Remote Opportunity!

DaySmart is a provider of business management software that specializes in providing scheduling and workflow solutions to businesses around the world. We provide award-winning business software to over 200,000 users in a variety of industries. DaySmart is a fast-paced, rapidly growing company, and has been named to the Inc Magazine list of America’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies for eleven consecutive years!

To help us fuel accelerated growth, we are looking for an experienced Project/Release Manager

Summary

The Project Manager / Release Manager is a key role focused on the delivery of product releases and initiatives in alignment with the company’s strategic goals. This role spans multiple disciplines including project management, program management and release management. The Project Manager / Release Manager uses a network of relationships across departments to remove impediments, maximize flow of value, manage communication, and promote continuous improvement.

Job Responsibilities

• Facilitate the planning, communication, and execution of product/technology initiatives and releases.
• Facilitate initiative prioritization and workflow with the executive team, product leaders, and technology leaders.
• Establish and oversee release management process and standards across delivery teams, products, and platforms.
• Serve as a liaison between Technology and other departments to coordinate plans and activities for initiatives and releases.
• Provide project management for large, complex initiatives that span multiple teams and departments.
• Identify and manage dependencies across multiple projects using Agile principles. Communicate key dependencies identified, and resolutions to key issues, and key decisions.
• Identify key risks and issues and develop mitigation plans. Effectively resolve issues with a sense of urgency while understanding who to bring together to rapidly resolve issues.
• Plan and coordinate release schedules across the portfolio.
• Promote transparency, alignment, and collaboration between teams, departments, stakeholders, and leadership.
• Communicate plans, commitments, progress and changes for initiatives and releases to promote alignment and delivery flow.
• Identify action items and track them to completion.
• Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams and departments at different locations
• Continually work towards making improvements in the project management and release processes.

Requirements

• Project management: 6 years
• Release management: 2 years
• Solid understanding of Agile principles and practices
• 8-10 years of experience in software development environment
• Advanced knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functional teams and departments toward project / release completion
• Demonstrated effective leadership and analytical skills
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Experience using Jira and Confluence, preferably for release management and project management
• General PC knowledge including Microsoft Office products
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving and collaboration skills applied successfully within teams and broader organizations
• Strong communication skills that demonstrate a professional demeanor and the ability to establish trust
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, interpersonal and conflict management skills
• Autonomy – the ability to learn and adapt quickly and perform job duties independently without direct supervision
• Demonstrated ability to develop and use engaging, informative and compelling presentation methods
• Experience working with distributed, cross-functional teams across multiple time zones
• Formal training in project management practices preferred
• Professional Certifications preferred – PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, SAFe, etc.

DaySmart Software is pleased to offer a full range of benefits through our network of partners. We offer three medical plans through Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) and also offer a High Deductible Health Plan w/HSA. DaySmart offers voluntary coverage like Accident, Cancer Care, Critical Illness and Hospital Confinement as a supplement to your medical coverage. Dental, vision and tele-health access are also available. You also have access to a health care and/or dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs). Your benefit package also includes Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) insurance as well as Voluntary Life insurance. This includes short-term and long-term disability benefits.

DaySmart is committed to creating a diverse employee environment and is a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.

Company Overview

829 Studios has been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Privately Held Companies, Boston Business Journal's Fast 50 (Massachusetts' 50 Fastest-Growing Private Companies), and HubSpot's Top Digital Agencies list. Our projects and team members have received recognition from the Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI), Awwwards, and other marketing industry publications.  Our clients include venture-backed start-ups, publicly traded companies, non-profit organizations, and more.  We're proud to be working with Stanley Black & Decker, OARS, Micato Safaris, Hilton Hotels, REI, and many more.

Position Summary

Experience Design & Strategy (XDS) is a team within 829’s Brand and Web department that sets the strategic foundation for a wide range of projects and industries.  This team expertly balances the needs of clients and their audiences through valuable, conversion-oriented strategy.  The XDS team is responsible for stakeholder workshops, subject matter expert interviews, digital surveys, competitor analysis, persona development, information architecture, and sitemaps.

This position combines leading a team with some high-level client work.  The Director of Strategy & UX confidently leads a team of 6-8 Content and UX Strategists by recommending exercises, workshops, user tests, and documentation to conduct thorough research and put ideas into action.  The position collaborates closely with Directors from design, development, production, and client services to oversee optimal processes and workflows across the agency.

Responsibilities & Duties

• Team Management and Professional Development– Manage the career growth of XDS team members by providing feedback and opportunities to enhance their skills.  Lead recurring team meetings and individual check-ins with team members.
• Process Development & Management – Manage and evolve the processes required to do top-tier work.
• Inter-department Collaboration – Proactively bring challenges and opportunities for improvement to team leaders to advance the goals, initiatives, and work product of the XDS team.
• Client & Work Management – Ensure that client interactions and presentations are high-quality, polished, and appropriate for the target audience.  Support the team by providing leadership presence during high-profile presentations.
• New Business & Service Expansion Scoping – Review briefs, RFPs, and requests/tasks to provide guidance on the strategic effort, personnel, and exercises needed to complete the work.  Attend business development calls on behalf of XDS.
• Manage Resource Allocations – Collaborate with Account and Project Managers to ensure that each team member has an appropriate workload and is assigned to projects that are a good fit.

Qualifications & Skills

• At least 10 years of experience providing strategic guidance on website and/or branding projects.  While we will consider candidates with in-house experience, an agency background is preferred.
• A portfolio that clearly exhibits the ability to conduct research and translate your findings into extensive website architecture documentation like sitemaps and user flows.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
• The ability to problem-solve, confidently make decisions and lead projects with empathy and authority. 
• A firm understanding of how websites are built using waterfall and agile processes, and the awareness to collaborate with designers, developers, and other personnel when necessary.
• An understanding of integrated digital marketing and its various components.  The foresight and understanding to loop in additional marketing disciplines beyond web when appropriate.
• Experience with Figma or a similar tool for wireframe development.

Benefits and Perks

• Paid Time Off.Receive generous paid vacation benefits that increase as you advance.
• 401K + Match. 401K plan with 4% Safe Harbor employer match after one year of employment.
• Life Insurance Benefit.Coverage to ensure peace of mind for your family. 
• Short Term Disability Benefit.Injured and unable to come to work? We've got you covered!
• Healthcare.Choose from several competitive healthcare plans for both you and your family.
• Commuter Benefits. Allocate pre-tax funds towards your commute to save up to 40% per year in transportation expenses.
• HealthiestYou by TeleDoc: Mobile access to healthcare professionals in General Medicine, Mental Health, Neck and Back Care, Dermatology, Expert Medical Services (2nd opinion doctors), and Nutrition.
• Approved States for Remote Employees: MA, NH, RI, CT, ME, MO, NY, NC, TN, FL, AZ, and CA

DT Professional Services is seeking an S1000D Analyst to serves as Point of Contact in support of the Aegis Combat Systems (ACS) Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML). 

This position is responsible for the XML Development function which serves as the key interface for project engineering design and technical documentation as well as technical reporting for DoN contracts:                                

The S1000D Analyst provides technical and logistics services required for the accomplishment of Technical Manual (TM) development and updates based upon tasks relevant to Ship Change Document (SCD), Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), Configuration Control Board Directives (CCBD), ORDALT Instruction, and other Configuration Management (CM) documents.

The S1000D Analyst uses applications that interface with the Navy Information/Application Product Suite (NIAPS), the collection of hardware and software products deployed aboard ships in support of the Navy’s Distance Support effort.

The S1000D Analyst supports developments with regard to XML application for IT-21 terminals. The S1000D Analyst will create new and revise existing XML instances, based on the currently approved NAVSEA DTD and NAVSEA Integrated Publishing Process (SNIPP) to ensure that all Technical Manual Contract Requirements (TMCRs) are met. 

