Codecademy

Subject Matter Expert: Project Management, Codecademy for Business

Codecademy

Remote job description

At this time, we can only accept applicants that are over the age of 18 and are currently located in one of the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WI.

About Codecademy

Hello, World! Codecademy has helped tens of millions of learners upgrade their careers, build meaningful projects and gain confidence in their skills with engaging, accessible, and flexible education on programming and data skills. We provide hands-on interactive lessons ranging from Python to R to Javascript and everything in between. Our learners have gone on to start companies, new jobs, and new lives thanks to what they've learned with Codecademy, and we're thrilled to be working to take that impact to the next level.

Codecademy was started in 2011 by two college students in a dorm room at Columbia that were frustrated by the huge gap between education and employment. A decade later, we are a rapidly growing, diverse team of about 200 distributed through North America and headquartered in SoHo, NYC. We've raised over $87.5m in venture capital funding from top investors including Kleiner Perkins, Naspers, Owl Ventures, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, and more.

If you want to help build a business that impacts tens of millions of people each year and helps them lead better lives, join us!

Codecademy is looking for a Project Management Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide guidance on upcoming project management content. The SME will work with our Codecademy for Business unit to outline high-level requirements project management content on the Codecademy for Business roadmap and provide reviews of finalized content for technical accuracy. The Project Management Subject Matter Expert provides the Codecademy for Business Curriculum team with specialized, up-to-date, nuanced insight into how their specialty is used and what content should be taught. This is a paid, remote, contract position, with a typical commitment of 1-5 hours per week.

What You'll Do

  • Work with Curriculum Developers to design a syllabus, scope, and outline requirements for project management content on the Codecademy for Business curriculum roadmap.
  • Review the final products created by content contributors for technical accuracy and provide clear, specific, actionable feedback.
  • Evaluate existing learning paths and identify any serious gaps in content.
  • Provide clear explanations of technical concepts.

What You'll Need

  • 5+ years of experience working in project management
  • Extensive knowledge of project management methodologies including:
  • Waterfall
  • Agile (Scrum, Kanban)
  • Six Sigma
  • Prince2
  • The ability to provide clear, actionable, specific, and empathetic feedback and explanation
  • A strong command of written and spoken English
  • What Will Make You Stand Out
  • 10+ years of experience in project management
  • PMP Certification
  • Experience teaching / leading training sessions on project management
  • Experience in online education at scale
  • Experience using the Codecademy platform
  • This is a contract, remote position. You can expect anywhere from ~1-5 hours of work per week, with the freedom to work wherever and at whatever times you want.
  • At this time, we can only accept applicants that are over the age of 18 and are currently located in one of the following states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, and WI.**Equal Employment Opportunity

Equal Employment Opportunity

Codecademy is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, religion, creed, age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, military or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. As an equal opportunities employer, we recognize that diversity is a positive attribute and we welcome the differences and benefits that a diverse culture brings.

Summary
Company name: Codecademy
Remote job title: Subject Matter Expert: Project Management, Codecademy for Business
Job tags: pre-revenue, freemium, education

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