Project Manager

About Emeritus :

Emeritus is committed to teaching the skills of the future by making highquality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world. It does this by collaborating with more than 50 top-tier universities across the United States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India and China.

Emeritus’ short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and senior executive programs help individuals learn new skills and transform their lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model of state-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-on instruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educated more than 250,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Founded in 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 2,000 employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai, Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, and Dubai. Following its $650 million Series E funding round in August 2021, the Company is valued at $3.2 billion, and is backed by Accel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Leeds Illuminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

About the Role :

Emeritus is looking for a methodical and solution-driven website Project Manager / Requirements Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will act as a vital link between developers, project stakeholders, and users by documenting requirements and detailed technical specifications. You will shepherd projects through the full SDLC. This position is fully remote.

The Responsibilities :

• Turn incoming project requests related to the public website into detailed requirements and/or specifications
• Review requirements with US-based stakeholders and India developers to gain consensus before development starts
• Work with the website development team and stakeholders in managing scope, schedule and quality of projects
• Collaborate with the US-based Enterprise team on projects that require integration between the two systems
• Showcase project deliverables to stakeholders
• Partner with lead engineer to ensure project expectations are delivered on

The Qualifications :

• Related university degree or college diploma required and/or an acceptable equivalent of education and experience
• Minimum of 5 years of product management experience, with strong project management expertise. Strong skills for driving documenting stakeholder requirements that are clear and actionable and driving the scrum process with the teams
• Ability and willingness to work US hours, as this role requires significant collaboration with US stakeholders (both internal client and engineering resources)
• Experience with content management systems and website user experience is required
• Ability to lead through influence and effectively communicate across multiple stakeholders.
• Understanding of HTML, CSS, Javascript and SQL databases is preferred
• Strong organization and English communication skills (both verbal and written)
• Self-starter with the ability to multitask and support multiple project initiatives according to deadlines
• Desire to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, team-based environment
• Data driven, including ability to complete analytics to inform road maps, and detail-oriented
• Ability to maintain a calm demeanor while organizing resources to resolve system outages or feature failures.
• Proficiency in Atlassian Confluence and Jira is preferred

Emeritus provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In press:

• https://inc42.com/buzz/edtech-startup-eruditus-fy23-revenue-crosses-inr-3000-cr-mark/
• emeritus harvard business school: Edtech unicorn Emeritus story now a Harvard Business School case study - The Economic Times (indiatimes.com)