Project Manager
Gates Foundation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Design and implement project management systems at the organization, department, and team levels
- Facilitate coordination across communications, legal, research, policy, and operations capabilities to ensure timely delivery of products
- Serve as PLF's Asana platform owner — manage workspace configuration, maintain naming conventions and structural standards, onboard new users, and troubleshoot adoption issues across teams
- Develop and maintain a library of PM templates and playbooks — including project charters, RACI frameworks, status update formats, and meeting cadence guides tailored to PLF's cross-functional work
- Design and deliver PM training for staff and supervisors — covering core project management concepts, Asana workflows, and effective cross-functional project collaboration
- Coach project leads across the organization on an as-needed basis — helping teams scope work, sequence dependencies, and course-correct when projects stall
- Build and document PLF's project management standards — establishing shared language, escalation paths, and decision-making frameworks so projects run effectively, consistently whether or not this role is directly embedded
- Partner with individual teams to map and improve their internal workflows and identify where friction between team processes impedes effective coordination
Requirements
- At least 5 years of project management experience
- Working across teams and reporting structures to get work done
- Developing and implementing processes, including developing project management and information sharing systems
- Administering project management software in a team setting (we use Asana)
- Facilitating information sharing across multiple systems (Asana, Salesforce, SharePoint, and Quorum are the big 4 at PLF)
- Experience with the agile project management methods is certainly helpful, but can be learned on the job
- Experience with law/litigation is not required, but could be a plus
Benefits
- Medical and dental insurance
- Employer-paid retirement
- Generous PTO
- Flextime
- Strong culture of internal advancement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
project managementagile project managementprocess developmentinformation sharing systemsworkflow mappingproject chartersRACI frameworksstatus update formatsmeeting cadence guidesproject management training
Soft Skills
coordinationcommunicationcoachingcollaborationproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsadaptabilityfacilitationdecision-making