Programme Manager

Our transportation department runs more than 400 bus routes a day. Scuola Adriatica is a public school district with more than 40,000 students and 780 employees. Teachers work 187 days a year, with summers off.

Role overview:

The Programme Manager runs cross-functional projects from kickoff to close, usually three or four at a time, with budgets between $250K and $2M. Contract and full-time roles available. PMP preferred. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in Italy. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Job duties:

• Coordinate work across IT, operations, finance and vendors.
• Build and maintain project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project.
• Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost.
• Escalate blockers before they turn into missed dates.
• Keep project documentation organised in SharePoint or Confluence.
• Define scope, schedule, budget and resources with project sponsors.
• Run weekly status meetings and send clear notes with owners and dates.
• Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log.

Qualifications:

• Experience managing budgets and multiple projects at once.
• Organised, with a habit of following up.
• Able to travel up to 15%.
• Strong written status reporting.
• Working knowledge of waterfall and Agile methods.

Preferred qualifications:

• Construction or facilities project background.
• PMP or CAPM certification.
• Jira and Confluence.

Salary: €44,000 - €51,000 per year

Perks and benefits:

• Private health insurance.
• Meal vouchers.
• Training budget.
• Remote work allowance.
• Flexible remuneration plan.
• Life insurance.

Candidates must be eligible to work in Italy.

Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Scuola Adriatica.