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About the Role

The IT Governance & Outsourcing team at OSF defines ways of working to manage IT-enabled projects, data, budgets and expenses, contracts, vendors, and business continuity. It establishes processes to advance demand management/project prioritization, streamlined project delivery, benefits tracking, discipline around project management practices, change management practices and adherence to Enterprise Architecture and IT Security good practices.

Responsibilities

• Listen to internal customers and sponsors and help drive strategy conversations, create vision presentations, and develop complex project plans.
• Understand the big picture and value delivery while focusing on efficiencies and optimizations.
• Create and manage project budgets from USD $100K-$5m.
• Create order and stability using project management techniques and tools as appropriate for the project context.
• Seamlessly orchestrate time zones, milestones, deadlines, and dependencies across multiple projects at one time.
• Break silos by building relationships and processes for interacting with subject matter experts within IT and across the organization.
• Communicate clearly to stakeholders and other audiences through sophisticated change management plans, training plans and project communication plans.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, including negotiating contracts, monitoring and evaluating vendor performance, and ensuring compliance with contractual agreements.
• Motivate and protect the project team, solve problems, remove obstacles, anticipate issues, and manage risk.
• Have ability to recognize when projects are struggling and to course-correct when necessary, including stopping projects that are not meeting objectives.
• Embrace IT Governance processes and procedures, stakeholder management and change management processes and techniques.

Requirements

• Proven project manager operating in a complex multi-country consulting, for-profit, or non-profit organization.
• Proven experience with change management, risk management, IT vendor management and control, and budget management up to USD $5 million.
• Experience managing diverse stakeholders in a matrix organization.
• Experience managing cross-functional IT system implementations across multiple geographies and legal entities with an elevated IT security profile.

Skills

• Project management
• Change management
• Risk management
• IT vendor management
• Budget management
• Stakeholder management

Location

• Mexico City
• London

Work Type

• Contract

Experience Level

• Proven project manager

Education Level

• Project management and change management certifications are highly valued.

Salary/Compensations

• Competitive rates of pay apply.

Benefits

• Generous annual professional development allowance
• Onsite training
• Learning conversations with visiting experts
• Generous time off
• Standard Open Society close at year-end
• Flexible work arrangements
• Employer-paid health insurance and dental plans for individuals and families
• Exceptional retirement savings plan
• Life insurance
• Progressive paid parental leave
• Reproductive and family planning support

About the Company

• Open Society Foundations aim to establish vibrant and inclusive democracies where governments are accountable to their citizens.
• Our operating model organizes grantmaking around specific, time-limited projects, developed alongside support for established partners, enabling us to respond swiftly to emerging needs.
• We are committed to promoting human dignity, equality, and rights; reimagining democratic ideals and practice; and advancing equity in governance systems.
• Guided by our founder’s values and the belief in the art of the possible, we engage directly with global entities, individuals, and policymakers through grants, advocacy, impact investing, and strategic human rights litigation to drive positive change.
• At the heart of our mission is a deep commitment to rights, equity, and justice, inspiring every action we take.

Equal Opportunity

• Open Society Foundations is committed to building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
• We actively seek applications from talented individuals across all backgrounds, identities, and life experiences.
• Each candidate is evaluated solely on their unique qualifications without regard to race, age, sex, religion, ethnic origin, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other legally protected characteristics.
• We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
• Open Society Foundations is committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion, and to building a diverse staff that reflects the movements, issues and communities that our mission serves.
• Candidates from all underrepresented backgrounds, identities and communities are encouraged to apply.
• We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and colleagues with disabilities.