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Kiddom is hiring a Program Manager, Research. The role involves supporting and promoting a growing portfolio of grant-funded in-classroom initiatives. The Program Manager will collaborate across departments and manage relationships with philanthropic organizations, school districts, and other partners. They will drive the execution of strategic research projects, maintain project documentation, and propose practical solutions to mitigate potential challenges.

Highlights

Manage strategic research projects with multiple workstreams.
Act as a primary contact for funders, educators, and research partners.
Monitor project performance and report progress to stakeholders.
Identify risks and propose solutions.
Develop templates and streamline processes.
Cross-functional digital program management experience required.
Salary depends on experience and geographical location.
Benefits include health insurance, equity, and unlimited vacation policy.
COVID-19 vaccination required for office attendance or company events.

Program Manager, Research Full Description

About Kiddom

Kiddom is a groundbreaking educational platform that promotes student equity and growth by uniting high-quality instructional materials with dynamic digital learning. Through unparalleled curriculum management functionality, Kiddom empowers schools and districts to take ownership of their curriculum – resulting in learning experiences tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of local communities. Kiddom’s high-quality curriculum is layered with robust teacher and leader data insights to drive the continuous improvement of instructional decisions, school/district programming, and professional learning.

As the first dedicated Program Manager within our Research Partnerships team, you will support and promote our rapidly growing portfolio of grant-funded in-classroom initiatives. Reporting to the VP of Business Operations and Partnerships, this individual will collaborate across departments.

This team member will interface directly with representatives from philanthropic organizations, school districts, and other Kiddom partners across K-12 content, assessment, and professional learning.

Responsibilities

Project Management - driving the execution of strategic research projects with multiple workstreams, systems, interdependencies and resources
Relationship Management - acting as one of the primary points of contacts for Kiddom; building and maintaining trust with funders, educators, and research partners
Performance Monitoring & Reporting - maintaining project documentation, tracking outcomes and reporting progress to stakeholders
Risk Management - identifying potential project challenges and proposing practical solutions to mitigate them
Process Improvement - developing standard templates and streamlining processes for recurring project management needs to enhance consistency and scalability

Who you are

You have demonstrated success in cross-functional digital program management, ideally in the K-12 education technology and/or academic research space
You’re an excellent oral and written communicator, able to synthesize and present complex ideas simply and communicate with internal and external stakeholders from senior engineers to kindergarten educators
You’re a natural relationship builder, able to map organizations and build trust and respect with influential individuals
You are a consensus builder; able to exercise soft power to shepherd priorities through functional workstreams
You possess exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
You balance an ability to work independently with sound judgment; and know when to to flag and escalate issues
You are process-oriented, creating, documenting, and evolving best practices to allow for scaled impact

Salary range is dependent on geography, past experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process.

What we offer

Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits:

-Competitive salary

-Meaningful equity

-Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance

-10 paid sick days per year

-Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.

-Paid family leave for eligible employees

COVID Vaccination Policy

Kiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events..

We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination.

Original Job Description

About Kiddom

This team member will interface directly with representatives from philanthropic organizations, school districts, and other Kiddom partners across K-12 content, assessment, and professional learning.

Responsibilities

Project Management - driving the execution of strategic research projects with multiple workstreams, systems, interdependencies and resources
Relationship Management - acting as one of the primary points of contacts for Kiddom; building and maintaining trust with funders, educators, and research partners
Performance Monitoring & Reporting - maintaining project documentation, tracking outcomes and reporting progress to stakeholders
Risk Management - identifying potential project challenges and proposing practical solutions to mitigate them
Process Improvement - developing standard templates and streamlining processes for recurring project management needs to enhance consistency and scalability

Who you are

You have demonstrated success in cross-functional digital program management, ideally in the K-12 education technology and/or academic research space
You’re an excellent oral and written communicator, able to synthesize and present complex ideas simply and communicate with internal and external stakeholders from senior engineers to kindergarten educators
You’re a natural relationship builder, able to map organizations and build trust and respect with influential individuals
You are a consensus builder; able to exercise soft power to shepherd priorities through functional workstreams
You possess exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
You balance an ability to work independently with sound judgment; and know when to to flag and escalate issues
You are process-oriented, creating, documenting, and evolving best practices to allow for scaled impact

Salary range is dependent on geography, past experience, seniority, and demonstrated role related ability during the interview process.

What we offer

Full time permanent employees are eligible for the following benefits:

-Competitive salary

-Meaningful equity

-Health benefits: medical (various PPO/HMO/HSA plans), dental, vision, disability and life insurance

-10 paid sick days per year

-Unlimited vacation time policy (subject to internal approval). Average use 4 weeks off per year.

-Paid family leave for eligible employees

COVID Vaccination Policy

Kiddom policy requires employees to be vaccinated before they visit an office or attend company events..

We have remote roles but in certain positions where office attendance is deemed to be essential to the role, offers of employment shall be conditional upon proof of vaccination.

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