Strategic Project Manager
Join us in our vision to help everyone in the world to find the right education!
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About the Role
Keystone Education Group is looking for a Strategic Project Manager to drive our priority strategic initiatives through structured project governance, execution oversight, and stakeholder coordination. This role sits at the intersection of Commercial, Product, Engineering, Finance, and Legal, ensuring projects are delivered on time and embedded into sustainable day-to-day operations.
What You'll Do
Lead cross-functional coordination across Commercial, Product, Finance, Legal, and Operations
Maintain live project plans, milestone trackers, risk registers, and decision logs
Escalate blockers and risks to leadership with recommended resolution paths
Own stakeholder communication, training coordination, and adoption tracking for cross-functional rollouts
Establish and maintain project governance standards (board structure, ticket hygiene, reporting cadences) in Jira and Confluence
Build reusable project templates and delivery frameworks
Produce executive-level status reporting on a defined cadence
Coordinate handoffs from project delivery into operational ownership, ensuring every new system or process has a clear owner before project close
Progressively take on coordination of major cross-functional programs as governance foundations are established, including AI and automation initiatives and platform migrations
Extend ownership to data governance, operational efficiency programs, and customer journey improvement initiatives
What We're Looking For
Proven experience running cross-functional projects involving multiple departments (Commercial, Finance, Legal, Product, or similar)
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive decisions and hold people accountable to deliverables
Experience with project governance tools (Jira, Confluence, or equivalent)
Excellent written and verbal communication in English
Bachelors degree or higher
About Keystone Education Group
At Keystone, you will be working with passionate, professional and high-performance individuals. Together, we have grown successfully into more than 700 talented employees with sites that are recognized as the world's leading search engines for education. Ambition, drive and great ideas help us reach our goals – join us in the next step of your career!
Application Instructions
Please send us your application by hitting the button "Apply here!".
Keystone is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.
- Business
- Keystone Education Group
- Role
- Other
- Locations
- Stockholm
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Remote Status
- Hybrid
Stockholm
Three of many benefits
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A fun workplace
We believe in creating a good environment between co-workers by participating in enjoyable activities such as sports events, after works and travelling. -
Opportunities to grow
We believe in giving every employee opportunities to develop their skills and capabilities by providing them with both external and internal courses and training. -
Reward for effort
We believe in showing appreciation to our employees.
Workplace & Culture
Our workplace culture is shaped by people who are driven to achieve and dedicated to making a difference. Our vision is to find everyone in the world the right education, and our values are how we achieve that. They guide us to come together, take bold steps, innovate, and stay committed to our mission every day.
Driven by our core values Creativity, Courage, Commitment and Collaboration, we craft innovative solutions and take a dynamic, flexible approach to problem-solving, embracing creativity as a catalyst for growth and progress.
We face challenges head-on, with the courage to explore new paths and the expertise to turn obstacles into opportunities.
By connecting as a team, we foster a collaborative and supportive environment that brings out the best in each other and keeps us aligned around a shared vision. Our workforce brings together talent from over 70 nationalities. We are a truly global team where diversity strengthens our collaboration and drives us forward.
With deep commitment to our mission, we deliver with integrity, always working toward success for the students, institutions, and families we serve, helping everyone in the world find the right education.
About Keystone Education Group
Keystone is trusted by more than 100 million prospective students every year to help them make one of the most important decisions of their lifetimes, namely, which educational program to attend.
At Keystone, we help students find the right education to pursue their dreams, whether they are seeking higher education, wanting to expand their knowledge through a course, or upskilling as a professional.
For education institutions, we offer an end-to-end solution across the entire student recruitment value chain, providing tech-powered student marketing and recruitment services to over 5,500 institutions in more than 190 countries. We aim to help institutions reach, engage, recruit and enroll students at scale, without compromising on providing a quality student experience.