Melanin Money

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POSITION: Project Manager COMPANY: Melanin Money REPORTING TO: Samantha Kall, Chief Operating Officer STATUS: FT Employee (W2) COMPENSATION: $68,000-72,000/yr, based on experience + bonus potential BENEFITS: Health, personal life insurance, 401K with employer matching, generous holiday allowance, financial planning services, flexible schedule, remote LOCATION: Remote; 9AM-6PM ET; open to US residents, with a preference for applicants located in ET/CT; must be available to travel 3-4 times per year START DATE: January 5, 2026 APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH: December 16, 2025 ABOUT THE PROJECT MANAGER POSITION Melanin Money is on a mission to close the Wealth Gap by $100 billion - empowering 100,000 people of color to achieve their first $1 million in net worth. Through curriculum, community, and coaching, we equip rising wealth builders to create the financial future they deserve. As we grow, our initiatives are becoming more complex-spanning events, campaigns, new programs, cross-team launches, and multi-department efforts that require strategic coordination. We are seeking a highly organized, proactive, and systems-minded Project Manager who can both zoom out to architect a project from end-to-end, and zoom in to ensure every moving piece is executed with excellence. This is a brand-new role-you won't be stepping into an existing system. You'll help build the project management infrastructure that supports a fast-growing organization with multiple internal and external stakeholders, bringing clarity, structure, and momentum to company-wide initiatives. This is a remote, full-time employee role, open to US residents, with a preference for applicants located in Eastern or Central Time Zones. Candidates must be able to work during the hours of 9AM-6PM ET, Mon-Fri, and be available to travel 3-4 times per year. REQUIREMENTS: • Minimum of 3 years of proven project management experience • Demonstrated success coordinating cross-functional teams (sales, operations, marketing, product, events, etc.) • Experience working with external vendors, agencies, or partner teams • Proven experience creating project plans, timelines, and workflows from scratch • Experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder projects with both creative and operational components YOU'RE PERFECT FOR MELANIN MONEY IF... • You are a natural orchestrator: You know how to get the right people doing the right things at the right time-and keep everyone aligned. • Macro-micro multitasking is your sweet spot: You can scope a project from 30,000 feet and also track task-level details without dropping balls. • You take initiative and lead without handholding: You instinctively fill gaps, ask the right questions, and move projects forward even when information is incomplete. • You build systems from scratch: You love taking a blank page and creating structure, processes, templates, and workflows that teams can follow. • You communicate clearly and confidently: You know how to simplify complexity, deliver concise updates, and hold people accountable with professionalism. • You manage multiple stakeholders with ease: Internal teams, external vendors, contractors, advisors, planners-you can coordinate them all smoothly. • You are solutions-oriented and thrive in fast-paced environments: You remain composed during shifting priorities and solve problems with strategy, not stress. • You embody ownership, excellence, and integrity: Your work is polished. Your timelines are reliable. And when something goes wrong, you handle it swiftly and transparently. • You believe in Melanin Money's mission: You're excited to help scale a brand serving and empowering people of color across the world. • You excel at planning and managing complex initiatives-you're comfortable overseeing multi-phase projects with multiple internal and external stakeholders, and you know how to keep everything moving cohesively. • You have a strong command of timelines and dependencies-you anticipate handoffs, surface risks early, and keep teams aligned and accountable to deliver on commitments. • You are an excellent communicator and facilitator-you can lead meetings, drive clarity and decisions, and coordinate effectively across departments, vendors, and partners. • You can take big-picture goals and turn them into action-you translate leadership expectations, project goals, and campaign plans into clear tasks, workflows, and deliverables. • You are systems-oriented in your execution-you enjoy building structured approaches for tracking progress, measuring success, and keeping projects organized from start to finish. • You are highly organized and documentation-driven-you create and maintain timelines, workflows, SOPs, reports, and project trackers that teams can actually use and rely on. • You are resourceful and proactive-you spot issues before they escalate, troubleshoot breakdowns thoughtfully, and propose practical, effective solutions. • You bring strong operational thinking and problem-solving skills-you're able to assess challenges