Strategic Project Lead, Center for Digital Equity

SUMMARY: The Center for Digital Equity (CDE) at Queens University of Charlotte is seeking a highly organized and proactive Strategic Project Lead to join our team. This role is central to keeping CDEs most important initiatives on track by providing cross-functional project management and coordination across Advocacy Adoption Marketing and Operations.

As Strategic Project Lead you will be responsible for building the scaffolding that enables our programs and teams to succeedensuring project plans are clear timelines are realistic resources are aligned and progress is visible. Youll work closely with the Operations Systems Specialist and the internal steering cabinet to create detailed project roadmaps monitor execution and support communication with internal and external stakeholders.

The Strategic Project Lead will also support select board and team communications leveraging their visibility across projects to prepare updates reports and materials. While this is a smaller portion of the role it ensures leadership and governance partners stay connected to CDEs progress.

This is a full-time benefits-eligible position reporting to the Director of Operations. This position is grant funded with an end date of June 30 2026.

About the Center for Digital Equity

CDE is the backbone organization for a collective impact strategy bringing together residents public and private sector partners to co-create solutions allowing every resident to thrive in our modern culture. Through awareness partnerships and action it aims to empower organizations to deliver digital resources to the communities they serve.

This position is exempt from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and is not eligible to earn overtime pay or compensatory time off for additional hours worked. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Project & Program Coordination

• Develop and maintain project charters plans and shared dashboards for major CDE initiatives.

• Serve as the cross-functional connector between Advocacy Adoption Operations and Marketing ensuring tasks dependencies and risks are identified and managed.

• Facilitate workload allocation across team members monitoring capacity and surfacing trade-offs to leadership.

• Coordinate logistics for project-related meetings ensuring agendas materials and follow-ups are timely and clear.

• Establish and improve project management practices templates and tools that can scale across the organization.

Partner & Program Support

• Collaborate with different team members to ensure key initiatives are well-structured documented and supported.
• Work with the Operations Systems Specialist to align CRM reporting dashboards and inventory processes with project delivery needs.
• Support tracking and reporting of program metrics success stories and key results.

Board & Team Communications

• Assist in preparing board packets meeting materials and follow-up documentation.

• Draft clear and concise updates to inform leadership and board members of project progress and outcomes.

• Maintain accurate records of board and team action items ensuring accountability and visibility.

Organizational Alignment

• Contribute to strategic business planning by translating goals into project plans and measurable milestones.
• Support alignment of internal systems (HubSpot Asana shared trackers) with project workflows.
• Act as a culture carrier for collaborative detail-oriented and equity-centered project delivery.

Non-EssentialDuties:

Experience Knowledge & Skills Required

• 2 years of experience in project coordination program management or cross-functional team support.
• Bachelors degree in business administration nonprofit management public policy or a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience supporting cross-functional initiatives in nonprofit advocacy or community engagement settings.
• Demonstrated proficiency with project management software (e.g. Asana Trello Smartsheet).
• Familiarity with CRM systems such as HubSpot.
• Ability to structure launch and track complex initiatives with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong written and oral skills; able to convey project status risks and next steps clearly.
• Ability to identify risks evaluate solutions and recommend paths forward.
• Skilled in working across teams and maintaining strong relationships.
• Strong capacity to manage details while keeping sight of overall strategy.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and comfort with collaborative tools such as Zoom and shared drives.
• We encourage applicants from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply even if they do not meet every qualification. At CDE we are committed to fostering an inclusive diverse equitable and accessible environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging.

Application Process

Does this sound like a good fit Submit the following:

1. A cover letter addressing the position qualifications and experience.
2. Current résumé
3. Salary expectations

Applications received by October 17 2025 will receive first consideration. Queens will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

About Queens University of Charlotte

Located in the heart of the nations second fastest growing metropolitan area Queens University of Charlotte leverages the citys diverse and thriving environment as an extended classroom. Nationally recognized for undergraduate programs in international and interdisciplinary education Queens blends the best of liberal arts learning with professional preparation and community engagement. Focused on supporting success for diverse learners faculty build close and collaborative relationships with students and help them build intentional and individualized roadmaps for flourishing at Queens and beyond. At the graduate program level the University offers innovative educational experiences that help learners advance professionally and retool for new opportunities. Our environs afford faculty myriad opportunities to advance their own professional growth and teaching and research interests by collaborating with vibrant industry non-profit and community organization sectors.

Because of our history of innovation and our legacy of strong leadership Queens is positioned to be among the new forerunners of American higher education.This is a defining moment for Queens. While other institutions are focused on sustaining and surviving we are thinking much bigger.

Institutions that understand what is needed and are willing to reimagine what is possible can position themselves to thrive and strengthen their market position after the pandemic with innovative approaches that are deeply connected to the world and its greatest challenges.

By 2030 Queens aspires to become the leading private national university of Charlottewith deep meaningful and reciprocal connections to the needs of our local community and economy; inventive and multidisciplinary academic programs that are connected to the worlds most pressing challenges and biggest areas of opportunity; a fully connected integrated and innovative set of experiences that support holistic wellness and wellbeing; a culture of continuous improvement and investment that enables faculty and staff to flourish and achieve their full potential; and a comprehensive approach to diversity equity and inclusion that begins on campus and radiates throughout the community.

Queens University of Charlotteaims to be a leading comprehensive university distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students and enhancing the intellectual and cultural fabric of its community. Queens is a campus wherediversity equity and inclusion are core values. The mission of Queens is to provide transformative educational experiences that nurture intellectual curiosity promote global understanding encourage ethical living and prepare individuals for purposeful and fulfilling lives. To this end the University recruits talented faculty staff and students from across the United States and around the world. Queens encourages applications from women people of color people with disabilities and members of other protected classes and historically minoritized communities. The University also invites applications from individuals who are prepared to provide a rich and varied educational experience to our increasingly diverse student body and to collaborate with colleagues to make Queens an equitable and inclusive place to live learn and work.

Queens works to provide an accessible living learning and working environment for current and prospective faculty staff and students and visitors to our campus. If there are accommodationswe can provide to make your application process more accessible please contact the Director of Human Resources ( ). The position duties and responsibilities listed above should be able to be completed with or without reasonable accommodations. HR works in partnership with employees to manage the workplace accommodations process.

Benefits

Queens offers comprehensive benefits to eligible employees including: medical dental and vision insurance domestic partner benefits a 403b retirement plan with two options (pre-tax or post-tax (Roth) contributions) with a generous match vacation and generous paid holidays tuition remission and tuition exchange Queens-paid life insurance supplemental life insurance dependent life insurance accidental death and dismemberment insurance disability insurance flexible spending accounts (medical dependent care Health Savings Account) sick leave and long-term disability leave paid parental leave FMLA leave when eligible reduced cost meals at Morrison Dining Hall employee assistance program (EAP) free access to the Levine Center wellness addition employees may choose benefits such as pet insurance critical care insurance and legal assistance.