Project Manager

Job Summary: Work directly with our clients to oversee project management aspects of projects, including track staffing demands, timelines, milestones, deliverables, budgets, communicate status with client and develop contingency plans. Throughout all activities you will be expected to be the primary liaison between the client, project team and GP Strategies.

Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple projects to ensure efficient work processes and client satisfaction
• Work in a team structure, including virtual team members
• Work within set project budgets and timelines
• Create master schedules
• Track and communicate progress towards milestones
• Proactively identify and manage issues/risks

Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business or comparable field with practical experience managing multiple projects, working within a formal development process, strategic planning experience, troubleshooting skills, and excellent communication skills.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to jobs@optionsix.com
(EOE/M/F/D/V)

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Project Coordinator

Job Summary: Responsible for maintaining the integrity of project documentation and collaboration sites, coordinating final project and document reviews and close out tasks and supporting the project manager and project team to meet customer and company expectations.

Responsibilities:

• Support activities designed communicate key project information to internal and external stakeholders:
• Maintain integrity of collaboration SharePoint sites.
• Support project teams in collecting and sharing key project status and commitment dates.
• Support and / or prepare weekly status reports for individual projects.
• Schedule and support all customer documentation reviews.
• Coordinate the final project close out processes.
• Support and participate in project team meetings (or teleconferences).
• Coordinate and supports project team activities with direction from the Project Manager.
• Maintain detailed schedules for the project.
• Make process improvement recommendations to the Project Manager.
• Strive to identify additional opportunities to contribute to the success of the project teams.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel
• Basic skills in Microsoft Project
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organization skills and attention to detail
• Self-starter
• Project coordination experience a plus

Education: Associates or Bachelor's degree in business or related field or equivalent.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to jobs@optionsix.com
(EOE/M/F/D/V)

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Learning and Performance Lead (Course Director)

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Client Management

• Establish rapport with client and key stakeholders
• Identify the client's key business issues
• Assess ongoing/evolving client training needs
• Provide recommendations (training solutions) for improvement aligned with the business strategy
• Collect feedback and data for continuous improvement

Team Leadership

• Establish rapport with development team(s) and key stakeholders
• Align internal development processes to deliver on client's vision
• Assess and meet ongoing/evolving team needs to produce results
• Collect feedback and data for continuous improvement

Performance Improvement Consulting

• Perform needs, job, task and environmental analyses for client
• Identify appropriate training and non-training solutions
• Identify/establish metrics for evaluating effectiveness of solutions

Instructional Design and Development

• Analyze subject matter and compile for use in client specific training
• Select appropriate training delivery modes e.g. WBT, ILT, VILT, OJT, etc.
• Select effective performance support tools e.g. job aids, workbooks, etc.
• Follow established methodologies (ADDIE, SAT, etc.) in the development and revision of training solutions
• Leverage subject matter experts to develop training objectives, course content, and practice exercises to support training requirements
• Create effective and concise training materials
• Evaluate existing training programs for transfer and business impact
• Coach others in effective instructional design

Project Management

• Scope identified training needs
• Create project plans
• Provide ongoing project support through implementation
• Deliver projects on time and on budget
• Work with third-party vendors to meet client needs

Additional Requirements:

• Great communication skills
• Exceptional writing skills
• Attention to detail and strong work ethic
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects under aggressive deadlines
• Ability to think both strategically and conceptually
• Ability to lead and motivate a team
• Ability to respond to constant change and remain flexible
• Positive, enthusiastic, "can do" attitude

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's level or equivalent degree in Instructional Systems Technology, Performance Technology or related field; Master's degree is highly preferred
• At least 3 years of performance consulting (diagnosing business issues and recommending solutions); HPI certification preferred
• At least 3 years demonstrated project management skills
• At least 3 years client or account management experience
• Experience working with Fortune 500 companies preferred
• Experience working in Financial, Pharmaceutical or Health Care industry preferred
• Demonstrated ability to establish strong business relationships
• Demonstrated ability in communication, conflict resolution, judgment, and dealing with ambiguity

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to jobs@optionsix.com
(EOE/M/F/D/V)

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Program Manager

The award winning learning solutions pioneer, Option Six has immediate openings for two program managers to support the company's continued expansion. The Program Manager will act as the primary liaison with external clients and internal teams to understand customer's training needs, direct the development, and maintain positive working relationships. The Program Manager is accountable for performance, quality, and profitability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Understand the client's needs
• Scope and estimate the projects
• Oversee a portfolio of projects
• Manage and minimize risks
• Ensure continue satisfaction of the client's needs

Education/Experience Requirements::

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Experience in financial services/banking is mandatory
• Experience in training & development is preferred

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to jobs@optionsix.com
(EOE/M/F/D/V)

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Instructional Designer (multiple openings)

Job Summary: Key aspects of the instructional designer position are to understand our clients' performance improvement needs, design effective training solutions within project budgets, lead the development team, and ensure the overall project quality and success.