 You will be responsible for the accurate editing both format and structure for Technical Manuals for the Department of Navy structured electronic manuals in SGML, native XML and S1000D in compliance per Navy approved DTDs hosted within a Common Source Database.

Additional Duties:   

•  Performs the overall planning, and coordination of configuration and Data Module (DM) management functions.         
• Creates and assessing workflow processes for configuration identification, configuration control and configuration status.                                                                            
• Supports project management for various programs including establishing goals, developing flow charts.

Basic Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD secret clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field is desired.   
• 5-8 years’ experience on US Navy or Aerospace programs. 
• 2-5 years’ experience using technical documentation in a military environment, the Department of Defense or foreign military customers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 - 10 years of experience in a Technical Publications Development role.             
• 3 years of experience authoring XML data, and using Life Cycle Management Software, and Project Tracking and/or Workflow Management Software. 
• Experience with desktop publishing software (e.g. PTC Arbotext, Adobe FrameMaker) designed to automate authoring and publishing processes for technical documentation.
• Experience with XML editors and S1000D international specification for technical publication or MIL-STD- 400511/2. 
• Knowledge of Computer Hardware and Disk Publishing System operations & maintenance, and software applications is required.

Bilingual Insurance Sales Virtual Trainer 

About Us:Lopez Auto Insurance is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. With 10 years of experience, we’ve also grown to have multiple office locations in Dallas, Carrollton, Garland, and we are continuing to expand! We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We appreciate the hard work and effort from our employees! 

About the Role:We are seeking a Virtual Trainer to provide training to new hire Insurance Agents.

• Prepares new insurance agents by conducting orientation to the insurance sales process.
• Be accountable for graduating trained Policy Sales Agents that can achieve the mastery of Insurance Quoting & Sales process and systems
• Conducts exercise sessions for new sales employees.
• Observes sales encounters and collects feedback, results, and performance data of trainees after sessions.
• Coordinates with store managers.
• Structures training plans to meet financial objectives.
• Hires and onboards new sales trainees.

Qualifications and Skills: The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Must be bilingual with excellent verbal & written communication skills in English and Spanish.
• Must have at least 3 year of insurance sales experience
• Ability to design effective training programs
• Outstanding coaching skills
• Great organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to measure performance
• Experience with building and developing teams
• Must work in a designated office space to project a professional environment
• Must have a background, noise and distraction free office space at all times

Position Type:Full-Time

Pay:$13 - $17 based on experience

Company's website:http://www.lopezinsurance.com

Company's Facebook page:https://www.facebook.com/lopezautoinsurancecompany

We’re looking to add a Senior Business Development Manager to our Revenue team. This new team member will be instrumental in growing our business internationally as we continue to make the retail world a better, more sustainable place.

At Nextail, we empower retailers to create better experiences while using fewer of the world's resources. The cloud-based platform uses artificial intelligence, prescriptive analytics, and optimization to deliver agile merchandising decisions. To date, we’re backed by more than $12M in funding from leading venture capital investors and are working with global retailers like Versace, River Island, and Pepe Jeans.

The ideal candidate has solid experience in selling solutions to global retailers, ideally either with anenterprise SaaScompany orretail consultancy. We’re looking for someone that is resourceful, a strong team player, and is knowledgeable about the challenges facing retailers today.

You will be:

• Helping retailers become more agile by adopting new merchandising processes that rely on being customer centric and data driven

• Defining and executing sales strategies in complex sales processes from the first meeting to contract closing

• Collaborating with different teams including lead generation on defining target accounts and product experts to explain the value of Nextail to C-level executives at some of the world’s largest retail organizations

• Based in the UK

We offer:

