Senior Program Manager, Technology at Realityworks
United States
$110k - $140k
<div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;' data-pasted="true"><strong><span style="font-size: 19px; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Join Our Team at </span></strong><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 19px;">RW Thrive!</span></strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Who We Are</strong></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br> RW Thrive is the parent organization of three innovative companies making an impact through education and technology: <strong>Realityworks</strong>, known for experiential learning tools used in classrooms worldwide; <strong>CreXo</strong>, a leader in creative robotics education; and <strong>Realityworks AI</strong>, focused on developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions and education simulations for learners. While RW Thrive may be new to your radar, our companies are well-established in their respective industries. Together, we are committed to empowering learners, educators, and organizations with the tools, technology, and experiences they need to thrive in an ever-evolving world.</span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Why Join Us?</strong></span></p><ul><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Employee-owned company with a collaborative culture</li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Mission-driven work supporting educators and learners</li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Opportunity to shape the future of technology in education</li><li style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Competitive salary and benefits package</li></ul><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>The Opportunity</strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">As our <strong>Senior Program Manager</strong>, you'll serve as the connective force behind major technology and software initiatives, ensuring strategy translates into measurable results. You'll establish delivery excellence across programs, provide portfolio-level visibility into priorities and resources, and help teams stay focused on what matters most. By partnering with leadership, internal teams, and external vendors, you'll drive accountability, remove barriers, and keep critical projects moving forward. </span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong>This is an exciting opportunity for a curious, decisive, and resourceful leader who is comfortable stepping into complexity, validating the path forward, and building the delivery discipline needed for the organization to scale. </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:.5in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Work Location</strong></span></p><div style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;'><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">RW Thrive is headquartered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. This is a remote position, working from a home office, with occasional in-person visits to headquarters as business needs require. There is no fixed recurring in-office schedule. </li></ul></div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:.5in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Candidates must reside in one of the following states:</strong></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, or Wisconsin</span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></span></p><div style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;'><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Translate leadership priorities and strategic objectives into executable program plans with defined owners, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and target dates.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Build and manage integrated delivery schedules across multiple concurrent programs, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and external commitments.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Own and maintain the action register as the single source of truth for commitments, including ownership, due dates, status, and accountability.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Establish and lead a consistent delivery governance cadence, monitoring progress, resolving overdue items, and escalating exceptions or risks as needed.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Define and manage release, decision, and delivery gates with clear criteria, target dates, and accountable decision-makers.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Provide portfolio-level oversight of priorities, dependencies, risks, schedule conflicts, and competing demands to support leadership decision-making.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Evaluate resource capacity across internal teams and external vendors, identify constraints and concentration risks, and recommend allocation adjustments to support delivery commitments.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Establish and maintain consistent program management standards, processes, tools, reporting practices, and accountability frameworks across assigned programs.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Provide functional leadership and guidance to project and program management resources, promoting consistent execution and delivery excellence.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Coordinate launch, release-readiness, and go-live activities, ensuring critical dependencies, decisions, and commitments are actively managed.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Develop and maintain evidence-based program reporting, leveraging SQL, spreadsheets, business intelligence tools, and other data sources to validate status and support decision-making.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Continuously improve delivery processes, reporting, accountability, risk management, and program management practices as organizational needs evolve.</li></ul></div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>What You’ll Bring</strong></span></p><div style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;'><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Seven or more years of progressive experience managing complex technology, software delivery, or enterprise programs, including responsibility for multiple concurrent initiatives and cross-functional stakeholders</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Demonstrated experience managing action registers, backlogs, integrated schedules, or similar delivery tracking systems</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Experience running release-readiness, stage-gate, or comparable decision processes with documented exit criteria</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Demonstrated experience reporting program status, risks, dependencies, and delivery confidence to senior leadership</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Proficiency with SQL or strong spreadsheet and business intelligence skills sufficient to independently analyze program data</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Demonstrated expertise in software delivery, program management, portfolio oversight, and driving complex initiatives from planning through release.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Solid analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities, including assessing risks, dependencies, resource capacity, and delivery commitments using data-driven insights.</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, build alignment, drive accountability, and operate independently in fast-paced, evolving environments.</li></ul></div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:.5in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Desired Qualifications</strong></span></p><div style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;'><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Experience inheriting a delivery plan or program that had drifted and rebuilding confidence, accountability, and execution discipline</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Experience coordinating work across external vendors or partner teams in addition to internal teams</li><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Experience in education technology, healthcare simulation, or another regulated delivery environment</li></ul></div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Travel Requirements</strong></span></p><div style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;'><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;list-style-type: disc;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Travel requirements to be determined based on business needs</li></ul></div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong>Compensation</strong></span></p><div style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;'><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;list-style-type: disc;margin-left: 0in;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">The expected compensation range for this position is $110,000 - $140,000 annually. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience, qualifications, and geographic location.</span></li></ul></div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;margin:0in;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong> </strong></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;margin:0in;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px;">Learn More</span></strong></span></p><div style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;'><ul style="margin-bottom:0in;list-style-type: disc;margin-left: 0in;"><li style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Discover more about our mission and impact at </span><a href="http://www.rwthrive.com" target="_blank" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">www.rwthrive.com</span></a><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span></li></ul></div><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;line-height:normal;'><em><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">RW Thrive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.</span></em></p><p style='margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:16px;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;font-size:11.0pt;'><br></p></div>
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