables, outputs, and notes that capture why key project decisions were made and keeps project management records accurate and up to date. Produce audit reports as necessary for external funders. Professional writing and ability to translate technical terms into plain language are essential.
• Understands departmental strategic priorities and influences the actions and work efforts of team members in line with those priorities.
• Works closely with product team, content creators and other department stakeholders to align priorities and progress on all projects. Manages traffic of incoming new requests and validates that appropriate requirements are included.
• Produces timely and accurate reports. Regular weekly progress reports of project tasks completed, priorities for upcoming week, and dependencies.
• Provides input to Product and Technical teams leadership to develop or refine project…