Strategic Initiatives and Projects Manager

Strategic Initiatives and Projects Manager, UC Berkeley Extension (5252C) #89194

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UC Berkeley Extension (UNEX), the continuing education branch of the University of California, Berkeley, has been building bridges between UC Berkeley and the public since 1891. UNEX serves the professional and continuing education goals of thousands of people each year and plays an essential part in the University’s mission to extend UC Berkeley’s research and scholarship to a global community, increase access to higher education for non-traditional, online, and international students, and improve the workforce.

UC Berkeley Extension is part of the division under the leadership of the Dean of Extended Education, which also includes Berkeley Summer Sessions, Berkeley Study Abroad, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.

The Strategic Initiatives and Projects Manager for Educational Design and Technology (EDT) is responsible for planning and ensuring the execution of numerous critical projects to meet instructional design, media, and academic operations needs at UC Berkeley Extension. This position supports teams, both within EDT and academic departments, to ensure the smooth and timely completion of course development, new programs, and the deployment of new software, LTIs, and new design and access approaches for the division.

The First Review Date for this job is October 13, 2026. For full consideration, please apply by the first review date.

• Applies professional project management and concepts, UC Berkeley academic and administrative policies and procedures to manage projects related to existing course development, new course development, and medium to large maintenance projects related to course development projects.
• Provides analysis and status tracking for moderately complex, project-related issues in Asana or the current Project Management platform, ensuring clear, transparent visibility into multiple project statuses for stakeholders on course development projects, such as academic leads, the instructional design team, the educational technology unit, the media team, and Marketing.

• Implements the project management process to support products and services across departmental or cross-functional teams.
• Using Asana or another project management platform to document the various responsibilities of teams across departments, such as deadlines and milestones for the subject matter expert (SME), or monitoring and optimizing detailed checklists for the media team within course development projects.

• Monitors and reports on project progress from initiation through delivery, including oversight of system integrations with the learning management system (Canvas), project and related communications, interaction…