Project Manager, Content Products

About the role

We are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Project Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery lifecycle for our core content products– with the majority of work devoted to Yaqeen Curriculum but also providing assistance with Books, Papers, Blogs, Hashiya, and Data Studies, ensuring their seamless integration and ongoing management on our digital platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage the project delivery of curriculum materials, including lesson plans, resources, assessments, and multimedia assets
• Ensure curriculum is edited, formatted, and approved according to internal quality standards
• Coordinate with subject matter experts (SMEs), instructional designers, and content creators to facilitate workflows and meet deadlines
• Work with product managers and squad members to develop project schedules and delivery timelines, manage task assignments, track progress, and facilitate scope adjustments as needed
• Participate in Program Increment (PI) planning sessions to align content product roadmaps with portfolio priorities, identify cross-team dependencies, and commit to delivery objectives that support organizational goals
• Lead squad stand-ups, sprint planning calls, and retros to track progress, keep teams organized, and ensure output is predictable
• Career opportunities at Yaqeen Institute are subject to a three-month probationary period, during which we assess performance, alignment with our values, and mutual fit to ensure long-term success in the role.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Experience leading cross-functional projects in an Agile environment with a proven record of delivering digital or publishing projects on time and within scope
• Deep knowledge of managing content, workflows and user permissions within a CMS
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and participation in Program Increment planning preferred
• Experience writing project requirements for content projects and tools
• Experience coordinating the efforts of subject matter experts, engineers, marketers, product managers, and designers
• Proficiency in facilitating and driving consistency across all Agile ceremonies (program increments, portfolio planning, goals setting, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily scrums)
• Familiarity with multi-channel content distribution (social, email, app, organic search) and marketing coordination a plus
• Proficiency with modern project management and collaboration tools (Jira, Asana, Monday, ClickUp)

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading cross-functional projects in an Agile environment with a proven record of delivering digital or publishing projects on time and within scope
• Deep knowledge of managing content, workflows and user permissions within a CMS
• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and participation in Program Increment planning preferred
• Experience writing project requirements for content projects and tools
• Experience coordinating the efforts of subject matter experts, engineers, marketers, product managers, and designers
• Proficiency in facilitating and driving consistency across all Agile ceremonies (program increments, portfolio planning, goals setting, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and daily scrums)
• Familiarity with multi-channel content distribution (social, email, app, organic search) and marketing coordination a plus
• Proficiency with modern project management and collaboration tools (Jira, Asana, Monday, ClickUp)

Skills

• Project Management Professional (PMP) – PMI (Preferred)
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) – Scrum Alliance (Preferred)

Benefits

• Yaqeen Institute embraces a philosophy that values and promotes diversity

Pay

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Schedule

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