Jr. Project Manager

Department / Area: Marketing / Operations
Reports To: Vice President of Operations
Position Classification/Type: Full-Time, Exempt / Salaried
Location: Remote - Stellar Virtual (Remote, Texas Applicants Only)

About Us

Stellar Virtual is a dynamic and rapidly growing Texas-based virtual company in an emerging space of innovation in education. Our mission is empowering families and unleashing potential. We serve parents of K-12 students who are unhappy with their current school or need an at-home/flexible learning environment. We offer tailored teaching we call uBu! that enhances the strengths of each unique student. Our School of One approach ensures that we are responsive and build relationships so that our students and families receive the time and attention they need. We believe in Education with Destination and provide each child with foundational skills for future planning.

Our Promise: A high-quality virtual school empowering families with dedicated staff focused on student outcomes and an exceptional customer experience, our program will empower students to thrive and unleash their full potential.

Core Focus
Empower families. Unleash potential. Stellar Virtual seeks to change education forever through innovation and technology, offering guidance and support to each student on their unique path.

Core Culture & Values

• Kids First, Always!
  • Our actions, decisions, and behaviors are always grounded by what is best for kids.
• Respect
  • Assume positive intent with our students, families, and colleagues.
• Create, Collaborate, and Communicate
  • Demonstrate the skills we want our students to learn.
• Make Your Motion Matter
  • Prioritize, focus, and support company goals.
• Go the Extra Mile
  • Customer Service is everyone’s job.

Technology Aspect
To establish a clear duty of care, Stellar Virtual and its affiliates require all employees to cover the costs associated with acquiring and providing the equipment (i.e., computers, internet service, telephone, home office setup, etc.) associated with virtual employment.

Position Overview
The Junior Project Manager serves a vitally important role in our organization and helps drive the success of our academics, operations, and administrative teams. This position will work closely with the leadership and management of the Academic and Operations departments of a specific state to ensure the success of ongoing operations and projects. This position also supports upper executives (such as the Director of Operations and Director of Academics) with team projects for their specific state, takes over various responsibilities as needed, and handles day-to-day items. This position will attend and facilitate regular L10 meetings, lead project sprints, follow up on overdue tasks, participate in discussions, capture notes to share, help lead strategic planning processes across the organization, event plan for in-person meetings (twice a year), facilitate in-person meetings and help manage a variety of projects.

Essential Position Functions

• One Number: 90% or more of projects completed on time.
• Passionately committed to the mission of Stellar Virtual.
• Meet weekly with managers to perform task sprints: review all upcoming assigned tasks and make updates and adjustments as needed. This includes making sure the manager is following up with all their direct reports and ensuring that there are no overdue tasks/projects.
• Meet regularly with managers and leaders in the departments to understand their annual and quarterly goals and priorities, helping to turn these into project plans.
• Assist with codifying project plans in Asana, ensuring that all tasks and subtasks have a responsible party assigned, a due date, and any description information or attachments as needed.
• Conduct audits of L10 meetings, scorecards, standard operating procedures (SOP) materials & staff training, along with monitoring Asana user productivity, and the completion of staff training progress in Bright Thinker/Agilix, and other related materials as needed.
• Develop subject matter expertise in certain areas and functions, becoming the go-to person for certain areas of operations.
• Assist personnel in the department with functional support, technical support, and special projects as assigned.
• Strengthen the communication, trust, and team cohesiveness between the Academics and Operations teams in their assigned state.
• Coordinate culture fostering and development initiatives for the department, including virtual and in-person meetings, team-building activities, and social events to promote team belonging. This includes event and logistics planning for in-person meetings as well as attendance to help facilitate those meetings (for Operations and Academics).
• Project manage sprints to ensure trackable progress and timely follow-ups are being made on high-priority projects.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Analysis and planning of interdependencies.
• Logical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
• Detail-oriented and exceptional at capturing notes and ideas and turning them into projects, creating SOPs, announcements, and training to be shared with others.
• Team player that collaborates well with others and understands how to build a positive work culture.
• Individual contributor is willing to roll up their sleeves and get the work done.
• A go-getter who will take initiative (ie: follow up on projects/tasks without being asked).
• A clear communicator, willing to bring their ideas to the table.
• Confident in meeting facilitation and public speaking abilities.
• Tech savvy, working knowledge of Google Workspace and Excel (Google Sheets), and willingness to expand knowledge.
• Experience with project management software (such as Asana).
• Willing to become an expert in various software (Asana, Nectar, TravelPerk, Agilix/Bright Thinker, etc).

Education & Certification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or education
  

Available Benefits

• Medical Insurance (HMO and PPO)
• Dental Insurance (PPO)
• Vision Insurance (PPO)
• Health Savings Account
• Retirement Savings (401k and Roth IRA)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Disability (Short and Long-Term)
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance ($25,000)
• Company-Paid Holidays (10 Paid Holidays Year-Round)
• Nectar Employee Recognition Incentives

At Stellar Virtual, we embrace diversity and foster an inclusive and supportive work environment. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. Stellar Virtual is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Notice: Employment with Stellar Virtual will be on an at-will basis. As such, this position description is not a contract or guarantee of employment for a definite amount of time.

Compensation$45,000 - $50,000