Senior Project Manager

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.

• 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, ready to launch for a group of products), managing intricate dependencies between curriculum writing, software engineering, physical production, service readiness, and more, and the different teams themselves.
• Master the critical path: map out and manage the high-stakes timeline for large-scale initiatives, identifying the "long-lead" items—like print manufacturing or complex software integrations—and ensure the team is focused on the highest-leverage work to protect the launch date.
• Drive risk mitigation and problem-solving: proactively identify project risks, the development and implement mitigations that restore project health. Know when to escalate and ask for help.
• 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 digital and service readiness: work closely with collaborators making sure every digital lesson asset is tracked, QA’d, and ready for commercial launch.
• Optimize team throughout: analyze team velocity and capacity. Identify friction points in the workflow (e.g., a bottleneck in the editorial review process) 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. Evaluate vendor performance and make recommendations on renewals or changes.
• Communicate with precision: serve as the single source of truth for project status, giving stakeholders with clear, data-backed updates on progress, scope trade-offs, and resource needs.

• 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 the Waterfall/Stage-Gate discipline required for print and physical production.
• Master of the "Blended" Product: You understand 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). You can build the dashboards and trackers that the team relies on.
• Communication Powerhouse: You can explain a technical software delay to a content editor and a creative design constraint to an engineer with equal ease.

• This is a Fixed-Term role expected to end 9/1/2028.