holistically and take smart, decisive action. • You are comfortable working in evolving environments-you don't need everything to be perfect or fully built to get started, and you enjoy helping shape and improve processes over time. • You can juggle multiple priorities without sacrificing quality-you manage several projects at once while maintaining attention to detail and high standards. • You are confident using modern project management tools-you're proficient in platforms like ClickUp, Asana, Monday, Notion, or similar, and you know how to use them to drive visibility and accountability. • You are highly proficient in Google Workspace-you use Docs, Sheets, and Slides to communicate clearly, track progress, and support cross-functional collaboration. • You thrive in fast-paced environments-you stay focused, adaptable, and solution-oriented when priorities shift. • You take ownership of outcomes-you care deeply about the quality of your work, follow through on details, and see projects through to successful completion. • You bring experience in coaching or online education businesses-and understand how to support programs, launches, or campaigns in that space (not required, but a plus). RESPONSIBILITIES Project Leadership & Strategy • Own end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of company-wide projects, from scoping to final handoff. • Scope projects fully-defining objectives, stakeholders, timelines, resource needs, risks, and success metrics. • Translate high-level goals into structured project plans, timelines, workflows, and clear deliverables. • Understand the entire organization (teams, roles, workflows) to predict downstream impacts and ensure alignment. • Identify gaps, risks, capacity constraints, and bottlenecks early-and proactively propose solutions or adjustments. • Strategically drive momentum by determining what needs to change or escalate to get projects back on track. • Serve as the operational strategist ensuring all project components move in sync and remain feasible. Cross-Functional Collaboration • Facilitate communication across departments (Sales, Marketing, Client Success, Operations) to ensure clarity and alignment. • Serve as the internal liaison for external partners (event planners, marketing agencies, graphic designers, contractors). • Ensure all stakeholders have the correct information, access, timelines, and resources to complete their work. • Maintain an in-depth understanding of how each team operates to anticipate needs and coordinate effectively. • Lead recurring project status meetings and deliver concise, actionable follow-up reporting. System & Process Development • Build project management structures, templates, and systems from scratch as the company grows. • Create tracking tools, dashboards, SOPs, checklists, and timelines to increase visibility and efficiency. • Design scalable workflows for new roles, products, or initiatives based on leadership-provided expectations. • Develop systems that help track performance, capacity, and milestone completion across the organization. Execution Oversight & Accountability • Track progress against deadlines, deliverables, capacity, and KPIs across multiple teams. • Assess team bandwidth, identify capacity issues early, and readjust timelines or resources proactively. • Ensure all project communication is aligned-internal messaging, campaign timelines, launch details, and event updates. • Hold team members accountable with professionalism and empathy, ensuring clarity of expectations and next steps. • Quality-check deliverables for accuracy, completeness, and alignment before they move to the next stage. • Provide leadership with regular progress updates, issues logs, and recommendations for course correction. Event Project Management • Manage internal and external workflows for Melanin Money's major live and virtual events. • Coordinate with event planners, marketing agencies, sales teams, and internal operations to ensure cross-team readiness. • Maintain the master event timeline, ensuring alignment across ticketing, communications, content, and logistics. • Troubleshoot gaps, identify resource needs, and adjust timelines or workflows to maintain successful event execution. Continuous Improvement • Maintain thorough documentation for every project, including learnings and post-project evaluations. • Identify inefficiencies, cost-saving opportunities, and operational improvements across teams and projects. • Recommend and implement changes that improve speed, reduce friction, and increase organizational alignment. • Continuously optimize processes to support a scaling organization and evolving priorities. TOOLS YOU'LL USE ClickUp • Canva • Circle.so • Google Workspace • HubSpot • Miro • Notion • PandaDoc • Read.ai • Slack • Stripe • Zoom ABOUT THE FOUNDERS + MELANIN MONEY George Acheampong is a finance and entrepreneurship thought leader, and Co-Founder of Melanin Money. With over a decade of experience as a financial advisor and wealth planner, he is also the Founder and Managing Partner of Capitalwize, LLC- a Financial Planning and Investment Management Firm.