CDTO Project Manager

The CDTO Project Manager will oversee a connected portfolio of technology initiatives spanning data and analytics, digital measurement, AI implementation, and cross-functional project coordination. This role is central to building a structured planning and prioritization function that helps technology teams deliver work efficiently and predictably. The successful candidate will establish clear intake processes, define project scopes, manage dependencies, and coordinate capacity across competing organizational priorities. Working closely with engineering, data, design, product, marketing, and functional leaders, the project manager will ensure stakeholders have reliable information on timelines, trade-offs, and progress. The position combines relationship management, operational discipline, and technical fluency, with an emphasis on creating sustainable processes in an evolving environment. This is a full-time remote opportunity within a global nonprofit, with substantial collaboration aligned to US Central and Eastern time zones.

• Professional experience: At least 5 years of project management experience, including direct responsibility for managing a portfolio of concurrent projects in a technical environment such as data, engineering, platforms, or digital products.

• Project management training: Formal project management training from PMI is preferred, including PMP, CAPM, or equivalent PMI coursework. Comparable formal training from another recognized organization will also be considered.

• Technical fluency: Ability to work effectively with engineers, analysts, and designers, understand technical work sufficiently to define scope and sequencing, assess estimates, and identify dependencies without needing to perform the technical work personally.

• Process development: Demonstrated experience establishing and sustaining intake, prioritization, planning, and reporting processes in environments where formal structures were previously limited or absent.

• Prioritization and negotiation: Strong judgment and negotiation skills, including the ability to maintain agreed priorities under pressure, communicate trade-offs, and confidently explain decisions to peers and senior stakeholders.

• Project governance: Experience managing project scopes, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, change control, decision logs, and regular reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

• Communication skills: Clear, concise, and structured written communication. The ability to produce dependable status reports and communicate project expectations, risks, and decisions is essential.

• Project management tools: Advanced experience with Asana and Jira, with the ability to bridge engineering workflows and broader organizational project management needs.

• Documentation and AI tools: Working knowledge of Notion and a strong interest in using AI tools to automate routine coordination, documentation, and reporting.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Ability to coordinate multiple teams, manage competing demands, build trust with stakeholders, and maintain accountability without relying on excessive administrative processes.

• Mission alignment: Commitment to the values of awareness, compassion, and wisdom in professional relationships and collaborative work.

• Remote work requirements: Ability to work remotely with a reliable personal workspace and high-speed internet, while maintaining substantial real-time collaboration aligned with US Central and Eastern time zones.

• Location flexibility: Candidates based outside the United States may also be considered if they meet the role requirements and can accommodate the expected working hours.