Executive Project Manager, Training

DEVLINHAIR Productions, Inc. (DH) is seeking an experienced project-management executive to join our Learning & Development department as Executive Project Manager, Training This individual will lead portfolio planning and project delivery, overseeing the standards, resources, and processes that support successful learning and training engagements.

Reporting to the Vice President, Learning & Development, this individual directly supervises the Project Manager, Training; Training Coordinator; and other project-management leaders or team members as assigned.

Role Overview

The Executive Project Manager, Training leads the project-management function supporting DH’s Learning & Development portfolio. This role establishes governance, capacity planning, delivery standards, and executive oversight to ensure programs are completed on time, within scope, within budget, and at the expected quality level.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain the project-management operating model, standards, tools, templates, and governance for the learning and training portfolio.
• Lead portfolio planning, prioritization, staffing, scheduling, and resource allocation across concurrent client engagements.
• Provide executive oversight for complex, high-value, high-risk, and strategically important projects.
• Supervise, coach, and develop the Director of Project Management and assigned project-management staff.
• Review scopes of work, schedules, budgets, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery plans before project launch.
• Monitor portfolio performance using dashboards, forecasts, utilization reports, risk logs, and client-health indicators.
• Ensure consistent change-control, status-reporting, escalation, documentation, and closeout practices.
• Partner with Finance to monitor revenue recognition, billing milestones, project costs, margins, and forecast accuracy.
• Collaborate with learning strategists, designers, facilitators, producers, creative teams, and technology partners.
• Anticipate resource constraints, delivery conflicts, and financial risks and implement corrective action.
• Support pricing, proposal development, staffing estimates, and project approaches for new business opportunities.
• Lead executive client communications related to delivery status, major decisions, risks, and recovery plans.
• Evaluate and implement project-management platforms, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.
• Promote continuous improvement through lessons learned, process analysis, and team capability development.
• Ensure project practices support confidentiality, accessibility, quality, and applicable client requirements.
• Perform additional duties as assigned to support the overall success of the team.

Qualifications

Required Skills & Abilities

• Enterprise project and portfolio management.
• Leadership of managers and multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Advanced budgeting, forecasting, capacity planning, risk management, and change control.
• Executive communication, client management, negotiation, and conflict resolution.
• Strong command of project-management software, reporting tools, and collaboration platforms.
• Ability to make timely decisions using incomplete or rapidly changing information.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaborate as part of a team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in learning, training, meetings, events, production, consulting, or agency environments.
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, Scrum, or comparable certification.
• Experience managing global, hybrid, digital, or large-scale learning programs.
• Experience implementing project-management offices, systems, or standardized delivery methodologies.
• Demonstrated success improving project profitability, predictability, and client satisfaction.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, business, communications, education, operations, or a related field.
• Master’s degree or advanced project-management certification is preferred.
• Ten or more years of progressive project or program management experience.
• Five or more years of experience leading project managers or a project-management function.
• Equivalent combinations of education, certification, and relevant leadership experience may be considered.

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $175,000–$200,000 annually. Final base salary will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, qualifications, and the scope of responsibilities assigned to the role.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods of sitting and computer use, with the ability to change position as needed.
• Ability to communicate clearly through written, verbal, and virtual channels, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to travel periodically to client sites, training programs, and events.
• Occasional ability to move project or event materials weighing up to 20 pounds, with reasonable accommodation available.
• Ability to work in office, remote, hotel, conference, classroom, studio, and event settings.
• Occasional extended or nonstandard hours may be required during launches, live programs, or critical project periods.

Equal Opportunity Employer

DH is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on job-related qualifications and merit.