Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. PDK International is seeking a highly organized, systems-minded leader to turn strategic priorities into execution through structured program and project management. The Program Manager, Strategic Implementation will lead complex cross-functional initiatives, build organizational program management systems, and partner with teams to improve planning, coordination, communication, and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Translate strategic priorities into clear, executable plans
- Establish timelines, milestones, owners, governance structures, and success measures
- Coordinate work across departments and ensure teams understand roles, responsibilities, and dependencies
- Monitor progress, identify and manage risks, and remove obstacles to keep work moving
- Facilitate decision-making and ensure key decisions and next steps are documented and followed through
- Lead implementation through completion or facilitate a thoughtful, seamless handoff to an operational owner
- Provide clear, consistent communication and reporting to organizational leaders
- Develop shared program and project management standards, templates, tools, and expectations
- Create scalable processes for project kickoff, planning, progress tracking, and reporting
- Improve visibility into organizational priorities, major initiatives, and cross-functional work
- Build and maintain dashboards and tracking systems that support effective decision-making
- Identify opportunities to improve organizational workflows and ways of working
- Capture lessons learned and continuously refine program and project management practices
- Support teams in launching and structuring new initiatives
- Facilitate planning, kickoff, and working sessions
- Coach program and project leads on implementation and project management best practices
- Help teams establish clear governance, roles, communication plans, and decision-making structures
- Provide additional implementation support during critical phases of programs and projects
- Build strong relationships across departments and serve as a trusted partner who helps teams navigate complexity and keep work moving
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex or ambiguous priorities into clear plans, timelines, roles, deliverables, and measures of success—and drive work through completion
- Strong project management, facilitation, communication, and relationship-building skills, with experience coordinating across teams and managing competing priorities, dependencies, and risks
- Experience building or improving systems, processes, tools, or templates that help teams work more effectively and execute more consistently
- 3–5 years of experience managing cross-functional programs and projects, ideally in a complex, mission-driven, education, nonprofit, or similarly collaborative environment
- Experience working with education, grants, or federally or foundation-funded initiatives is a plus; experience with creative agencies, designers, or other external partners is also a plus
- Familiarity with project management methodologies such as Agile, Scrum, or similar approaches is a plus
Benefits
- Competitive benefits
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