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Operations Project Manager roles qualify for H-1B sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in business, industrial engineering, or a related field. Many large manufacturers, logistics firms, and tech companies file H-1B petitions for these roles annually, making it one of the more accessible paths to employer-sponsored status.
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Cooley LLP is seeking a Project Manager to join the Firm Operations team.
Position Summary:
Cooley Firm Operations embraces a culture of excellence and transparency, and all members of the department are expected to move this agenda forward. The Firm Operations Project Manager will proactively manage multiple related critical projects to achieve a specific organizational goal(s), ensuring that all requisite projects are being actively driven and seamlessly coordinated with the firm’s evolving platform/data and digital workplace strategies. The Firm Operations Project Manager should, at a moment’s notice, be able to report accurately and cohesively regarding the status of a given project and should feel comfortable managing up to five high-profile initiatives simultaneously. As a team member within central firm operations, the Firm Operations Project Manager is expected to understand the full intake/demand cycle, inclusive of budgeting and procurement so that they may guide their program stakeholders through an end-to-end experience with all operational aspects of program-related business. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Position responsibilities:
- Establish rapid familiarity with various project lifecycles including but not limited to agile custom software development, software and vendor selection (RFI/RFP), process reengineering initiatives; extensively research project frameworks where required to quickly self-start and deliver various types of projects successfully
- Critically analyze work on receipt and on an ongoing basis, ensuring the most efficient and cost-effective options are employed, factoring in detailed assessments of in-house assets and proposing business process changes where appropriate
- Ensure that business needs and desired project outcomes are documented and measured (during and post-implementation) at a detailed and comprehensive level, continually leading to better decisions and investments
- Extensively research and understand market relevance (and alternatives) and monitor for changing conditions that may impact the scope or body of work
- Proactively build and maintain delivery and test plans that are built to surface issues, risks and dependencies as early as possible; ensure that project/task dates, assignments and regular updates are made consistently in the project management platform (project plans in the firm’s PPM platform should serve as one-stop shop for what’s happening on a given project at any point in time)
- Ensure stakeholder and firm operational readiness for delivery of work, build and deliver change management and communication plans accordingly
- Ensure that all key project artifacts are delivered – roles and responsibilities, scope statement/charter, business requirements, test plan, release plan, change management and communication plan, etc
- Proactively and transparently communicate bodies of work, progress/stoppages, potential risks and issues to team leadership on a proactive and ongoing basis; when in doubt, escalate
- Work intra and inter team to understand, evaluate and action enterprise resource constraints, work/delivery overlap, and areas where outcomes and business benefits are not adequately well-defined to warrant firm investment
- Adhere to consistently evolving and improving delivery standards established by team/department leadership
- Establish and maintain program-level KPIs and reports
- All other duties as required
Skills and experience:
Required:
- After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
- Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
- Ability to travel, as required
- 3+ years project management and planning experience implementing projects. Senior candidates must have 5+ years applicable experience in the field.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Certified Project Manager (from accredited program) and/or PMP credential
- Experience with a suite of projects/programs inclusive of process reengineering and improvement, software and vendor evaluation and selection (RFPs) and implementation, and agile custom software development
- Experience working in the legal and/or operations industry
Competencies:
- Ability to trust and elicit trust
- Strategic, critical thinking and reasoning skills
- Excellent verbal and written comprehension skills
- Strong business acumen
- Risk intelligent, anticipatory and perceptive
- Proactive and agile, able to think 5 steps ahead
- Outcome-driven and solution-oriented; driver and task-maker rather than task-taker
- Deep blend of delivery experience and business analysis experience
- Able to juggle and prioritize multiple competing priorities; swift turnaround on deliverables to be able to manage multiple critical initiatives at once
- Comfortable operating within a grey area and willing to ask questions and ask for help
- Expert collaboration and communication skills, ability to professionally convey clear and concise information to any audience
- Strong, cross-functional leadership skills – problem-solving, creativity, adaptability, negotiations, relationship-building, dependability, mentoring and integrity
- Ability to interact with firm senior leadership and bring all facts of the scenario to light proactively
Cooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.
EOE.
The expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $110,000 - $160,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate. Senior level candidates may be considered for this position and would be eligible for a higher salary range based on experience.
We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.
INTRODUCTION
Cooley LLP is seeking a Project Manager to join the Firm Operations team.