• High flexibility: We’re strong believers that what matters most are results. Each Nextailer is empowered, through trust and ownership, to organize their time as they see fit without jeopardizing the time or work of their colleagues.
• Remote-first philosophy: Nextail started as a remote company and continues to offer a nice mix of remote and/or office-based environments around the world.
• International environment: We operate across the globe, with recent operations reaching from Europe all the way to Australia, and our team alone consists of professionals of more than 15 different nationalities. While many of us are multilingual, our working language is English.
• Diversity on all levels: United as a single team, we celebrate diversity at every dimension*. Professionally speaking, are you ready to work alongside tech geniuses, data science magicians, and fashionistas? You’ll have teammates with extensive experience in a wide variety of professional fields, including technology, retail, consulting and entrepreneurship.
• The laptop of your choice: We want you to work with the tools that are most comfortable for you!
• Flexible compensation plan: We offer a fixed + variable salary as well as company equity as we progress towards our Series B fundraising round.

We’re looking to add a Senior Business Development Manager to our Revenue team. This new team member will be instrumental in growing our business internationally as we continue to make the retail world a better, more sustainable place.

At Nextail, we empower retailers to create better experiences while using fewer of the world's resources. The cloud-based platform uses artificial intelligence, prescriptive analytics, and optimization to deliver agile merchandising decisions. To date, we’re backed by more than $12M in funding from leading venture capital investors and are working with global retailers like Versace, River Island, and Pepe Jeans.

The ideal candidate has solid experience in selling solutions to global retailers, ideally either with anenterprise SaaScompany orretail consultancy. We’re looking for someone that is resourceful, a strong team player, and is knowledgeable about the challenges facing retailers today.

You will be:

• Helping retailers become more agile by adopting new merchandising processes that rely on being customer centric and data driven

• Defining and executing sales strategies in complex sales processes from the first meeting to contract closing

• Collaborating with different teams including lead generation on defining target accounts and product experts to explain the value of Nextail to C-level executives at some of the world’s largest retail organizations

• Based in the UK

We offer:

• High flexibility: We’re strong believers that what matters most are results. Each Nextailer is empowered, through trust and ownership, to organize their time as they see fit without jeopardizing the time or work of their colleagues.
• Remote-first philosophy: Nextail started as a remote company and continues to offer a nice mix of remote and/or office-based environments around the world.
• International environment: We operate across the globe, with recent operations reaching from Europe all the way to Australia, and our team alone consists of professionals of more than 15 different nationalities. While many of us are multilingual, our working language is English.
• Diversity on all levels: United as a single team, we celebrate diversity at every dimension*. Professionally speaking, are you ready to work alongside tech geniuses, data science magicians, and fashionistas? You’ll have teammates with extensive experience in a wide variety of professional fields, including technology, retail, consulting and entrepreneurship.
• The laptop of your choice: We want you to work with the tools that are most comfortable for you!
• Flexible compensation plan: We offer a fixed + variable salary as well as company equity as we progress towards our Series B fundraising round.

AAbout Us:

VetCentric is focused on delivering outstanding services to the federal government.  We have extensive experience in the fields of cyber security, supply chain & logistics management, strategy, business analytics, and IT services such as system design, continuous improvement, virtualization, and data center management.  VetCentric is an SBA certified HUBZone company and VA CVE certified Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). We operate in 15 states with offices in Washington DC and Northern Virginia. ​

Perks Working with Us:

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental benefits
• 15 days leave and 11 days of paid Federal Holidays  
• 401(k) with matching plan
• Annual training budget
• Fantastic company culture

Location(s): Anywhere, US. Candidates from HUBZones preferred.

Employment Eligibility: Eligible to work for any employer in the United States without requiring sponsorship. Sponsorship is not available currently.

