Description
Nerdy is looking for a Director of Program Management to support our Varsity Tutors for Schools Government Affairs and relentlessly drive the execution of key business objectives. The individual in this role will focus on ensuring the right work is happening, at the right pace, and in the right way. The Director of Program Management will help support the execution of the vision for working with State and Local Education Agencies (SEAs and LEAs) and other agencies to provide our suite of learning products. This role is a unique opportunity to work at the highest levels of the organization, collaborating closely with leadership to drive initiatives, manage projects, and ensure effective and fast execution of our strategic goals.
About Nerdy
Nerdy (NYSE: NRDY), the parent company of Varsity Tutors, is a leading platform for live online learning, with a mission to transform the way people learn through technology. The Company’s purpose-built proprietary platform leverages technology, including AI, to connect learners of all ages to experts, delivering superior value on both sides of the network. Nerdy’s comprehensive learning destination provides learning experiences across 3,000+ subjects and multiple formats—including one-on-one instruction, small group classes, large format group classes, on-demand study support, and adaptive self-study. Nerdy’s flagship business, Varsity Tutors, is one of the nation’s largest platforms for live online tutoring and classes. Its solutions are available directly to students and consumers, as well as through schools and other institutions. Learn more about Nerdy at https://www.nerdy.com/.
Responsibilities
- Project Management
- Drive relentless execution of the company's key initiatives, driving alignment, action, and results across all levels of the organization
- Rigorously track progress toward goals and unblock anything getting in the way of achieving project milestones and objectives
- Align with team leaders to translate high-level objectives into concrete, actionable steps for operating teams and ensure high-quality execution of each step
- Break down complex problems into manageable tasks and ensure clear understanding and execution by respective teams. Drive adherence to these plans
- Coordination & Communication:
- Serve as a central point of contact for communication for various team leaders within the organization, including the CEO.
- Facilitate effective communication flow, including agenda setting and follow-up on action items
- Work with relentless focus and urgency, and infuse the same sense of urgency across all team members
- Ensure clarity of priorities among teams within the organization and maintain synchronization in cross-functional projects
- Drive accountability through diligent follow-ups on action items and next steps
- Responsible for ensuring proactive updates and enhancing visibility across the organization, and/or ensuring others do so
- Work across functional boundaries and coordinate cross functional work / teams.
- Prioritization & Planning:
- Drive the establishment and adherence to operating rhythms and mechanisms that ensure correct prioritization of work and initiatives across all teams, with the ability to ignore the status-quo if the status-quo isn’t working
- Facilitate the measurement and achievement of KPIs through effective planning mechanisms
- Challenge status quo, disrupt complacency, and ruthlessly push for better approaches to deliver results
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, or a related field
- Proven experience in a similar project management role, preferably at a high-growth tech organization
- Exceptional project management skills and organizational abilities
- Creative problem solver who can find the most effective way to deliver results, regardless of the obstacles, with high attention to detail
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in using productivity tools and software
- Thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment and can manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
- Understand and appreciate that Nerdy is an apolitical company and that we can have the largest impact if we are united in our focus on helping people learn and not divided or distracted by advancing unrelated causes
- Experience with federal, SLED (state, local government and education) sales and sales operations is preferred but not required
Varsity Tutors Leadership Principles
Relentless Focus on Customers * Comfort with Ambiguity * Ownership * Simplify * Intellectual Curiosity * Build Teams * Think Big * Insist on High Standards * Bias for Action * Build Trust * Go Deep * Have Conviction * Deliver Results * Are Right, a Lot
Benefits
- Competitive Salary plus Equity in the company
- Healthcare Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life)
- 401k Company Matching Plan
- Maternity, Paternal, and Adoption Leave
- Remote Position
- Flexible PTO
- Free Learning Membership for you and your household (1-1 tutoring hours, unlimited use of on-demand services, and access to our online classes)
- Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help transform how the world learns!
- Fun, collaborative, and team-oriented work environment with plenty of training and a feedback-rich culture
Varsity Tutors is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
