Cfa Institute

Content Delivery Program Manager

Cfa Institute$92K — $123K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Virginia, US
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in agile project or program management, demonstrating expertise in backlog management and sprint planning.
  • Proficiency with JIRA or similar agile delivery management tools.
  • Experience managing and developing teams, particularly in setting priorities and workloads.
  • Ability to handle competing requests and translate business priorities into actionable plans.
  • Exceptional stakeholder management skills, aligning diverse perspectives among technical and non-technical teams.
  • Strong analytical skills to identify delivery bottlenecks and propose solutions.
  • Familiarity with content production, publishing, or learning technology environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Own and manage the backlog structure, sprint and release planning for content production activities.
  • Develop and recommend timelines that balance urgency with organizational priorities.
  • Lead a team of Content Production Specialists, overseeing workload and ensuring high-quality deliveries.
  • Ensure alignment of priorities and plans for recurring curriculum production across CFA programs.
  • Collaborate with leadership and stakeholders to overcome delivery challenges and maintain project momentum.
  • Enhance delivery practices, focusing on backlog management and acceptance criteria for new work.
  • Utilize delivery metrics to assess performance and inform planning decisions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical benefits package.
  • Eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive bonus.
  • 12% employer contribution to a pension plan.
  • Flexible work options to support work-life balance.
  • Extensive time off policy to promote rest and rejuvenation.
  • Wellbeing and professional development programs to enhance employee growth.
Full Job Description

Are you experienced in agile delivery and confident managing competing priorities across acomplexportfolio ofproduction and technologywork? Do you know how to turn a constant flow of requests into clear priorities, realisticplansand predictable delivery? Are youmotivated by the opportunity to lead and develop a team?

AsContent Delivery Program Manager, you will bring structure,prioritisationand operational leadership to CFA Institute9s Content Production & Delivery work. You will own the way work enters, movesthroughand is prioritised across the delivery pipeline, helping teams balance urgent requests with planned delivery rather than continually stopping and restarting work.

You will also lead a team of Content Production Specialists responsible for business-as-usual curriculum production, giving you the opportunity to combine hands-onportfoliodeliveryleadershipwithteam management and development. Working across Education and technical teams, you will help ensure work is clearly defined, appropriately sequenced and delivered against organisational priorities.

WhatYou9llDo

  • Own backlog structure, sprint and release planning, intakegovernanceand prioritisation across Content Production & Delivery work, ensuring urgent projects, production activity and technical troubleshooting requests are balanced against existing commitments and available capacity.

  • Develop clear sequencing and timeline recommendationsthat balanceurgency, impact,capacityandorganisational priorities.

  • Lead and develop a team of three Content Production Specialists, setting priorities, managingworkloadsand supporting high-quality delivery.

  • Provide operational leadership for recurring curriculum production work across CFA Institute programs and certificates, ensuring priorities, workloads and delivery plansremainaligned.

  • Partner with Content Production & Delivery leadership, Educationstakeholdersand technical contributors to resolve delivery barriers and keep work progressing.

  • Improve delivery practices across backlog management, estimation, sprintplanningand release readiness,establishingclear intake expectations and acceptance criteria so work is well defined before entering the delivery pipeline.

  • Use deliveryperformancemetrics such as cycle time, throughput, sprint predictability, dependency ageing and backlog health toidentifyrisks and support planning decisions.

  • Identifysystemic delivery risks, recommend mitigationactionsand escalate significant issues whereappropriate.

WhatWe9reLooking For

  • Strong experience inagile project,programor delivery management, with demonstrable ownership of sprint planning, backlogmanagementand prioritisation.

  • Strong working knowledge ofJIRAor a comparable agile delivery management platform.

  • Previouspeople management experience, including setting priorities, managingworkloadand coaching or developing team members.

  • Evidence of managing competing requests and translating changing business priorities into practical sequencing and delivery plans.

  • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trust, align competing perspectives and supportinformed prioritisation decisions across technical and non-technical teams.

  • Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, particularly whenidentifyingdelivery bottlenecks, executionrisksor recurring inefficiencies.

  • Experienceestablishingeffective intake and requirements practices so work is appropriately defined before entering delivery.

  • The judgement and confidence to challenge priorities constructively, communicate trade-offs and escalate significant risks when needed.

  • Experience working in or alongside content production, publishing or learning technology environments would be an advantage.

Why Join Us

  • Take ownership ofabusiness-critical portfoliospanning content production and technology delivery.

  • Step into a newlycreatedrolewith the scope to shape how work is planned,prioritisedand delivered.

  • Leadand developan establishedteam whilebuilding stronger, more scalable ways of working.

  • Work across Education,productionand technology teams,with visibility into a broad range oflearning productsand initiatives.

  • Make a measurable difference to delivery predictability, operationalefficiencyand theability of specialist teams to focus on their highest-value work.

At CFA Institute, we are committed to transparency and equity in our hiring process. In compliance with wage transparency laws in many of the jurisdictions in which we recruit, we provide the following information regarding compensation for this position:

Expected salary range: US - $92,500 - $123,000 per year

Actual salary within the stated range will depend on the individual's experience, qualifications, skills, location, and other job-related factors. Additional benefits include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive bonus, a 12% employer contribution to a pension plan, and a comprehensive medical benefits package.


We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, including health coverage, generous time off, competitive retirement plans, flexible work options, and wellbeing and development programs. You can learn more on our careers site: Working at CFA Institute | Comprehensive Benefits

About Cfa Institute

The CFA Institute is a global association of investment professionals. The organization offers the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM) designation, and the Investment Foundations Certificate. It provides continuing education conferences, seminars, webcasts, and publications to allow members and other participants to stay current on developments in the investment industry. The CFA Institute also conducts research and advocacy efforts to promote ethical and professional standards in the investment industry.
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