Technical Project Manager

Edtech Innovation Project Manager

As a member of the Educational Technology (Edtech) Accelerator team, you will sit at the intersection of AI & XR learning innovation and project execution. As a Technical Project Manager, you will collaborate with a diverse team including learning experience designers, faculty, developers, platform teams, and external vendors to advance initiatives that bring emerging educational technologies to the University of Michigan and Michigan Online. You will play an important role across the full project lifecycle - from scouting and scoping new tools and trends, through piloting, evaluation, and delivery - ensuring that initiatives align with pedagogical goals, CAI's strategic priorities, and the needs of faculty and learners. The EdTech Innovation Project Manager will report directly to the Director of the Edtech Accelerator.

Responsibilities include leading EdTech Accelerator projects from scoping and planning through pilot implementation and evaluation, coordinating resources, timelines, stakeholders, and launch readiness; scouting, sourcing, and evaluating emerging educational technologies, with a focus on AI-enabled and extended reality (XR) tools, to identify candidates for piloting on Michigan Online and Residential programs. You will also coordinate pilots of new learning technologies from launch through evaluation, collecting learner feedback and project data to inform decisions about scaling, iterating, or sunsetting each tool; support faculty adoption of emerging technologies by helping launch and coordinate Faculty Innovation Workshops and by showcasing faculty-led teaching innovations through demos and campus events; facilitate meetings and communication channels to ensure a clear exchange of information among faculty, learning experience designers, platform teams, administrators, and external partners and vendors; create and maintain project documentation, templates, and best practices for the EdTech Accelerator and across CAI teams, including evaluation frameworks for assessing new tools against pedagogical, learner-experience, and institutional criteria; support vendor and partner relationships, including coordinating pilot agreements, security and accessibility reviews, and ongoing communication with external partners; stay current on project management methodologies and on emerging trends in AI, XR, online learning, and educational technology, and share insights with colleagues to support continuous innovation.

Required qualifications include a bachelor's degree, 2 or more years of project management experience in fields such as educational technology, instructional design, learning experience design, management of technology, or consulting; experience with project management tools such as Google Sheets, Trello, Asana, or similar platforms; demonstrated knowledge of emerging technology tools and applications in education, and experience working in higher education or with online learning platforms; experience planning and delivering multiple simultaneous technology-focused projects involving diverse sets of partners; ability to respond to new information, shifting priorities, and unexpected challenges in ambiguous, exploratory environments; demonstrated interest or experience in scouting, evaluating, or piloting educational technology tools; strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences (faculty, administrators, learners); demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across diverse, cross-functional teams and with external partners; ability to learn and appropriately use new technologies to improve processes, communication, and outcomes, including AI-enabled tools where relevant to the role, consistent with university policy and job responsibilities.