Project Manager

BibliU • Full-time • Remote (Hybrid in Lexington, Kentucky, United States) • 3w ago

Fast Facts

Join BibliU as a Project Manager, where you will coordinate projects across teams in a fast-paced environment, driving innovation in educational technology.

Responsibilities: You will manage project timelines, facilitate communication between teams, track progress, and coordinate operational efforts to deliver educational content efficiently.

Skills: Strong project management skills, excellent communication, ability to prioritize tasks, and a methodical approach to information tracking and problem-solving are required.

Qualifications: 2-4 years experience in project management, ideally in a start-up or scale-up environment; experience in SaaS is preferred.

Location: US Remote (Eastern or Central)

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $80,000 - $120,000.

Position Title: Project Manager

Reports to: Head of PMO

Location: US Remote (Eastern or Central)

Contract type: Full-Time, Permanent

About BibliU

BibliU is an award-winning education company that provides Day 1 access to affordable course materials, making learning more equitable and effective, in addition to providing campus store management. We partner with over 3,000 educational publishers, including Pearson, Oxford University Press, and Wiley, to offer a wide range of high-quality content to students. Our platform provides rich engagement data to academics and allows students to find information faster. We have disrupted the textbook industry by reducing the cost of education significantly and increasing publisher sales.

Founded in late-2015, we are a rapidly growing company transforming the way students and educators access and interact with learning materials. Our revenue has grown rapidly, with 90% CAGR in the last three years to $100m per year. We raised $21m in a Series B funding round led by Nesta Impact Investments, with participation from Guinness Asset Management, Stonehage Fleming, and Oxford Sciences Enterprises.

In late 2023, we acquired Texas Book Company (now ‘BibliU Campus’) in order to deliver a more complete solution of products and services to higher ed students, faculty and administrators across the US. Since the addition of BibliU Campus, our US organic growth has exploded and is now 90% of our business. We are very excited about our growth and are expanding the team to meet our new market potential!

We are a diverse and inclusive team of professionals who are passionate about education and technology. Our culture is fast-paced, innovative, and dynamic, and we are always looking for talented individuals to join our team. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in edtech and campus store management, BibliU is the perfect place for you. Join us and help revolutionize the way students and educators access and interact with learning materials.

Position Overview

As a Project Manager, you will be responsible for a variety of projects, working across teams to coordinate activities, manage timelines and communicate both internally and externally. You will be expected to take initiative and assume the role of leader across varied scenarios. Where possible, part of your role will be to spot gaps and opportunities, then take initiative in coordinating projects to improve what you have identified.

Part of your role will be keeping track of information in a fast paced environment and working to create systems that are scalable and easy to understand, so that other team members can self-serve information using the systems you create and maintain. You will also be expected to facilitate and lead customer and internal meetings, including preparation and post-meeting work.

During busy periods, you will be responsible for coordinating operational teams to deliver the online book content required for each account. This will include monitoring timelines, helping teams to prioritise works according to the needs of the business overall and troubleshooting issues. In order to be able to help troubleshoot issues, you will be expected to get to grips with what teams do on a daily basis and use our technology to problem solve issues.

What you will be doing:

Initiating, creating, maintaining and updating project plans
Overseeing cross-team collaboration and communication
Tracking work across teams and/or developing systems that make this information visible
Ensuring teams are appropriately resourced for requirements
Tracking risks, issues and lessons learned over time
Taking responsibility for internal timelines and escalating risks/issues
Managing and developing relationships with external stakeholders
Working alongside Product to ensure successful testing, training, and rollout of initiatives, then measuring initiative success
Occasional travel to accounts to meet customers and work on new account transitions

What we are looking for:

Must have

Central/Eastern timezone location
Prior experience as a Project/Delivery/Programme Manager (2-4 years)
Experience working at a start-up or scale-up
Excellent communication - ability to tailor communication depending on the stakeholder
Ability to synthesise information quickly, then communicate in a clear, succinct manner
Ability to juggle priorities and independently prioritise your own tasks
An organised and methodical approach to keeping track of information
Openness to rapid change and ambiguity

Good to have

Strong negotiator
Ability to think strategically about details and the bigger picture
Team leadership experience and ability to inspire others
Background in consultancy
Experience working at a SaaS company

Benefits

Our benefits are all aimed at supporting a healthy work-life balance and cultivating a company culture where you can bring your whole, human self to work.

Here's what we offer:

🌴 35 holiday per year - yep, that’s not a typo! (in addition to public holidays)
🎂 Your birthday off
🌱 12 scheduled company wellness Fridays off per year (in addition to your vacation entitlement)
🩺 Medical, vision & dental insurance (BibliU contributing 70% of all monthly premiums);
📄 401k plan (Company Match: 100% of the first 3%; 50% of the next 2%)
❤️ Enhanced maternity & paternity allowance
⏰ Flexible working hours - we’re a remote team spread across the US, the EU, and even Australia!
💻 Work-from-home allowance to help you set up your dream WFH station

We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds, experiences and identities to apply. Each new hire is an opportunity for us to bring in a different perspective and BibliU is committed to building an inclusive and supportive workplace where everyone can do rewarding work.