UNIR (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja) is a leading private online university that specializes in distance learning for higher education. As part of the Proeduca group, it serves tens of thousands of students across Spain and Latin America, offering a vast catalog of accredited undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in various fields including law, business, and education.

Headquartered in Logroño with a major corporate presence in Madrid, UNIR is a key employer for academic professionals, digital marketing specialists, and EdTech experts. The university is particularly attractive to international hires due to its global reach and the increasing demand for multilingual academic coordinators and professors with international research backgrounds.

Founded in 2008 in Logroño, UNIR was established to provide accessible online higher education. It has since grown into one of the largest online universities in the Spanish-speaking world and is the flagship institution of the Proeduca Altus group.

For international professionals

Operates on a 100% online education model, which often translates to flexible or hybrid work arrangements for corporate and academic staff.
The university is a major player in the Spanish-speaking world, providing opportunities for professionals to work on projects spanning Spain, Mexico, Colombia, and Peru.
Frequently recruits ANECA-accredited faculty and researchers, making it a viable path for international academics looking to enter the Spanish university system.
Main offices are located in Logroño (La Rioja) and Madrid, offering options for those preferring either a smaller city with a high quality of life or a major European capital.

Strategic Projects Manager

UNIR

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English. You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.

Job Description

At Grupo PROEDUCA, a leading Educational Group in online Higher Education, we are looking to incorporate a Strategic Projects Manager profile with approximately 5 years of experience to lead strategic and cross-functional initiatives within the Strategic Projects team.

The position combines business vision, analytical capacity, project leadership, stakeholder management, and an orientation toward execution. You will play a key role in the definition, structuring, and implementation of priority projects for the company, working closely with Management and various functional areas.

Additionally, you will be responsible for leading and developing more junior profiles within the team, ensuring analytical quality, rigor in execution, and consistency in materials and deliverables.

🧩 What will you do on a daily basis?

Lead strategic workstreams from start to finish, from problem definition and analysis of alternatives to execution, monitoring, and implementation.
Translate Management priorities into concrete work plans, with objectives, milestones, responsible parties, risks, dependencies, and monitoring mechanisms.
Coordinate cross-functional projects with different areas of the organization, ensuring alignment, execution pace, and resolution of blockers.
Structure business analyses, business cases, impact models, diagnostics, and recommendations for decision-making.
Prepare and supervise executive materials for management committees, governing bodies, and key meetings.
Drive the strategic project governance model, ensuring rigorous tracking of milestones, risks, pending decisions, dependencies, and escalations.
Lead, guide, and review the work of junior profiles, helping them structure analyses, prioritize tasks, and raise the quality of deliverables.
Act as a connection point between Management, functional areas, and project teams, ensuring clarity, focus, and accountability.

🎓 What are we looking for?

University degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, or similar qualifications.
Around 5 years of experience in strategic consulting, transformation, corporate strategy, corporate development, M&A, strategic PMO, strategic operations, or similar corporate areas.
Experience leading cross-functional projects or workstreams with multiple stakeholders.
High analytical capacity and ability to structure complex business problems.
Ability to build actionable recommendations from incomplete, ambiguous, or fragmented information.
Very proficient in Excel and PowerPoint.
Demonstrated ability to prepare clear, synthetic, and decision-oriented executive materials.
Good business judgment, autonomy, rigor, and attention to detail.
Strong communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills.
Practical, decisive, and execution-oriented profile, with the ability to move from analysis to impact.
Ability to guide, review, and develop junior profiles.

🌟 What do we offer?

✅ Stable contract and professional development projection within a leading Educational Group in constant growth.

🕒 Flexible schedule: Mon-Thu from 9:00 to 18:15 and Fri from 9:00 to 14:00 (with 1 hour of flexibility).

🏢 Offices in Pozuelo de Alarcón, just 3 minutes from the train station.

💳 Flexible remuneration plan: health insurance, childcare vouchers, transport, and gourmet card.

🎓 Training with up to an 80% discount on UNIR degrees.

🚀 26 working days of vacation + 4 personal days + annual pool of 16 hours.

