We’re looking for a Project Manager to join our vibrant (remote) team where creativity meets collaboration! The media landscapes we inhabit shape our beliefs and our actions. Harmony Labs is a media research lab using the power of science, data, and creativity to research and reshape our relationship with media, to contribute to a more pluralistic future. We are looking for a Project Management Consultant to guide project teams to successful completion, ensuring project and partner success.
This is an hourly, 6-month, 1099 position, with the option for contract extension or full-time employment after the initial 6-month period.
Please submit a resume and cover letter, clearly describing your interest and experience to jobs@harmonylabs.org. Due to the number of emails we receive, we regret that we are unable to respond to each one.
Manage multiple cross-functional partner project teams simultaneously, creating the conditions for high-quality outputs and partner satisfaction
Create and maintain project documentation, including charters, scope statements, and work structures and plans, and organize teams and tasks based on team members' strengths, capacity, and project requirements
Conduct regular project status meetings and facilitate clear communication between partners, project teams, and leadership
Review partner-facing materials such as research reports, and presentations to ensure all deliverables meet Harmony Lab’s standards for excellence and align with partner expectations
Collaborate with project teams to translate research findings and data into actionable insights, strategic recommendations, and engaging stories, making the research accessible and impactful for both technical and non-technical audiences
Prepare visually compelling assets, including presentations, reports, and briefs to effectively communicate research insights and recommendations
Help design and facilitate work sessions including workshops, brainstorming sessions, and kickoff meetings with internal and external stakeholders
Manage partner relationships, addressing concerns and managing expectations proactively
And other duties and responsibilities as needed and as assigned
You thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
You have excellent project management skills, are comfortable working within tight deadlines, and managing multiple projects simultaneously
You are committed to high-quality outputs and have high attention to detail
You maintain flexibility and a results-oriented approach, adapting effectively when plans shift or challenges arise
You have at least 7 years of professional work experience in project management, strategy, or a related field
You have proven experience working on cross-disciplinary teams in a professional environment
Part-time from approximately June 2025 to December 2025
Approximately 25-30 hours per week (M-F) depending on project needs, including being available for remote meetings between 12:00 pm and 5:00 pm EST
Hourly rate ranging from $80-100 per hour, commensurate with experience
Broad perspectives and diverse experiences are key to serving society, and innovating in a way that responds to our complex, interdependent global context. While Harmony Labs employs only United States citizens and those non-U.S. citizens authorized to work in the United States, in compliance with national regulations, we strongly encourage people from backgrounds currently underrepresented in tech, research, media, and data science to apply. Harmony Labs is an equal opportunity employer. We value and welcome diversity in the workplace and strongly encourage all qualified persons to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
We are a media research lab, using science, data, and creativity to research and reshape our relationship with media. For more than a decade, Harmony Labs has helped storytellers and strategists, decision makers and dreamers, harness the immense power of media to shape a positive, pluralistic future. With the Narrative Observatory, for the first time ever, we're harnessing powerful industry relationships to deliver one-of-a-kind data infrastructure that empowers partners to find, reach, and resonate with the right audience in today's media minefield. The Narrative Observatory delivers audience-based insights, narrative and network analysis, and empirical validation of cultural strategy and content---all derived from the actual behavior of real people and true audiences, not survey results, demographic groups, or inauthentic online activity.
We work with a wide range of partners on issues of existential importance, like climate, gun violence, political corruption, artificial intelligence, and more, using an approach to research that is rigorous, participatory, and public. One of the first papers we co-authored looked at fracking narratives in documentary film. The outputs we've created with our partners include websites, presentations, peer-reviewed publications, toolkits, curriculum, interactives, white papers, and media. And our work has been covered in the press, like in this recent New York Times article.
Founded by John S. Johnson in 2008, Harmony Labs is a 501(c)3 incorporated in New York State. Funders include Atlantic Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Nathan Cummings Foundation, Google, and more.