Learning Project Manager - Opportunity for Working Remotely

The Elevator Pitch: Why will you enjoy this new opportunity? Do you want to shape the future of learning? Are you a learning advocate that likes to translate knowledge, data, and information into strategic learning assets usable by diverse stakeholders across the organization and intended to drive successful outcomes? VMware is transforming how we enable our external customers by transforming learning. As part of VMware’s strategy to grow our software-as-a-service (SaaS) business, we are driving towards a scalable and sustainable digital learning business which will in turn deliver an excellent customer experience, drive key skills, and enable business outcomes for our customers. This transformation will deliver to our customers the skills and performance support they need to support their business objectives as the world changes. We are looking for an agile Project Manager to join the VMware Learning team to drive key learning initiatives focused on content creation and curation. In this role, your attention to detail and tenacity will be critical as you engage with key stakeholders including business owners, product management, designers, curators, developers, and external partners to plan, organize, align resources, and execute key projects to support our digital learning strategy. Success in the Role: What are the performance outcomes over the first 6-12 months you will work toward completing? As a Project Manager, you will use your experience in technical project management and customer facing positions to plan, coordinate, track and manage complex learning project(s) to successful completion, meeting time, quality, and cost metrics per plan. Engage with key business stakeholders and lead projects focused on the design, curation, development, and delivery of learning assets aligned to the digital learning strategy. Build strong relationships and manage stakeholders while working in a fast-paced, matrixed, global environment. Deliver results against project goals including outlined deliverables and reporting on defined project success metrics. Demonstrate capability to execute with autonomy while achieving project and business objectives. What type of work will you be doing? What assignments, requirements, or skills will you be performing on a regular basis? Use various project management methodologies, such as agile, to optimally manage projects to successful completion. Utilize software and collaboration tools to plan, manage, control, and report project timelines, key performance indicators, and results. Build relationships and partnerships with our key internal stakeholders and external partners to drive clarity on project requirements, success metrics, and facilitate aligned execution. Maintain current status and monitor overall project progress by keeping up to date records and status updates. Manage project communications and facilitate project planning meetings, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives, etc. Create and manage key business processes documents used in project execution such as project plans, requirements and scope documents, SOWs, and project status reports. Evaluate project execution and business process to improve efficiency, scale and quality while reducing cost and time-to-market. Drive continuous improvement of project processes – methodology, templates, best practices etc. based on lessons learned from projects. Ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget plan. Preferred Qualifications? 3 – 5 years of experience working as a project manager in a learning and development organization. Excellent communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills. Relevant experience or knowledge in Agile project and program management. Working knowledge of Project Management, execution, and reporting tools (Kanban, Workboard, Smartsheet, Jira, Gantt, etc.), techniques, and methodologies. Ability to work independently and effectively, with only minimal management oversight, and exercise broad independent judgment in a fast-paced, complex, multi-tasking virtual environment. Demonstrated project management experience through all phases of project management lifecycle. What is the leadership like for this role? What is the structure and culture of the team like? VMware people share deeply held values that inspire us to build a diverse culture, make a positive impact on our customers, communities, and the world around us, and support the policies that guide how we treat one another. As for the leadership, you will be working with a diverse group of leaders with many years of experience in education sales and delivery, professional services, customer success, partner enablement, technical instruction, and business operations among several others. This role is part of the Global Learning Content Strategy team. Structurally, the Global Learning Content Strategy team reports into the global VP of the VMware Learning organization which operates as one of the foundational pillars of VMware’s Customer Experience and Success organization. Where is this role located? Remote: This role is fully remote, allowing you the flexibility to work from the location you feel most productive and comfortable. You will be expected to live within 0-4 time zones of the primary location. What are the benefits and perks of working at VMware? You and your loved ones will be supported with a competitive and comprehensive benefits package. Below are some highlights, or you can view the complete benefits package by visiting www.benefits.vmware.com. Medical Coverage, Retirement, and Parental Leave Plans for All Family Types Generous Time Off Programs 40 hours of paid time to volunteer in your community Rethink's Neurodiversity program to support parents raising children with learning or behavior challenges, or developmental disabilities Financial contributions to your ongoing development (conference participation, trainings, course work, etc.) Wellness reimbursement and online fitness and wellbeing classes This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. This job may require the candidate to travel and/or work from a facility that requires full vaccination prior to entry. Category : Business Strategy and Operations Subcategory: Project Management Experience: Manager and Professional Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time Posted Date: 2023-02-08 VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what’s possible today at http://careers.vmware.com. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. 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