🤝 A collaborative, dynamic environment oriented toward professional development.

📩 We want to meet you!

The EDUCATIVO Group is firmly committed to equal opportunity and diversity, thereby creating an environment free from all discrimination.

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View original advert (Spanish)

En Grupo PROEDUCA, Grupo Educativo líder en Educación Superior online, buscamos incorporar un perfil de Mánager de Proyectos Estratégicos con aproximadamente 5 años de experiencia para liderar iniciativas estratégicas y transversales dentro del equipo de Proyectos Estratégicos.

La posición combina visión de negocio, capacidad analítica, liderazgo de proyectos, gestión de stakeholders y orientación a la ejecución. Tendrá un rol clave en la definición, estructuración e implementación de proyectos prioritarios para la compañía, trabajando de forma cercana con Dirección y con distintas áreas funcionales.

Además, será responsable de liderar y desarrollar a perfiles más junior del equipo, asegurando calidad analítica, rigor en la ejecución y consistencia en los materiales y entregables.

🧩 ¿Qué harás en tu día a día?

Liderar workstreams estratégicos de principio a fin, desde la definición del problema y el análisis de alternativas hasta la ejecución, seguimiento e implantación.
Traducir prioridades de Dirección en planes de trabajo concretos, con objetivos, hitos, responsables, riesgos, dependencias y mecanismos de seguimiento.
Coordinar proyectos transversales con distintas áreas de la organización, asegurando alineamiento, ritmo de ejecución y resolución de bloqueos.
Estructurar análisis de negocio, business cases, modelos de impacto, diagnósticos y recomendaciones para la toma de decisiones.
Preparar y supervisar materiales ejecutivos para comités de dirección, órganos de gobierno y reuniones clave.
Impulsar el modelo de gobierno de proyectos estratégicos, asegurando seguimiento riguroso de hitos, riesgos, decisiones pendientes, dependencias y escalados.
Liderar, orientar y revisar el trabajo de perfiles junior, ayudándoles a estructurar análisis, priorizar tareas y elevar la calidad de los entregables.
Actuar como punto de conexión entre Dirección, áreas funcionales y equipos de proyecto, asegurando claridad, foco y accountability.

🎓 ¿Qué buscamos?

Formación universitaria en Ingeniería, ADE, Economía o titulaciones similares.
Alrededor de 5 años de experiencia en consultoría estratégica, transformación, corporate strategy, corporate development, M&A, PMO estratégica, operaciones estratégicas o áreas corporativas similares.
Experiencia liderando proyectos o workstreams transversales con múltiples stakeholders.
Alta capacidad analítica y habilidad para estructurar problemas complejos de negocio.
Capacidad para construir recomendaciones accionables a partir de información incompleta, ambigua o fragmentada.
Muy buen manejo de Excel y PowerPoint.
Capacidad demostrada para preparar materiales ejecutivos claros, sintéticos y orientados a la decisión.
Buen criterio de negocio, autonomía, rigor y atención al detalle.
Habilidades sólidas de comunicación, influencia y gestión de stakeholders.
Perfil práctico, resolutivo y orientado a ejecución, con capacidad para pasar del análisis al impacto.
Capacidad para guiar, revisar y desarrollar perfiles junior.

🌟 ¿Qué te ofrecemos?

✅ Contrato estable y proyección de desarrollo profesional dentro de un Grupo Educativo líder en constante crecimiento.

🕒 Horario flexible: L-J de 9:00 a 18:15 y V de 9:00 a 14:00 (con 1 hora de flexibilidad).

🏢 Oficinas en Pozuelo de Alarcón, a solo 3 minutos de la estación de tren.

💳 Plan de retribución flexible: seguro médico, cheques guardería, transporte y tarjeta gourmet.

🎓 Formación con hasta un 80% de descuento en titulaciones de la UNIR.

🚀 26 días laborables de vacaciones + 4 días de asuntos propios + bolsa de 16 horas anuales.

🤝 Un entorno colaborativo, dinámico y orientado al desarrollo profesional.

📩 ¡Queremos conocerte!