Location: Remote

Travel: Up to 2 weeks of travel during the summer plus occasional travel throughout the year

Employment Type: Full-time, exempt

Salary Range: $73,300-$80,630

Benefits: High-quality health and dental insurance, paid vacation, employer-matched retirement plan

The Organization

At Thrive Scholars, we provide high-achieving students from low-income communities the opportunities they need to thrive at top colleges and in meaningful careers.

Our comprehensive and data-driven program model focuses on the key inflection points that can be the difference between graduating from any college and graduating from a top college with the grades, degree, career skills, and network needed to thrive in any career. Thrive Scholars originated in Los Angeles as South Central Scholars (“SCS”) twenty years ago. Over this time, the organization has refined its program model and, in the last five years, has focused on expanding nationally; reaching more high-achieving students from low-income communities, growing the number of Scholars we serve; and deepening our program impact. 

Thrive Scholars has begun to grow its footprint with new summer program offerings in three additional cities. The organization has approximately 65 year-round employees and close to 200 summer employees.

Scholar Learning Experiences:

Thrive Scholars' impact depends not only on what happens in the classroom but on the digital ecosystem that supports Scholars throughout their journey. The Scholar Learning Experiences team designs and operates the online curricula, platforms, and tools that shape how Scholars engage with Thrive programming outside of in-person instruction at Summer Academy. Looking ahead, Scholar Learning Experiences will continue to strengthen and expand our digital infrastructure so that every Scholar, regardless of location or program, has a seamless and engaging experience with Thrive.

The Position: 

The Program Manager will be an experienced project manager who can coordinate and manage processes with impactful scholar learning experiences as their north star. Successful candidates for this role are passionate about developing scalable efficient procedures and have experience doing so for programs that cater to supporting talented students who are first-generation college students. Candidates with experience in education administration are preferred.

This is not a scholar-facing role, but rather a behind-the-scenes role supporting the staff and systems that facilitate a world-class scholar learning experience. This position will report to the MD of Scholar Learning Experiences.

Key Responsibilities: 

Organizational Learning Strategy

• Collaborate with program teams to ensure the smooth delivery of all scholar learning experiences throughout the 6-year journey
• In collaboration with the MD, Scholar Learning Experiences, document and maintain the organization’s multi-year program map that outlines outcomes and learning experiences throughout the 6-year journey
• Provide direct oversight and mentorship to program interns

Technology and Platform Strategy

• Serve as the administrator for Scholar-facing platforms, including the Canvas LMS
• Manage Scholar and staff enrollments in the various platforms, including academic course rosters for Summer Academy and program-related enrollments throughout the academic year
• Provide troubleshooting and support to staff and scholars
• Create and maintain reports, dashboards, and data views in Salesforce, with the ability to translate business needs into actionable insights and support data-informed decision-making.
• In collaboration with members of the program teams, explore the use of artificial intelligence, simulations, and other emerging technologies to enhance and streamline the scholar learning experience
• Set up integrations between various platforms
• Work with external curricular and technology vendors and partners 

Summer Academies Program Support 

• Provide support and training to seasonal staff members (primarily faculty, academic coordinators, teaching assistants, and site directors), maintaining excellent relationships by supporting timely responses and follow-through during collaboration
• Ensure that the academic program is appropriately resourced throughout the summer, with timely response to the needs of Faculty, Academic Coordinators, and Teaching Assistants
• Provide support for summer program close-out data evaluation and collection and review processes, including the creation of pre- and post-assessments in Canvas 

Project Management & Execution

• Manage projects from start to finish, including setting clear goals, creating timelines, and making sure work gets done on time
• Use Asana to organize projects, assign tasks, track progress, and keep deadlines up to date
• Keep teams aligned by sharing updates, following up on next steps, and making sure everyone knows what they’re responsible for
• Build and improve simple, clear processes so projects run smoothly and consistently across teams

Other job duties within the general scope of the role may be assigned.

Qualifications and Experience:
There are innumerable ways to learn, grow and excel professionally. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. The qualifications and experiences listed below are intended as a guide; we do not expect candidates to check every box. If you believe you can meet the expectations and responsibilities of this position, we want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work.

• 4+ years of professional experience
• 2+ years of experience in K-12 or higher education settings, with a preference for those with a background in education administration
• Familiarity with LMS administration and similar learning platforms
• Project management experience in an education, non-profit, and/or college access setting
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks and projects concurrently at a high level 
• Understanding of data and database systems (Salesforce experience preferred)
• Expertise with instructional design and learning sciences principles preferred
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Commitment to the Thrive Scholars mission

Equal Employment Opportunities:

Thrive Scholars provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status. We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds to apply.

For more information, please visit thrivescholars.org