[Remote] Program Development Consultant
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ZRG Careers is seeking a Program Development Consultant on a contract basis to support program development. The consultant will be responsible for designing and launching new programs, auditing current capabilities, and establishing operational foundations for each program.
Responsibilities
- Design and support the launch of new programs from concept to rollout, pulling together existing tech and non-tech capabilities into coherent, well-defined offerings
- Audit current capabilities across teams, identify gaps and overlaps, and shape them into structured programs with clear goals, scope, and ownership
- Establish the operational foundation for each program, including workflows, documentation, tooling, and processes, that internal teams can run independently after handoff
- Engage with cross-functional stakeholders (product, engineering, operations, leadership) to align program design with company priorities and resourcing
- Define KPIs and reporting frameworks, establish baselines, and illustrate early impact to leadership
- Provide a clean handoff to internal owners, including documentation, training, and transition support
Skills
- Proven track record designing and launching programs from scratch, ideally in a tech or tech-enabled environment
- Strong systems thinking, able to take scattered capabilities and organize them into something coherent and operable
- Bias toward action and self-direction; you can operate with ambiguity and minimal ramp-up
- Experience building lightweight, durable processes and documentation
- Familiarity with STEM education, workforce development, or neurodiversity
- Experience with school- or educator-facing program model
- Existing relationships with STEM funders, implementation partners, or evaluation organizations
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