Program Manager, Career Development

Job Title :

• Program Manager, Career Development Functional Team :   Program Team, Regional Impact Job Type : Full-Time FLSA Classification : Exempt Location : Hybrid in New York Desired Start Date : December 2025 Direct Supervisor : Associate Director of Program, New York Who We Are COOP is building a diverse movement of upwardly mobile first-generation college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.
• We want to reignite our nation’s promise of upward mobility for those who strive to achieve a brighter future for themselves and their families—to ensure the American Dream is a reality for all.
• We connect un- / underemployed first-gen college graduates to one another—within cohorts and across “generations” of cohorts.
• By growing their peer professional networks, members of our community achieve upward economic mobility by building the skills and connections they need for the careers they deserve.
• Our intervention for underemployed graduates has produced compelling wage outcomes for thousands of first-generation and low-income grads in New York, California, Illinois, and Florida.  Within 12 months of program completion, three-in-four COOP alumni are fully employed.

Learn more about COOP Careers’ here :

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.  Who You Are Workload Management - Breaks down a task / project into steps and executes them effectively and on time, adjusting course as needed Initiative & Results-Driven - Creates action plans to drive decisions that deliver results and enhance intended impact, accounting for internal and external factors that might affect desired results and adjusting course as needed Collaboration - Views work with a collective mindset; supports others in understanding how we achieve our shared purpose with mutual accountability and shared ownership to achieve our goals Data Mindset - Understands and analyzes data; uses data to identify insights and implications to make data-driven decisions and inform operations / strategy What We Offer You COOP Careers believes it is mission-critical to hire, retain, and motivate highly-qualified, passionate, dedicated professionals and is committed to providing a fair and comprehensive compensation package, which includes :

Intentional, casual, and joyful moments together will infuse our culture with the sense of community that makes COOP unique and powerful and will collectively push us toward our shared purpose.  Currently, all COOP team members are working remotely and attending a once-a-month in-person coworking and team-building day at our co-located space in lower Manhattan (Civic Hall, 124 E 14th St, New York, NY 10003) for NYC team members and in San Francisco, CA 94111) for Bay Area team members or a mutually convenient coworking location for our Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami team members Residency Policy All employees must reside within commuting distance (approximately two hours) of a COOP Program site located in the following cities :

All qualified applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.