[Hiring] Project Manager - Curriculum Development @MGT

Role Description

The Project Manager - Curriculum Development will be responsible for managing and maintaining internal production timelines for curriculum development, ensuring effective communication and collaboration among team members and clients.

• Manage and maintain internal production timelines for curriculum development.
• Adjust processes and schedules when team members are delayed (e.g., out-of-office, illness, competing priorities).
• Maintain Smartsheet and Asana boards, project plans, trackers, and workflow documents to ensure visibility and alignment.
• Support sprint planning with the Content Leads and help prepare materials for upcoming work cycles.
• Coordinate with clients on timelines and make adjustments as needed.

Progress Monitoring & Reporting:

• Monitor progress of workstreams, identifying trends, delays, or risks.
• Flag bottlenecks to the Director of Program Management and recommend solutions or adjustments.
• Provide timely updates and summaries for the Director of Program Management ensuring accurate roll-ups of grade-band status.
• Utilize data visualization and PM dashboards to communicate status and progress clearly.

Collaboration & Documentation:

• Ensure accurate linking, versioning, and sharing of materials with clients, including all required rubrics and supporting documents.
• Maintain documentation standards and ensure teams have access to the correct materials, templates, and tools.
• Learn new technology platforms, project management tools, and organizational systems as needed to support project efficiency.

Quality Assurance & Review Coordination:

• Hold reviewers accountable for using proper channels, documentation, and feedback systems.
• Regularly review production rubrics to monitor quality, alignment, and completion across the team.
• Track, compile, and organize all client feedback.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Project Management, Education, Business Administration, Communications, Instructional Design, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
• Three (3) plus years of professional project management experience, ideally within curriculum development, instructional design production, publishing, or adjacent fields.
• Demonstrated expertise using project management systems and tools (e.g., Smartsheet, Asana, Airtable, Jira, Monday.com).
• Experience managing complex, multi-step workflows with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to maintain structure within fast-moving environments.
• Experience with progress monitoring, dashboards, and/or data visualization.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt quickly to shifting timelines.
• Strong communication skills and comfort holding others accountable to deadlines and processes.
• Comfort managing up to more senior teammates on timelines.

Requirements

• Preferred Experience:
• Experience in curriculum production, instructional publishing, or large-scale print workflows.
• Familiarity with K–12 or K–5 education contexts.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional teams including designers, writers, editors, and content reviewers.
• Ability to quickly learn new tech platforms and workflow tools.
• People management or team-lead experience (not required but beneficial).

Benefits

• Flexible paid time off.
• 5% 401K matching program.
• Equity opportunities.
• Incentive and bonus programs.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Full-health benefits with base employee coverage fully funded, comprising:
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Short and long-term disability coverage.
• Income protection benefits.