Position Summary:

Work as an Application Performance Monitoring Engineer on our team as we help the customer overcome their most difficult challenges in performance monitoring. Gather customer application data and diagrams, leverage expertise in recommending baseline monitoring thresholds, recommend performance monitoring KPIs and SLAs, and provide monitoring tool infrastructure recommendations. Employ expertise in performance monitoring tool alerts, dashboards, and data trend analysis in a monitoring tool. Use your customer service expertise to help manage tasks and organize large amounts of data to use for instrumentation into an enterprise monitoring solution. Provide technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Provide on-the-job training to application POCs and event management. Develop and tweak documentation. This position is open to remote delivery anywhere within the U.S., to include the District of Columbia.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience with integration engineering
• 3+ years of experience in at least 2 of the following tools: AppD, Dynatrace, Splunk ITSI, SolarWinds or ScienceLogic with installing agents, forwarders, APIs, performance monitoring tool alerts, dashboards, and data trend analysis in a monitoring tool
• 3+ years of experience with ServiceNow ITSM
• Experience with recommending baseline monitoring thresholds and performance monitoring KPIs and SLAs
• Experience with gathering and organizing large amounts of data to use for instrumentation into an Enterprise monitoring solution
• Experience with creating technical documentation.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Suitability/Fitness determination based on client requirements
• Ability to provide monitoring tool infrastructure recommendations

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or technical equivalent, 10 years of experience or an additional 8 years of experience in lieu of education.
  

Additional Qualifications:

• Experience with the VA
• Experience with Splunk, SolarWinds or ScienceLogic a plus
• Experience with VA VistA
• Experience with the ServiceNow Visual Task Boards
• Experience in Agile and Scrum
• Ability to work with customers and manage schedules
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Public Trust

Clearance: Applicants selected may be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client.​

GIS DBA/Analyst

Location: Remote

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Type: Full Time 

Minimum Experience: Experienced 

Security Clearance Level: Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Public Trust Clearance

*The clearance level stated above must be met for consideration for this specific opportunity. Unfortunately, FTC is unable to sponsor at this time.

Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply!

Favor TechConsulting, LLC (FTC) is seeking a talented GIS DBA/Analyst with Department of Veterans Affairs experience.

Additional Information:

FTC requires all employees to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment unless legally entitled to an accommodation. If you receive an offer of employment, it will be made contingent upon satisfaction of this requirement, and you will be required to show proof that you are fully vaccinated or to promptly engage in an interactive process to allow Human Resources to evaluate potential reasonable accommodations for valid medical or religious reasons. Please do not provide information about whether you are seeking an exemption from the vaccination requirement unless and until you receive a conditional offer of employment from FTC.

U.S Citizenship is required for this specific opportunity and all selected applicants will be subject to a government security investigation. This includes but is not limited to; meeting the eligibility requirements for access to classified information and the ability to obtain a government-granted security clearance. Individuals may also be subject to a background investigation including, but not limited to; criminal history, employment verification, education verification, drug testing, and creditworthiness.

Favor TechConsulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.

This is a full-time position located from a remote office.

What You’ll Do

In partnership with the CEO and Chief of Finance and Strategy, the Senior Director of Marketing and Communications will lead the marketing team, carrying forward Instruction Partners’ marketing and communications strategy and plans while collaborating with internal teams to best support their work.Specifically, you will:

Responsibilities:

Marketing and communications strategy 

• Develop, execute, and oversee the implementation of marketing strategy, including campaigns, content marketing, success stories, events and conferences, public relations, and earned media with an overall focus on:
  • Audience engagement:Grow our known audience, specifically in our target regions
  • Sustainability:Generate warm marketing-qualified leads for specific business streams
  • Brand awareness:Build brand awareness nationally
  • Thought leadership:Influence the field 
  • Internal development:Maintain brand professionalism (e.g., design, polish, guidelines); create/provide resources for the internal team; equip and empower all team members to be true stewards of the brand

Thought leadership, public affairs, and market research

• Position Instruction Partners’ key messages so that they speak to the organization’s target audiences
• Support the growth of Instruction Partners’ brand identity
  • With a PR consultant, develop and execute an earned media strategy that builds national brand awareness and elevates the profiles of our executive leaders
• Ensure that assets are meaningful, well written, and beautifully designed in partnership with the CEO and other internal teams.
• Support the development and release of CEO thought leadership assets (e.g., blogs, op-eds, keynote presentations) 