Company Description: The award winning e-learning pioneer, Option Six, seeks multiple instructional designers to support the company's continued expansion. Option Six specializes in the development of custom e-learning and blended solutions.

Our reputation stems from our ability to develop effective performance solutions for the most critical and sensitive business problems of our clients. Our success has been established through the consistent achievement of a trusted relationship with our clients, producing effective solutions, and obtaining enthusiastic approvals. We apply our proven pedagogical strategy, Performance-Driven Learning, with world-class multimedia development to create training programs that are engaging and help learners achieve performance objectives.

Our clients include several of the most discriminating companies in the world, including Microsoft, Toyota, Prudential, Amway, and five of the world's largest life science companies. Option Six has been recognized repeatedly for the quality of our products and our business; winning 15 international awards for our products and 12 awards at the state and national level for business excellence.

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will collaborate with Option Six team members, client sponsors, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to:

• Analyze instructional needs, define the course requirements, manage the project through the development process, and ensure instructional integrity.
• Apply instructional design techniques and methodologies to design interactive courseware and other supporting materials to ensure an effective learning experience for a variety of corporate audiences.
• Write course design documents, learning objectives, course content, scenarios, media scripts, practice activities, and posttests.
• Build effective working relationships with SMEs to efficiently gather content information and feedback.
• Conduct Alpha and Beta tests or other course evaluations, analyze feedback with the client and SMEs, and adjust the training as needed.
• Manage projects efficiently so that tasks are completed on time, problems are anticipated or resolved quickly, and team members are clear on project requirements and schedules.

Qualifications:
Solid understanding of instructional design and performance improvement is required; as well as, excellent project management, team leadership, client facilitation, organization, communication, and interpersonal skills. Must display original thinking and creativity and excel at meeting challenges with resourcefulness and innovative ideas. Must enjoy working with teams in a fast paced, energetic environment.

Education: A Master's degree in Instructional Systems or related field and at least two years experience is highly recommended.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to jobs@optionsix.com
(EOE/M/F/D/V)

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Content Developer/Editor (multiple openings)

Job Summary: Key aspects of the content developer position are to understand our clients' performance improvement needs, write and edit training materials within project budgets, assemble materials using HTML or Microsoft Office programs, and ensure the project deliverables meet high expectations of quality.

Company Description: The award winning e-learning pioneer, Option Six, a division of GP, seeks multiple content developers to support the company's continued expansion. Option Six specializes in the development of custom e-learning and blended solutions. Our reputation stems from our ability to develop effective performance solutions for the most critical and sensitive business problems of our clients. Our success has been established through the consistent achievement of a trusted relationship with our clients, producing effective solutions, and obtaining enthusiastic approvals. We apply our proven pedagogical strategy, Performance-Driven Learning, with world-class multimedia development to create training programs that are engaging and help learners achieve performance objectives. Our clients include several of the most discriminating companies in the world, including Microsoft, Toyota, Prudential, Amway, and five of the world's largest life science companies. Option Six has been recognized repeatedly for the quality of our products and our business; winning 15 international awards for our products and 12 awards at the state and national level for business excellence.

Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will collaborate with Option Six team members, client sponsors, and subject matter experts (SMEs) to:

• Write instructional content that is concise, engaging, and appropriate for the audience.
• Edit documents from multiple sources to achieve a consistent style and voice.
• Create instructional documents with a professional look and feel.
• Build effective working relationships with SMEs to efficiently gather content information and feedback.
• Manage project materials efficiently so that tasks are completed on time, problems are anticipated or resolved quickly, and team members are clear on project requirements and schedules.

Qualifications:

• Strong writing and/or editing skills; excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills; proficiency with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint; HTML experience a plus.
• Must display reliability and excel at meeting challenges with resourcefulness and innovative ideas.
• Must enjoy working with teams in a fast-paced, energetic environment.

Education: A degree in journalism, technical writing, or related field and at least two years experience as a professional writer or editor is highly recommended.

For immediate consideration, please email your resume to jobs@optionsix.com
(EOE/M/F/D/V)

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For immediate consideration, please email your resume to jobs@optionsix.com
(EOE/M/F/D/V)