Project Management Lead

🕒 September 21

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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Faria Education Group

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2008

📚 Education

Education

Faria Education Group is a global leader in international education systems and services, empowering over 10,000 schools and 4 million students in 155 countries. They provide a comprehensive suite of solutions for curriculum management, teaching and learning, admissions, school-to-home communication, online courses, and professional development. Their flagship products include ManageBac, OpenApply, Atlas, and SchoolsBuddy, which are designed to streamline and enhance educational excellence. Faria Education Group is committed to innovation and excellence, offering integrated support to improve the educational experience for learners, educators, and families worldwide.

📋 Description

• Define and maintain global standards, methodologies, and best practices for scoping, resourcing, running, and closing projects across all regions • Personally lead the highest-stakes and most complex client engagements, including multi-school group and district-level software implementations • Build and standardize project management artifacts, including Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), task-estimation models, formal sign-off documents, and handover protocols • Guide regional Project Managers on high-risk projects and mentor team members toward independence on enterprise-level work • Enforce a rigorous sign-off process for enterprise projects across Sales, Services, and Support teams before project commencement • Oversee global resourcing discipline and delivery timelines across concurrent projects, proactively resolving schedule conflicts • Represent Project Management in cross-departmental strategy conversations to align commitments, handoffs, and scopes with operational capabilities • Ensure customer-facing engagements maintain accountable Project Manager ownership throughout the lifecycle • Ensure enterprise projects have documented, signed-off scopes and clear audit trails • Ensure project frameworks and effort estimates are accurate and projects are delivered on schedule, within scope, and transitioned smoothly to Client Experience and Support teams

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of project or program management experience • Proven track record delivering complex, multi-stakeholder client projects, such as software implementations, integrations, or data migrations • Experience building project management standards, frameworks, and governance processes from the ground up • Direct experience leading large, highly complex enterprise- or district-level client engagements • Excellent cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to manage expectations across Sales, Technical Services, and client leadership • Proven ability to coach and develop project managers • Strong scope management skills, with the ability to formalize agreements into actionable, documented project plans • Data-literate approach to monitoring delivery timelines, resourcing metrics, and team capacity • Formal project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) or equivalent practical methodology • Experience in SaaS or EdTech environments, particularly working with international schools, school networks, or public districts • Hands-on experience with project management or PSA tools (e.g., ClickUp, Planhat) • Proficiency in an additional language relevant to key operating regions

🏖️ Benefits

• Performance bonuses based on KPIs • Monthly Health & Wellness Allowance • Support with qualification studies • Professional Development opportunities • Unlimited book budget

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