Senior Program Manager - Government Funding - Remote Opportunity

Description

Futures start here.

Where first steps, new friendships, and confident learners are born.

At KinderCare Learning Companies, the first and only early childhood education provider recognized with the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, we offer a variety of early education and child care options for families.

We pave the way for their lifelong learning journey ahead.

And we want you to join us in shaping a future we can all be proud to share-in neighborhoods, at work, and in schools nationwide.

At KinderCare Learning Companies, you'll use your skills and expertise to support the work (and fun) that happens in our sites and centers every day.

From marketers and strategists to financial analysts and data engineers, and so much more, we're all passionate about crafting a world where children, families, and organizations can thrive.

As Senior Government Funding Program Manager, you'll lead all aspects of projects related to government funding including, but not limited to: tuition subsidy, military, quality incentive funding, program grants, project grants, and workforce funding.

You'll build strong relationships and collaborate within KinderCare's Government Advocacy and Funding team, and with business partners and field leaders to deliver an outstanding experience and influence program outcomes.
Responsibilities:


* Develop and maintain project plans; including documentation, schedules, forecasting, planning, issue/risk, organizational change, meeting facilitation, meeting notes and status reporting.


* Navigate projects to successful completion by influencing partners at all levels.

Ensure successful delivery of projects by planning mitigation strategies and overcoming obstacles that pose a risk to project completion.


* Develop strong relationships with all KinderCare teams and act as liaison when trouble-shooting roadblocks; sometimes navigating contentious situations and opposing views.

Connect and present at various levels within the organization, including the executive team.


* Operate as a collaborative team member, soliciting and providing support and being open to both giving and receiving feedback.


* Handle the overall sustainability plan for funding, deliver presentations to provide visibility on program success.


* Facilitate meetings and collaboration among cross-functional teams, providing consistency and driving the program forward.


* Defining and connecting processes and driving completion of objectives and key results each quarter.

Qualifications



* Experience leading large projects with oversight of project budgets in a large matrixed organization.


* Adept at change leadership, able to influence business partners across all levels of the organization.


* Able to set expectations and create action plans on cross functional projects to move large scale enterprise projects forward and deliver on time.


* Can efficiently balance business needs with needs of individual em...