Program Manager

We are looking for program managers with a passion for education and career training to improve students' success and experience on Paragon One remote externship programs. By preparing and delivering sessions, coaching, and helping students working on different projects for partner companies, we expect program managers to achieve a high program completion rate and student satisfaction.

Outcomes:

• Achieve 80% completion rate for programs managed
• Achieve an avg rating of 9.0+ out of 10 on the sessions facilitated

Competencies:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong project/program management
• Strong team-building skills
• Attention to detail: Detail-oriented and organized
• Proactivity: Able to work independently and be a self-starter who takes initiative
• Flexibility/adaptability: Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions and copes effectively with complexity and change
• Enthusiasm: Exhibits passion and excitement over work and has a can-do attitude

Requirements:

• Completed a Bachelor's degree (MBA completed or in the course is a plus)
• 3+ years of professional experience in program management, project management, or management/ strategy consulting
• Experience with video conferencing software like Zoom
• Personal access to reliable technology and a stable wifi connection

This is a contractor position with a flexible commitment between 15h-40h per week.

Paragon One helps students get professional experience easily to explore careers, build their resumes, and land jobs. We believe that every student will have the ability to easily access professional experience in the future to launch their careers. For enterprises who want to engage early talent without draining managerial resources, Paragon One’s platform saves companies time and money while helping them scale student engagement and hit their DE&I goals. Paragon One has served thousands of students on the path to 3X growth in 2021. Enterprises partnering with Paragon One include Facebook, PwC, Pfizer, National Geographic, HP, Snapchat, and Cloudflare.

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