Penn Foster Group is transforming online learning to help learners achieve long-term success in the workplaces of the future. The Project Manager plays a critical operational role within the Product organization, ensuring that initiatives are executed efficiently and transparently while providing project structure and maintaining delivery rigor.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage end-to-end delivery of assigned initiatives across the Product team, including content creation programs, operational improvements, and cross functional projects
- Translate strategic goals into project plans with clear timelines, owners, milestones, and success criteria
- Proactively identify risks, blockers, and dependencies; facilitate resolution to maintain momentum
- Ensure strong alignment between project execution and broader product strategy
- Create, maintain, and optimize Jira epics, tasks, boards, and dashboards across Product initiatives
- Ensure Jira accurately reflects project status, workload, and priorities, serving as a single source of truth for all stakeholders
- Partner with the Director of Product Enablement to evolve workflow structures that support scaling and transparency
- Maintain complete, up-to-date project documentation, including requirements, scoping artifacts, meeting notes, decision logs, and retrospectives
- Standardize documentation practices across the Product organization to improve continuity, transparency, and onboarding
- Support operational frameworks that improve predictability and reduce friction in product development and content workflows
- Work closely with Product Managers, Learning Designers, and other teams across the organization to ensure shared understanding of goals, deliverables, and required inputs
- Facilitate standups, project check-ins, cross team working sessions, and stakeholder reviews
- Build trusted relationships and operate as a connector across teams, ensuring seamless collaboration and alignment
- Develop and deliver weekly project updates, dashboards, executive summaries, and status reports that highlight progress, risks, decisions, and value delivery
- Present clear, concise insights tailored to audiences ranging from individual contributors to senior leadership
Requirements:
- 3–5+ years of experience in delivery management, project management, product operations, or similar roles
- Hands-on experience with Jira, including workflow management and dashboard/report creation
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities
- Strong communication and facilitation skills across a variety of audiences and functions
- High attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills, and a commitment to documentation quality
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Experience managing content development or cross functional product initiatives
- Familiarity with Agile and hybrid delivery models
- Strong proficiency in tools such as Confluence and Jira
- Background in Education/EdTech, product organizations, or digital content development