The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world’s largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you’re a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
The Signpost Project is a rapidly scaling responsive information service, providing up-to-date and contextually adapted information and content to equip its clients to make critical decisions about their futures throughout the arc of a crisis.
While Signpost operates as a distinct team within IRC, it serves as the technical implementation partner for multiple humanitarian initiatives, developing and maintaining digital tools that support refugees, asylum-seekers, and other displaced populations. As such, Signpost has identified opportunities to leverage its technology systems for other programs with similar infrastructure needs.
This PM will support two such deployments as their primary function, supporting teams providing nationwide reception services to new arrivals in the US. Through this work, they will play a key role in Signpost’s understanding of how to adapt its infrastructure to meet project goals of programs requiring this form of infrastructural support.
Job Overview:
The Project Manager will be responsible for leading the technical implementation of technologies for IRC and partner-led projects. Initially, the PM will focus primarily on two strategic projects providing in person and virtual reception services to new arrivals in the US.
In this role, the PM will coordinate closely with deployment teams, stakeholders, and technical staff to ensure smooth implementation of technology solutions. This includes coordinating with stakeholders to set requirements and expectations, managing training programs, documentation development, and configuring tech systems while maintaining strong communication channels with all parties involved.
This position will be responsible for developing comprehensive implementation plans, creating user-friendly documentation, and establishing effective training programs that enable successful adoption of RAI and Signpost technologies. They will work closely with technical leads to manage deployment timelines, coordinate stakeholder engagement, and ensure project success.
The right candidate thrives in a fast-paced implementation environment, has strong technical project management skills, and excels at stakeholder management. They should also be highly organized, adaptable to changing priorities and new projects with different goals, and capable of working both independently and as part of a team. High emotional intelligence and cultural awareness is essential to effectively serve in this role. Most importantly, they should have a passion for using technology to support humanitarian causes and the ability to effectively bridge technical and non-technical communications.
Major Responsibilities:
Project Planning, Coordination, and Stakeholder Management:
• Serve as primary focal point for program teams, including leading a road-mapping process to reflect program ambitions in line with the Signpost team’s capacity to deliver
• Coordinate and facilitate stakeholder meetings and regular check-ins to ensure smooth communication throughout delivery
• Manage ongoing communication with team touchpoints throughout launch cycles
• Review and communicate roadmap updates to relevant stakeholders
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with deployment teams
• Create and manage implementation timelines and project plans
• Monitor and report on deployment progress and success metrics
• Identify and resolve implementation challenges proactively
• Handle administrative tasks related to deployments and implementations
• Support cross-project implementation needs as they arise
Technical Configuration, Documentation, and Training:
• Lead and execute training programs for technical tool implementations
• Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation for processes and systems
• Configure forms and technical systems for custom deployments
• Coordinate between technical teams and end users to ensure successful adoption
Job Requirements:
• 3-5 years of technical project management or implementation experience
• Proven track record of supervising successful technology deployments
• Experience using Zendesk, or similar CX/CRM tools to manage ticketing and form-based automations
• Experience with project management tools (Monday.com, Jira, etc.)
• Experience working directly with REST APIs for business system integrations
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, data science, or a related field
• Strong documentation and technical writing abilities
• Demonstrated ability to create and execute training programs
• Experience working with technical teams and managing technical implementations
• Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple concurrent projects
• Experience with stakeholder management and relationship building
• Solid understanding of web technologies and technical systems
• Experience with humanitarian or non-profit sector preferred
• Experience programming or managing codebases with JavaScript/HTML/CSS preferred
Compensation:
Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
US Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure, medical insurance starting at $143 per month, dental starting at $6.50 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching, disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.
Standard of Professional Conduct: The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
How to apply
https://careers.rescue.org/us/en/job/req56559/Project-Manager