Senior Project Manager

Company: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

Working at MIT offers opportunities, an environment, a culture - and benefits - that just aren't found together anywhere else. If you're curious, motivated, want to be part of a unique community, and help shape the future - then take a look at this opportunity. SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER, Mechanical Engineering (MechE), to be responsible for the management, operations, strategic planning, and implementation of the USAID BRIDGE-Train Award, which is estimated to be a $15M award over five years to build the innovation and research capacity of higher education institutions in Guatemala and neighboring Central American countries. Responsibilities include producing, operationalizing, and managing the implementation of the workplan and other operational plans; managing the production of deliverables; managing project activities to ensure that the team meets its objectives within budget and timelines; developing and managing the budget; managing personnel on the MIT team; serving as the liaison with the project manager at two institutions receiving subawards; establishing and managing relationships with subawardees and professional service providers; serving as the liaison to USAID; incorporating results of the monitoring, learning, and evaluation activities, and developing recommendations for improvements; and developing and executing communication strategies.

A full job description is available at https://meche.mit.edu/sites/default/files/Sr%20Project%20Manager%20USAID.pdf . Job Requirements
REQUIRED: a bachelor's degree in international affairs, public administration, public policy, or a project-related technical field; at least five years' administration or operations and/or project management experience and at least one year of experience leading and/or managing projects of similar size and scope; excellent project management skills; experience managing projects with multiple partners to achieve objectives on time and within budget; ability to write and speak succinctly and effectively in English and preferably in Spanish; and ability to create and maintain effective working relationships with a diversity of people within collaborator institutions. PREFERRED: a master's degree and supervisory/management experience. Job #19139-10
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Salary range: $90-100,000

Funding for this project has not been awarded. If the team is successful in the proposal process, the award will be made in March 2021. An offer will be dependent on receiving the award. This will be a five-year term position.


12/2/20 Mechanical Engineering Full-Time Temporary MIT is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin. MIT's full policy on Nondiscrimination can be found here . MIT considers equivalent combinations of experience and education for certain jobs. All candidates who believe they possess equivalent experience and education are encouraged to apply.Privacy and Accessibility

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