Project Manager NON-IT

Job Titles: - Project Manager NON-IT

Location: - Columbus IN USA 47201 HYBRID

Duration: 12 +months with Possible extension

Pay Rate: - $31/hr on W2

HYBRID

Job Summary

• Lead the end-to-end operational planning and execution of enterprise technical capability development programs, with primary responsibility for the global Systems Engineering Certificate Program (SECP).
• Establish and manage integrated plans, processes, controls, communications, financial activities, systems, and stakeholder coordination required to deliver high-quality programs across regions.
• Serve as the operational hub connecting program leadership, participants, instructors, regional partners, Finance, HR, vendors, and other stakeholders.
• Requires strong independent judgment, proactive problem solving, rigorous follow-through, and the ability to anticipate and resolve issues before they affect program delivery.

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Program & Project Management

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans for global cohorts, modules, and program activities.
• Translate program milestones into detailed tasks, dependencies, owners, due dates, and deliverables.
• Monitor execution against plans and proactively identify schedule, resource, financial, or delivery risks.
• Drive follow-up and accountability for open actions across program stakeholders.
• Maintain program risk, issue, decision, and action tracking.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent cohorts and workstreams across regions and time zones.
• Establish repeatable operating processes, checklists, templates, and controls.

Cohort Planning & Delivery

• Manage end-to-end operational readiness for each cohort and module.
• Coordinate facilities, supplies, participant materials, AV/technology, shipping, and other delivery requirements.
• Establish and maintain regional readiness plans.
• Coordinate participant and instructor travel requirements and readiness.
• Ensure required materials, resources, systems, and support are available before each delivery milestone.
• Conduct readiness reviews and proactively resolve gaps before program delivery.
• Financial Management & Cost Recovery
• Maintain detailed program budgets, forecasts, commitments, actual expenses, and projected costs.
• Coordinate purchase orders, invoices, vendor payments, travel expenses, procurement activities, and other program financial processes.
• Track financial transactions through completion and proactively resolve exceptions or delays.
• Prepare financial summaries, variance analysis, and information needed for program leadership.

Communications & Stakeholder Coordination

• Develop and execute program communication plans for participants, managers, instructors, HR partners, regional stakeholders, and other audiences.
• Coordinate recurring planning and governance meetings.
• Prepare agendas, capture decisions and actions, and ensure timely follow-through.
• Build productive working relationships across functions, businesses, regions, and levels of the organization.
• Represent the program professionally in interactions with employees, leaders, vendors, universities, and external partners.

Systems, Data & Administration

• Maintain accurate program information across Microsoft Planner, SharePoint, Teams, Loop, Forms, Excel, and other program platforms.
• Establish consistent data-management practices across cohorts and regions.
• Maintain participant, instructor, financial, schedule, and program performance data.
• Ensure program documentation is current, organized, accessible, and appropriately controlled.
• Reporting, Governance & Controls
• Maintain dashboards and reporting for participation, completion, delivery status, instructor capability, financial performance, and other program measures.
• Prepare regular status reporting for program leadership and governance forums.
• Ensure established program processes, controls, approvals, and documentation requirements are followed.
• Identify gaps in operating processes and recommend corrective actions.

Required Skills & Prior Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.
• 2–5 years of experience in project management, program management, operations, learning/program delivery, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Strong project management skills, i…