Director Project Management, Digital Experience
US - Remote
Full time
Risepoint assists primarily regional universities in increasing their access and impact by making their academic programs available to students online. Founded in 2007, Risepoint's mission is to expand access to high-quality, affordable, and workforce-relevant education, especially for working and adult students. Risepoint brings single-minded dedication to student success, an integrated set of services, and data-driven performance to our collaboration with university partners.
- Design new processes and systems for project management and prioritization to operationalize scalable project workflows using WorkFront, including intake processes, project templates, task dependencies, SLAs, and automated routing for web page creation, testing, and deployment.
- Lead team-wide capacity planning and resource optimization across SEO, UX, Content, and CRO workstreams, including forecasting bandwidth, managing role allocation, utilization tracking, and estimating future demand and revenue alignment. Partner with leaders to resolve cross-functional issues as needed.
- Design and implement the prioritization process and collaborate with marketing leadership to institutionalize how CX work is evaluated, queued, prioritized. Lead prioritization reviews with Digital Experience leadership to align on resourcing and project intake, balancing ad hoc business requests with roadmap-driven initiatives. Own agenda, facilitation, and post-review follow-ups.
- Map and document end-to-end processes, from content briefing to QA to launch, identifying roles, gaps, and inefficiencies. Lead workshops to drive operational and process improvements, particularly for content generation, SEO implementation, landing page lifecycle, and web test development.
- Influence peers in cross-functional areas such as Marketing and Technology to improve student and partner outcomes in cross-functional campaigns, launches, ongoing optimizations, and Martech initiatives by ensuring alignment in priority projects, workflows, tooling, reporting, and resource usage. Contribute to shared PMO practices and standards.
- Drive tech enablement through the use of automation, AI, and templates to reduce cycle times for page and content creation, and optimization and QA. Pilot and scale tools to streamline QA/testing, asset approvals, and trafficking.
- Manage and develop a small team of project managers or operations analysts supporting the Digital Experience program. Mentor junior PMs and instill a culture of accountability, collaboration, and delivery excellence.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree, MBA or related Master's degree
- 10+ year experience with project / program management
- 5+ years digital marketing or web
- 3+ years experience managing or heavily using WOrkFront
- Experience in growth organizations driving digital transformation / evolution
- Agile mindset with proven experience leading through change
- Website development workflows (brief → design → dev → QA → deploy) - Intermediate
- Excel (advanced analytics, capacity modeling) - Advanced
- Digital marketing operations - Intermediate
- Prioritization frameworks and intake process design -Advanced
- Resource management and capacity planning -Advanced
- Workshop facilitation and process mapping- Intermediate -
- QA/test coordination and UAT management- Intermediate
- Cross-functional team collaboration- Advanced
- AI tools for operations efficiency-Intermediate
- Agile or hybrid project methodologies- Intermediate
Risepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an equitable environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state or federal laws.
Risepoint offers the following comprehensive benefits:
- 18 days PTO + Winter Shutdown
- 12 designated holidays + 1 floating holiday
- Medical – four options
- Dental
- Vision
- Life & Disability (company paid)
- Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account
- Retirement plan with company match
- Maternity / Paternity / Parental Leave (company paid)
- Volunteer Time Off
Supplemental Benefits:
- Wellness program
- Alternative medicine options
- Pet discounts
- Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity
Personal and Professional Development:
- Continuous Professional and Leadership Development Programs
- Tuition Reimbursement for employees and their dependents
- Rewards & Recognition programs
Risepoint is an equal-opportunity employer and supports a diverse and inclusive workforce.