Technical Project Manager

How to Apply

A cover letter and resume are important submissions for the hiring team to get a sense of your experience. In the cover letter, in two pages or less, please let us know how this role aligns with your career aspirations and skills - specifically, share an example of how you have evaluated, piloted, or managed an emerging technology initiative. Submit both a cover letter and resume as one file (because of system limitations).
 

Who We Are

Through curricular innovation, tools for student success, and educational research and analytics, the University of Michigan Center for Academic Innovation is building the future of education. Our vision is a future in which education connects and empowers learners everywhere to reach their full potential throughout their lives. To realize our vision, we make it our mission to collaborate across campus and around the world to create equitable, lifelong educational opportunities for learners everywhere.

About the Educational Technology Accelerator

The EdTech Accelerator at CAI identifies, evaluates, and pilots innovative educational technologies to enhance learning experiences for millions of learners around the world. We work at the frontier of AI-enabled learning tools, Extended Reality, and scalable pedagogical innovation - partnering with faculty, platform teams, and external vendors to bring the most promising solutions to Michigan Online and U-M's broader educational ecosystem. Our team bridges the gap between cutting-edge edtech and real-world implementation, ensuring that new tools are assessed through both a rigorous pedagogical lens and a practical institutional one. 

For more information, please visit our website: Academic Innovation.
 

Responsibilities*

• Apply project management skills across EdTech Accelerator strategic initiatives including partner communication, team and process management, and quality assurance in collaboration with faculty, CAI teams, administrators, vendors, and external partners.
• Manage project tasks including scoping, meeting scheduling, communication plans, budget management, and resource allocation to ensure execution and consistency of deliverables across the EdTech Accelerator portfolio, including pilot programs on Michigan Online.
• Scout, source, and evaluate emerging EdTech tools and trends to identify candidates for piloting on Michigan Online and other CAI platforms. Build and maintain a landscape of relevant vendors, startups, and research developments.
• Support faculty adoption of emerging technologies by helping launch and coordinate Faculty Innovation Workshops, and showcasing faculty-led teaching innovations through demos, and campus events.
• Develop detailed project plans to track progress using project management tools and platforms; adjust plans and deliver successful outcomes across concurrent, ambiguous, and exploratory projects.
• Facilitate meetings and communication channels to ensure clear exchange of information among project partners, including faculty, LXDs, platform teams, and external vendors.
• Create, develop, and implement project documentation and best practices for the EdTech Accelerator domain and across CAI teams, including evaluation frameworks for assessing new tools against pedagogical and institutional criteria.
• Work with copyright personnel, accessibility experts, design teams, faculty, and third-party vendors to ensure that EdTech initiatives comply with relevant policies regarding design thinking, copyright, accessibility, privacy, and data access.
• Participate in ongoing learning and application of project management methodologies and emerging trends in AI, XR, online learning, and educational technology to support continuous innovation.

What You'll Do

As a member of the Educational Technology (Edtech) Accelerator team, you will sit at the intersection of AI & XR learning innovation and project execution. As a Technical Project Manager, you will collaborate with a diverse team including learning experience designers, faculty, developers, platform teams, and external vendors to advance initiatives that bring emerging educational technologies to the University of Michigan and Michigan Online. You will play an important role across the full project lifecycle - from scouting and scoping new tools and trends, through piloting, evaluation, and delivery - ensuring that initiatives align with pedagogical goals, CAI's strategic priorities, and the needs of faculty and learners. The EdTech Innovation Project Manager will report directly to the Director of the Edtech Accelerator.

Required Qualifications*

• Bachelor's degree
• 2 or more years of project management experience in fields such as educational technology, instructional design, learning experience design, management of technology, or consulting
• Experience with project management tools such as Google Sheets, Trello, Asana, or similar platforms
• Demonstrated knowledge of emerging technology tools and applications in education, and experience working in higher education or with online learning platforms.
• Experience planning and delivering multiple simultaneous technology-focused projects involving diverse sets of partners
• Ability to respond to new information, shifting priorities, and unexpected challenges in ambiguous, exploratory environments
• Demonstrated interest or experience in scouting, evaluating, or piloting educational technology tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences (faculty, administrators, learners)
• Demonstrated ability to build relationships and collaborate effectively across diverse, cross-functional teams and with external partners
• Ability to learn and appropriately use new technologies to improve processes, communication, and outcomes, including AI-enabled tools where relevant to the role, consistent with university policy and job responsibilities.

Modes of Work

The work requirements allow both onsite and offsite work and an employee has an expected recurring onsite presence. On occasion, the employee may be required and must be available to work onsite more frequently if necessitated by unit leadership or their designee and/or the job requirements.

Additional Information

This is a 5year term-limited position with the possibility of renewal depending on funding. The position may be renewed or converted into an open-ended base appointment.

Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

The mode of work for this position is Hybrid with a minimum of 4 days in the office per week, Monday through Thursday, with an option of remote work on Fridays. On occasion, you may be required and must be available to work onsite on Fridays if necessitated by our center's policy and domain leadership or by your job requirements.

The salary for this position will be based upon the selected candidate's education and experience.

We support the creative, responsible, and ethical use of AI tools to enhance our work, in alignment with institutional policies and best practices.

Excellent benefits are available, for details, see http://benefits.umich.edu/

Organizational Statement on Harassment

We believe all individuals deserve to be treated with respect and dignity and have the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes mutual respect and a safe space for collaboration. Any concerns shared with any staff members and student employees in the Center for Academic Innovation will be reported to the Equity, Civil Rights, & Title IX Office to be reviewed and addressed, and the Center for Academic Innovation encourages reporting of any forms of harassment including sexual and gender-based harassment.

Salary Information

The general salary range for this position is $68,000.00 - $74,000.00. Candidates can expect to be paid a competitive and equitable salary. Factors used to determine salary include education level, experience, knowledge and skills for the position and salaries that are currently established within the unit. All candidates are encouraged to discuss salary questions to honor alignment and transparency throughout the recruiting process.
 

Background Screening

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
 

Application Deadline

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.
 

Decision Making Process

Applications will be reviewed as received throughout the posting period and continue until the position is filled.
 

U-M EEO Statement

The University of Michigan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.