Corporate Social Responsibility Project Manager

When you join Verizon

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What you’ll be doing...

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Consultant will be responsible for supporting the building and maintenance of the Verizon Innovative Learning HQ learning portal (www.verizon.com/learning) with a goal of reaching 10M youth by 2030. The role will manage the moving parts of the platform project internally within Verizon and externally with our partners.

Overall responsibilities include:

• Manage master project plan, develop timelines and schedules, identify resources and best practices, develop processes and procedures to successfully manage and track the project to ensure deliverables are met.
• Organize meetings with all relevant parties and effectively communicate project expectations and status to team members and stakeholders; Summarize meetings and action items in order to coordinate project task completion.
• Manage communication and coordination between our development agency, internal Verizon teams and external content partners on portal build and content and systems integration.
• Create and update an executive summary of portal and content build progress.
• Make strategic decisions based on portal data analysis and industry trends.
• Collaborate with other members of the Verizon Innovative Learning team to determine how content partnerships will meet goals of the program and enhance K-12 education.
• Use a deep understanding of website development and project management to work with internal and external partners on large-scale portal implementation.
• Collaborate with other members of the Verizon Innovative Learning team, internal and external tech teams, and content partners to manage portal rollout in K-12 classrooms and determine key metrics.
• Analyze results and determine actions to course correct before website is impacted.
• Perform user focus groups to assess portal impact and progress towards student reach; report portal analytics with partners and Verizon Innovative Learning team.

Where you'll be working…

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.

What we’re looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Bachelor’s degree required or four or more years of work experience.
• Four or more years of relevant work experience leading technology initiatives.
• Willingness to travel.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Master’s degree.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or Scrum Master Certification.
• Understanding of Software Development methodologies (understanding of Agile preferred) and Product Development.
• Experience in website development.
• Understanding of technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

NYC candidates: Verizon requires new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for onsite and hybrid NYC roles. Verizon provides reasonable accommodations consistent with legal requirements (e.g., for medical or religious reasons). Additional information will be provided during the hiring process.