External communications and lead generation

• Oversee the development of priority, externally facing assets to ensure that they are of high quality and aligned to key messages
• Leverage thought leadership and program team releases to create assets that tell compelling stories and provide genuine value to our audiences, including current and prospective partners
• Oversee the development of marketing campaigns targeted to primary educator audiences, in sync with district buying patterns and timelines 
• Lead collateral development to highlight our services, including pitch presentations, partner artifacts, annual reports, marketing flyers, and keynote presentations
• Oversee the maintenance of and updates to Instruction Partners’ website to ensure ease of user experience, message alignment, and SEO optimization
• Oversee the development of a social media strategy to grow our known audience

Engagement (sales)/development support

• Work with members of the executive leadership and sales teams to monitor competition, identify opportunities for growth, and develop  partner recruitment strategies
• Establish and document criteria for moving contacts through a marketing funnel and delivering marketing qualified leads to the sales team
• Utilize inbound marketing software (i.e., Hubspot) to direct email nurture campaigns that move contacts through the marketing to the sales funnel

Systems and reporting

• Oversee the implementation of a system for tracking and reporting marketing progress to goals; provide senior leadership with regular updates
• Oversee the maintenance of a content calendar and project management system
• Provide marketing data insights for grant applications and fundraising reports

Internal marketing-related communications

• Elevate relevant news and research to the team (leadership team or whole org based on context)
• Develop new employees’ skills as brand ambassadors; ​​regularly communicate the value of brand stewardship organization-wide
• Serve as the internal keeper of marketing knowledge and provide ongoing training and support across teams on effective communications strategies, writing and designing best practices, how to support marketing initiatives, and—in partnership with the engagement team—training on sales best practices and processes (e.g., building sales confidence for new business and renewals) 

Team management

• Oversee a marketing and communications team of three to four direct reports
• Support planning and manage the execution of the team’s work
• Support internal team communications 
• Model and hold team members accountable to Instruction Partners' culture and core values, vision of team experience, and commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Focus on developing and supporting a strong and joyful team culture
• Coach and develop team members, including working with them to find appropriate resources for their growth (e.g., professional development opportunities) 
• Scope marketing and communications roles and contractor needs
• Hire when/as appropriate, including facilitating onboarding

Candidate Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree (in Business, Marketing, or Communications preferred)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience working in marketing and/or communications with management experience 
• Experience developing and executing a communications strategy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including storytelling and editing
• Incredible attention to detail
• Ability to form strong relationships with team members internally and collaborate across stakeholders
• Commitment to our mission of excellent daily instruction for all students
• Ability to travel nationally, to Nashville, Tennessee quarterly, and to team retreats annually

Candidate Qualifications and Traits:

• Education and/or nonprofit experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of Google Workplace, specifically Google Slides and Google Docs
• Strong knowledge of marketing and sales software, including content management systems (Wordpress preferred), inbound marketing software (Hubspot preferred), and customer relationship management platforms (Salesforce preferred) 
• Experience developing and executing a successful social media marketing strategy
• Proven skills with social media (Instagram, Facebook)
• Solid understanding of brand design and the creative process
• Experience supporting design concepts that meet business objectives and advance brand strategy
• Flexible mindset—excited to wear multiple hats and eager to take on new projects and responsibilities as needs arise
• Fast learner, with a deep commitment to continuous improvement
• Highly organized; effortlessly creates project plans and manages their execution, including delegating responsibilities to other team members as appropriate

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hiring

At Instruction Partners, we know that difference enhances, transforms, and strengthens our ability to serve students and schools. We invite and celebrate the diversity of all perspectives, and we are deeply committed to ensuring equitable access and voice throughout our organization. Instruction Partners is proudly an equal opportunity workplace, and we value the inclusion of persons who have experienced poverty and/or for whom English is not their first language, and every race, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, culture, ancestry, religion, national orientation, age, marital status or Veteran status. Join us, and let's work together to support great teaching and accelerate learning for every student.

Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet about 60% of job criteria, women and other marginalized groups tend to apply only when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but you’re not sure that you check every box, we still want to hear from you

Compensation:

Starting salary for this role is $143,687.00.Detailed information about the organizational compensation philosophy is available upon application. Instruction Partners offers flexible work hours and location. Competitive benefits and private retirement investment options are available, as well as a generous vacation policy.

Timeline:

We are looking for candidates to join our team summer of 2022, with an ideal start date in July 2022.

Our Vision

All students experience an excellent education that prepares them to contribute to their community, achieve economic security, and pursue their dreams.

Our Mission

We work shoulder to shoulder with educators to support great teaching and accelerate student learning. We focus on small systems, both districts and charters, and we work to ensure equitable access to great instruction for students in poverty, students of color, students learning English, and students with disabilities.

Our Core Values

Live Big-Hearted

We care deeply about ourselves, each other, our work, our partners, and the students we serve. We value the differences each other brings to the table because we know diversity of voice, thought, and experience makes us better. We operate joyfully and without ego, collectively focused on the broader good.

Choose Optimism

We believe that, with the right support, every student can succeed. We have the courage to lean into challenges and believe in the possibility of overcoming obstacles while holding a high bar for ourselves, partners, educators, and students. As we advance antiracist actions, our path may not be smooth, but we will walk it anyway because we have faith that the journey will make our team and our education system better.

Advance Antiracism

We create and uphold space for all team members, partners, and students so they are seen, valued, and heard. We lift the voices and experiences of Black, Latinx, Native, and Asian American and Pacific Islander people. We actively look for and confront patterns and systems that cause inequitable harm in order to create more equitable outcomes within our organization and with partners. We embrace diverse expressions of excellence that make our team more inclusive and effective.
 

Be Honest

We are open, authentic, and truthful with ourselves, teammates, and partners. Our trust in each other and our work gives us the courage to lean into difficult conversations, put forth new ideas, and give and receive feedback through the lens of equity of voice and experience. We understand the intense and gripping nature of our work, so we name our needs to ensure we are practicing self-care and love within our beloved community.

Get Practical

We believe support should be thoughtful by meeting people, schools, and systems where they are. We leverage the voices, strengths and stories of families, educators, partners and teammates to find answers, because we know there isn’t a “one size fits all” solution to the challenges of our education system. We always look for ways to work smart, focus on the most relevant impact, and reduce friction to make it easier to take action while grounding our progress in equity.

Keep Learning

We know and love that we don’t yet have all the answers because we are nerds for learning, even when it’s hard or ambiguous. We actively pursue new knowledge, research, and evidence so that we can leverage the latest insights and best practices in our work, then we put that knowledge to work in partnership with our team, our partners, and the students and communities we serve. We respect the learning that springs from our own antiracist journeys and vow to activate our knowledge in pursuit of equity and excellence.

How We Work

Instruction Partners is a nonprofit organization dedicated to excellent instruction for all students, with a focus on students in poverty, students with disabilities, students learning English, and students of color. We keep one foot in practicality and the other in evidence-based best practices because we believe that leveraging high-quality, grade-level content and providing just-in-time supports will accelerate learning for all students.

Instruction Partners spends time getting to know the needs of the educators, leaders, and systems it serves, allowing the team to custom-build service plans to support partner goals. Partnerships include on-the-ground support, and partnership team members serve as thought partners to the school systems they serve, a team educators can reach out to and feel supported by.

Instruction Partners provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Instruction Partners complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

“...solar power will be the single largest source of electricity generation… People do not understand the magnitude of the business. It’s really very, very significant.”

- Elon Musk

Once a fringe thing hippies did, “going solar” is now going mainstream. It took over 30 years for the first 1 million solar installations to be completed. It only took another 3 years to install the second million. Over the next 2 years another 1 million homes will go solar and there are 90 million American households to go after that! Solar technology is cheaper, better and more reliable than ever. Unless your head is buried in a coal mine, it’s becoming abundantly clear that solar is the future.

