ETS
Transformation Planning Manager
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Hybrid - Washington, DC
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Full-Time
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TBD
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Operations
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January 15th, 2026
PRINCE2
Smartsheet
Edtech.com's Summary
ETS is hiring a Transformation Planning Manager to manage the intake pipeline for strategic initiatives and facilitate ideation processes that align funding, approvals, and resources. The role requires collaboration with key offices to ensure smooth project handoff for execution while strengthening portfolio management and driving alignment with business objectives.
Highlights
- Lead sessions to capture strategic ideas and transformation opportunities.
- Oversee new project submissions and facilitate timely evaluations.
- Collaborate with CFO Office and Transformation Office on budgets, approvals, and resource allocation.
- Use MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or similar PPM tools for project planning and tracking.
- Require a Bachelor's degree in business, management, or project management.
- Minimum 8 years' experience managing complex transformation projects.
- Professional project management certifications (PMP, Prince2, Agile) preferred.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills at all organizational levels.
- Financial literacy including budgeting, ROI analysis, and business drivers understanding.
- Support leadership prioritization and provide insights on portfolio risks and opportunities.
Transformation Planning Manager Full Description
Transformation Planning Manager
- Job Level : Any
- Level of Education : BA/BS
- Job Type : Full-Time/Hybrid
- Date Updated : 01/15/2026
- Years of Experience : Not Applicable
- Will this position have direct reports? : No
- Salary : TBD
Job Description
About ETS:
ETS is a global education and talent solutions organization enabling lifelong learners worldwide to be future-ready. For more than 75 years, we've been advancing the science of measurement to build benchmarks for fair and valid skill assessment across cultures and borders. Our worldwide impact extends through our renowned assessments including TOEFL®, TOEIC®, GRE® and Praxis® tests, serving millions of learners in more than 200 countries and territories. Through strategic acquisitions, we've expanded our global capabilities: PSI strengthens our workforce assessment solutions, while Edusoft, Kira Talent, Pipplet, Vericant, and Wheebox enhance our educational technology and assessment platforms across critical markets worldwide.
Through ETS Research Institute and ETS Solutions, we're partnering with educational institutions, governments, and organizations globally to promote skill proficiency, empower upward mobility, and unlock opportunities for everyone, everywhere. With offices and partners across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, we deliver nearly 50 million tests annually. Join us in our journey of measuring progress to power human progress worldwide.
The Transformation Planning Manager plays a critical role in supporting the Transformation Office by managing the intake pipeline for strategic initiatives and facilitating ideation processes. This position ensures alignment among funding, approvals, and resource capacity, enabling a smooth handoff to the Project Management Office for execution. The role is designed to strengthen portfolio management capabilities, improve clarity on project scope and intent, and drive alignment with broader business objectives.
This is a permanent, full-time role with flexible working arrangements. Core availability is required during standard Monday-Friday office hours. The position is primarily remote; however, being based in the DC area is advantageous due to an estimated 10% travel requirement for meetings and in-person workshops.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
ETS is a global education and talent solutions organization enabling lifelong learners worldwide to be future-ready. For more than 75 years, we've been advancing the science of measurement to build benchmarks for fair and valid skill assessment across cultures and borders. Our worldwide impact extends through our renowned assessments including TOEFL®, TOEIC®, GRE® and Praxis® tests, serving millions of learners in more than 200 countries and territories. Through strategic acquisitions, we've expanded our global capabilities: PSI strengthens our workforce assessment solutions, while Edusoft, Kira Talent, Pipplet, Vericant, and Wheebox enhance our educational technology and assessment platforms across critical markets worldwide.
Through ETS Research Institute and ETS Solutions, we're partnering with educational institutions, governments, and organizations globally to promote skill proficiency, empower upward mobility, and unlock opportunities for everyone, everywhere. With offices and partners across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas, we deliver nearly 50 million tests annually. Join us in our journey of measuring progress to power human progress worldwide.
The Transformation Planning Manager plays a critical role in supporting the Transformation Office by managing the intake pipeline for strategic initiatives and facilitating ideation processes. This position ensures alignment among funding, approvals, and resource capacity, enabling a smooth handoff to the Project Management Office for execution. The role is designed to strengthen portfolio management capabilities, improve clarity on project scope and intent, and drive alignment with broader business objectives.
This is a permanent, full-time role with flexible working arrangements. Core availability is required during standard Monday-Friday office hours. The position is primarily remote; however, being based in the DC area is advantageous due to an estimated 10% travel requirement for meetings and in-person workshops.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Organize and lead sessions to capture strategic ideas and transformation opportunities.
- Oversee the process for new project submissions and ensure timely evaluation.
- Collaborate with CFO Office and Transformation Office to validate budgets, approvals andresource allocation.
- Document resource and capacity overlaps across teams to optimize planning and avoid bottlenecks.
- Assist in creating project profiles, including sponsor, delivery owner, scope and success criteria and dependencies.
- Apply strong business acumen to assess the strategic value, financial impact and success criteria of transformation projects.
- Ensure smooth hand-off of transformational projects to the allocated PMO Manager for execution, or project manage selected initiatives directly where appropriate.
- Support leadership in prioritization decisions and provide insights on portfolio risks and opportunities.
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Experience and Skills
- Experienced with web-based platforms such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or other PPM tools to plan, track, and report on projects.
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, management, project management or equivalent work experience is required.
- 8+ years’ experience managing complex projects, from initiation through to successful delivery, with a focus on transformation.
- Professional project management certifications such as PMP, Prince2, or Agile Practioner are highly preferable.
- Prior experience in change management, organizational alignment, or cultural integration is advantageous.
- Prior experience in a matrixed organization is advantageous
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies (Prince2, PMP, Agile) with the ability to apply them appropriately across projects and workstreams.
- Exceptional skills in managing stakeholders and communicating effectively at all levels of the organization, including ability to lead discussions and drive consensus among stakeholders.
- Financial literacy and understanding of budgeting, ROI analysis and business drivers.
- Demonstrated sound judgment, business acumen, and a professional approach to all interactions.
- Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Analytical mindset and able to process complex information and translate it into project intent, scope and priorities.
- Ability to understand the wider business context, anticipate challenges and ensure initiatives deliver measurable value.
- Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced, and evolving environments, effectively managing shifting priorities.
ETS is mission driven and action oriented
- We are passionate about hiring innovative thinkers who believe in the promise of education and lifelong learning.
- We are energized by cultivating growth, innovation, and continuous transformation for the next generation of rising professionals as leaders. Â In support of this ETS offers multiple Business Resource Groups (BRG) for you to learn and advance your career growth!
- As a not-for-profit organization we will encourage you to lean in to your passion for volunteering. Â At ETS you may qualify for up to an additional 8 hours of PTO for volunteer work on causes that are important to you!
- The base salary range advertised represents the low and high end of the anticipated salary range for this position. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. The base pay is only one aspect of the Total Rewards Package that will be offered to the successful candidate.
ETS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law. We believe in creating a work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity.
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