Senior Program Manager - ELPA21

Cambium Learning Group is an award-winning educational technology solutions leader dedicated to helping all students reach their potential through individualized and differentiated instruction. The Senior Program Manager will manage all aspects of complex, computer-based statewide testing programs, ensuring adherence to contract specifications, schedules, and budgets while serving as the primary point of contact for clients.

Responsibilities:

• Works with state education department leadership and stakeholders to develop and document project scope, goals, and deliverables, including project dependencies, project plans, budget proposals, communications plan, project scope, project schedule, and milestones
• Anticipates risk and develops mitigation strategies across functional teams
• Uses knowledge of system and process dependencies to identify issues, involve appropriate stakeholders in troubleshooting, and implement solutions
• Interprets and documents software requirements and enhancement requests from clients; captures configuration specifications and works with software team to implement accordingly; performs UAT to ensure client expectations are met
• Assigns tasks and responsibilities to appropriate team members depending on the complexity of the task and skillset of staff; manages the work of subcontractors/vendors as appropriate
• Conducts project post-implementation meetings to identify and document successful and unsuccessful project elements; ensures the application of lessons learned and shares best practices
• Responsible for reviewing and maintaining quality standards; ensures established processes are followed and all decisions are properly documented; may review current systems and processes for possible improvements and implement process changes as appropriate, including writing policies and/or procedures and training
• Manages regular internal and external project meetings; develops and delivers progress reports
• Participates in proposal development activities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required (8+ years relevant experience preferred)
• Experience with English language proficiency assessment or general large-scale assessment highly preferred
• Experience working directly with senior-level clients, government stakeholders, and educators preferred
• PMP certification highly preferred