With rapid growth, mainstream adoption, and a presidential mandate to hit a 100% clean-energy economy by 2050 comes massive investment and opportunity in the space. Installation companies are growing quickly, making them hungry for even more growth, and solar continues to accelerate even in a post-COVID world (the industry is projected to grow 37% in 2020 despite COVID).

The last thing you want is the power going out during a quarantine, and it’s also a product that saves people money, bolsters family security, and can be sold over the phone. The technology is dialed, the installation process is clean, but it’s still a challenge to find customers. Since customers that convert into sales are the lifeblood of any company, sales leads are the raw tool that unleashes massive growth for solar installers.

Finding qualified customers: that’s what we do at SolarLeadFactory.

About Us:

SolarLeadFactory has helped nearly 2 million homeowners looking to buy solar. We have helped hundreds of solar installers grow their businesses - and aim to help hundreds more.

Don't be fooled by our name: we're more than just a 'lead-gen company'. Our business is built on a proprietary software platform allowing us to deliver a best in class product and innovate constantly. We have in-house developers, digital marketing experts, and data scientists relentlessly driving the product forward.

Our mission: to unlock consumer demand for solar power.

About You:

You’re looking for a way to make a huge positive difference in the world & help the companies on the front lines of the solar revolution!

You want to be part of a small but driven team making a big impact on one of the most pressing issues of our time. You share some of our core values including “Work that Matters”, “Make Learning the Key Metric”, “Always be Testing Something,” and “Master your Craft”.

Most importantly, you love helping to build better user experiences and delivering value in a way that drives the mission of the company forward.

In order to be successful in this position you must be skilled, highly organized, efficient, proactive, analytical, tech savvy, and an excellent communicator.

Do you want to learn? To grow? To make a difference?

Critical Skills:

• Key:
  • 5-10 years of experience in product management in online technology companies
    • Managing software development teams: frontend, backend, UX, design, QA
    • Scrum management
    • Product discovery and planning
    • Marketing project management
    • Being the 'integrator' for all team projects
  • Outstanding intellectual ability: able to process, organize, and synthesize information.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work with a team to find great solutions
  • Solar experience is not required, but an interest in solar is
  • Efficient, fast-moving, doer
  • Ambition to grow
  • Problem solving, ability to find solutions, and getting things done
  • Ability to maintain equanimity in trying situations
  • Technical background
  • Entrepreneurial spirit
• Bonus Attributes:
  • Conversion-rate optimization experience.
  • Online marketing project experience
  • Experience with continuous delivery, automated testing, or general DevOps.
  • Quantitative analysis skill/experience.

Your Mission:

If you’re excited by driving rapid product innovation in a data-driven company, and in an environment with enough user traffic to test new ideas weekly, this role could be for you.

As product manager you will be responsible for the entire product development process: product discovery, planning, Scrum management, and live product testing.

'Product' means any user-facing value we create, whether for internal stakeholders or external customers. Examples of internal product could include anything from reporting views that drive business decisions to our proprietary lead-scoring & predictive analytics models. External-facing product examples include our user funnel and UX, from impression to installed solar panels.

Ultimately your role will be to both help organize and consistently drive our product vision through to completion, project manage our product pipeline, run product and customer discovery to glean qualitative insights, manage product testing experiments, mine the data along with our data team looking for insights, and so on--all directed at moving the needle on key company KPIs.

You will be supported by, and work with, our entire team.

What you get out of this:

• Competitive salary
• Results driven organization
• Remote location - work from anywhere on a North American time zone (we did this from day 1, long before COVID)
• Your input matters! We look for the BEST. Period.
• Work in an amazing industry. Your friends & family will say “woah, that’s cool!”
• Fast-growing, fun-loving company. Get on the rocketship now!

We are shaking up our industry and working day in and day out to get solar on everyone’s roof. Come shape your future & the future of the world.

If you’re game to make a big difference and reap the rewards, come join us!