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About the Role
CDI seeks an experienced, highly organized Senior Program Manager to serve as the operational backbone of the Leadership Institute (LI). This full-time, remote role works closely with the Vice President of Leadership Programs to manage LI's full-year program arc, including a fall Summit, monthly coaching, quarterly Peer Learning Communities, and cohort measurement and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Own the schedule and tracking systems for the full LI cohort's year-long arc, including summit prep, monthly coaching, and quarterly Peer Learning Community sessions.
- Keep the Vice President and broader team ahead of deadlines across all concurrent workstreams.
- Track each institution's strategic priorities throughout the year and escalate stalled progress or risks.
- Identify and design improvements to LI's operating systems and templates in partnership with the VP.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for institutional teams on scheduling, onboarding, pre-work, and follow-up.
- Field routine questions and troubleshoot logistics directly.
- Spot opportunities raised by campus partners and elevate them to the VP.
- Manage meeting cadence and information flow among the VP, consulting, partnerships, and impact teams.
- Maintain and organize program materials, including discovery reports, session decks, PLC, and coaching resources.
- Model clear, professional communication in every touchpoint with institutional partners.
- Track Pillar-specific progress and coaching-call reflections across the cohort.
- Synthesize cohort-wide data into formats leaders can act on, including progress dashboards, insights reports, and summaries.
Requirements
- 5+ years of program or project management experience, ideally spanning cross-functional or partner-facing work in education, consulting, or nonprofit settings.
- Comfortable managing a complex, multi-institution portfolio and tracking multiple workstreams at once.
- Track record of independently identifying and proposing improvements.
- Comfortable liaising directly with external partners on defined pieces of work, with good judgment about what to resolve independently versus escalate.
- Ability to pull information from multiple sources into a clear, decision-ready narrative.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, calibrated for both internal teams and senior higher-ed leadership.
- Enthusiastic about CDI's mission and comfortable operating in an environment of continuous improvement.
- Comfort with project management systems and CRMs (e.g., Asana, HubSpot) is preferred.
Skills
- Program Management
- Project Management
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Partner Liaison
- Data Analysis
- Communication (Written and Verbal)
- Process Improvement
- Organizational Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Relationship Management
Location
- Remote
- U.S.
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $85,000 - $95,000
Benefits
- Compensation — $85,000 - $95,000 annually
- Mission-Driven Culture
- Remote-First Organization
- Unlimited PTO
- 13 company holidays
- Remote Work Support — up to $500 reimbursed for home office equipment
- Remote Work Support — up to $50/month reimbursed for home internet or cell phone expenses
- Employer-supported health, vision and dental plans
- Subsidized parental leave
- 3% 401k match
- Short- and long-term disability insurance
- Life and AD&D insurance
- $1,000 annual professional development budget
About the Company
- The Constructive Dialogue Institute (CDI) is a non-partisan, non-profit dedicated to equipping the next generation of Americans with the skills to communicate and collaborate across lines of difference.
- CDI works with U.S. colleges and universities by providing co-curricular programming for students, professional development for faculty and staff, and strategic guidance to leadership.
- CDI's goal is to foster constructive dialogue at every level of the institution and to create the conditions for lasting organizational change.
- CDI was co-founded by psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the bestselling author of The Righteous Mind and The Anxious Generation.