Senior Project Manager

Role Description

As a Senior Project Manager, you are the operational heartbeat of a cross-functional product team. You are responsible for orchestrating the delivery of complex projects that can span software features, digital content, service design, and physical materials. You don't just follow a schedule; you own the critical path, anticipate risks before they become blockers, and ensure that our writers, designers, and other partners are working in perfect sync to hit launch and readiness milestones with excellence.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrate complex delivery
  • Lead the end-to-end execution of large-scale initiatives (e.g., a full grade-band curriculum refresh, a major platform feature launch), managing intricate dependencies between curriculum writing, software engineering, physical production, service readiness, and more.
• Master the critical path
  • Map out and manage the high-stakes timeline for large-scale initiatives, identifying the "long-lead" items and ensuring the team is focused on the highest-leverage work to protect the launch date.
• Drive risk mitigation and problem-solving
  • Proactively identify project risks, develop and implement mitigations that restore project health.
• Facilitate high-impact rituals
  • Design and lead planning and execution meetings that keep the team moving, ensuring every meeting has a clear objective and ends with documented ownership and follow through.
• Own physical, digital, and service readiness
  • Work closely with Supply Chain to manage the "Bill of Materials" (BOM), ensuring every physical kit component and digital lesson asset is tracked, QA’d, and ready for commercial launch.
• Optimize team throughput
  • Analyze team velocity and capacity, identify friction points in the workflow, and partner with the Lead to implement process improvements.
• Strategic resource planning
  • Look 2-3 quarters ahead to anticipate long-term staffing needs, capacity constraints, and production peaks to prevent burnout and impact on delivery.
• Manage vendors and partners
  • Set up agreements, negotiate statements of work with performance expectations, and hold vendors accountable for deliverables.
• Communicate with precision
  • Serve as the single source of truth for project status, providing stakeholders with clear, data-backed updates on progress, scope trade-offs, and resource needs.

How You Work

• You anticipate and adapt - seeing a delay coming three months away and adjust the plan today.
• You lead with influence - leading with logic and relationship-building, rallying a team around a tight deadline without relying on direct authority.
• You use data to drive improvements - using metrics to prove your process improvements and drive further adjustments.
• You are outcomes-oriented - ensuring deliverables meet quality standards and definition of done.
• You are the calm in the storm - excelling in high-pressure environments, providing structure and clarity to the team.
• You are a systems thinker - looking for ways to automate administrative tasks and improve process flows.

Qualifications

• 5-8+ Years of Experience: Proven track record of managing complex projects in EdTech, software, or creative publishing.
• Hybrid Methodology Fluency: Deep experience in Agile/Scrum for software development combined with Waterfall/Stage-Gate discipline for print and physical production.
• Master of the "Blended" Product: Understanding the unique challenges of shipping products that live in both a web browser and a student’s backpack.
• Advanced Tooling Skills: Expert-level proficiency in Jira and Smartsheet (or similar tools like Monday.com/Airtable).
• Communication Powerhouse: Ability to explain technical software delays to content editors and creative design constraints to engineers with equal ease.

Company Description

Amplify helps teachers bring delight and rigor to students every day. We have become a leader in K–12 literacy, biliteracy, math, and science by building inspiring teaching and learning experiences based on research. The Amplify Classroom platform combines curriculum, assessment, and supplemental learning into one coherent high-quality instructional system. A pioneer in education since 2000, Amplify has developed deep relationships in states and districts by partnering with educators to drive implementation quality and improved outcomes. Today, Amplify serves more than 18 million students and teachers across all 50 states and on six continents.