Position Summary:
Cooley Firm Operations embraces a culture of excellence and transparency, and all members of the department are expected to move this agenda forward. The Firm Operations Project Manager will proactively manage multiple related critical projects to achieve a specific organizational goal(s), ensuring that all requisite projects are being actively driven and seamlessly coordinated with the firm’s evolving platform/data and digital workplace strategies. The Firm Operations Project Manager should, at a moment’s notice, be able to report accurately and cohesively regarding the status of a given project and should feel comfortable managing up to five high-profile initiatives simultaneously. As a team member within central firm operations, the Firm Operations Project Manager is expected to understand the full intake/demand cycle, inclusive of budgeting and procurement so that they may guide their program stakeholders through an end-to-end experience with all operational aspects of program-related business. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Position responsibilities:
- Establish rapid familiarity with various project lifecycles including but not limited to agile custom software development, software and vendor selection (RFI/RFP), process reengineering initiatives; extensively research project frameworks where required to quickly self-start and deliver various types of projects successfully
- Critically analyze work on receipt and on an ongoing basis, ensuring the most efficient and cost-effective options are employed, factoring in detailed assessments of in-house assets and proposing business process changes where appropriate
- Ensure that business needs and desired project outcomes are documented and measured (during and post-implementation) at a detailed and comprehensive level, continually leading to better decisions and investments
- Extensively research and understand market relevance (and alternatives) and monitor for changing conditions that may impact the scope or body of work
- Proactively build and maintain delivery and test plans that are built to surface issues, risks and dependencies as early as possible; ensure that project/task dates, assignments and regular updates are made consistently in the project management platform (project plans in the firm’s PPM platform should serve as one-stop shop for what’s happening on a given project at any point in time)
- Ensure stakeholder and firm operational readiness for delivery of work, build and deliver change management and communication plans accordingly
- Ensure that all key project artifacts are delivered – roles and responsibilities, scope statement/charter, business requirements, test plan, release plan, change management and communication plan, etc
- Proactively and transparently communicate bodies of work, progress/stoppages, potential risks and issues to team leadership on a proactive and ongoing basis; when in doubt, escalate
- Work intra and inter team to understand, evaluate and action enterprise resource constraints, work/delivery overlap, and areas where outcomes and business benefits are not adequately well-defined to warrant firm investment
- Adhere to consistently evolving and improving delivery standards established by team/department leadership
- Establish and maintain program-level KPIs and reports
- All other duties as required
Skills and experience:
Required:
- After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
- Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
- Ability to travel, as required
- 3+ years project management and planning experience implementing projects. Senior candidates must have 5+ years applicable experience in the field.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Certified Project Manager (from accredited program) and/or PMP credential
- Experience with a suite of projects/programs inclusive of process reengineering and improvement, software and vendor evaluation and selection (RFPs) and implementation, and agile custom software development
- Experience working in the legal and/or operations industry
Competencies:
- Ability to trust and elicit trust
- Strategic, critical thinking and reasoning skills
- Excellent verbal and written comprehension skills
- Strong business acumen
- Risk intelligent, anticipatory and perceptive
- Proactive and agile, able to think 5 steps ahead
- Outcome-driven and solution-oriented; driver and task-maker rather than task-taker
- Deep blend of delivery experience and business analysis experience
- Able to juggle and prioritize multiple competing priorities; swift turnaround on deliverables to be able to manage multiple critical initiatives at once
- Comfortable operating within a grey area and willing to ask questions and ask for help
- Expert collaboration and communication skills, ability to professionally convey clear and concise information to any audience
- Strong, cross-functional leadership skills – problem-solving, creativity, adaptability, negotiations, relationship-building, dependability, mentoring and integrity
- Ability to interact with firm senior leadership and bring all facts of the scenario to light proactively
Cooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.
EOE.
The expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $110,000 - $160,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate. Senior level candidates may be considered for this position and would be eligible for a higher salary range based on experience.
We offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as 21 days of Paid Time Off (“PTO”) and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. New employees will attend a detailed benefit orientation to learn more about our many benefits and resources.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Operations Project Manager
Align your degree to SOC codes
USCIS evaluates specialty occupation by matching your degree field to the role's SOC code. Pull the O*NET profile for Operations Project Manager and confirm your transcript reflects a directly related discipline before applying.
Target E-Verify enrolled employers first
If you're on OPT cap-gap, your employer must be E-Verify enrolled for your work authorization to bridge to October 1. Filter your job search to E-Verify participants so you don't lose authorization between selection and the start date.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating an offer
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your location and role level. Run the OFLC Wage Search before your offer call so you can flag underpaying offers that would block LCA certification.
Search LCA filing history on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Operations Project Manager roles by employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history. This surfaces companies that have already navigated the specialty occupation determination for this job title, reducing your petition risk.
Flag project management certifications in your petition
A PMP or CAPM certification strengthens the specialty occupation argument when your role involves cross-functional coordination without a narrowly defined degree requirement. Include certification documentation in your I-129 supporting evidence package.
Request premium processing during job transitions
Operations roles often have firm start dates tied to project cycles. Premium processing delivers an I-129 decision within 15 business days through USCIS, giving both you and your employer a definite onboarding timeline instead of a months-long wait.
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Find Operations Project Manager JobsOperations Project Manager H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Operations Project Manager role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, if the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as business administration, industrial engineering, supply chain management, or operations management. Generic management roles that accept any degree can face RFEs, so the job description must tie the degree requirement to specific duties. Employers typically document this through the LCA and the I-129 support letter.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for Operations Project Manager positions?
Manufacturing, logistics and distribution, technology, healthcare systems, and aerospace file the highest volumes of H-1B LCAs for operations and project management titles. These industries run complex, multi-site operations where the specialty occupation argument is easier to establish. You can confirm which specific employers have active filing history for this title through Migrate Mate before targeting your applications.
Can my employer file an H-1B for an Operations Project Manager role if I currently hold OPT?
Yes. Your employer must register you in the H-1B lottery during the March registration window. If selected, they file the full I-129 petition. If you're on STEM OPT, you have up to 24 additional months of work authorization, which gives you two more lottery cycles. The employer must be E-Verify enrolled to maintain your authorization through any cap-gap period.
What documentation does my employer need to prove specialty occupation for this role?
The employer's support letter must explain why a bachelor's degree in a specific field is the minimum requirement for the position, not just a preference. Job postings, internal job descriptions, organization charts showing comparable positions, and industry wage surveys all strengthen the petition. USCIS also looks at whether similar roles at the company have historically required the same degree, so prior LCA history for the title matters.
How does the H-1B prevailing wage requirement affect Operations Project Manager job offers?
The employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your job title, location, and experience level, as certified in the LCA. Operations Project Manager roles span wage levels one through four depending on supervision and complexity. Before accepting an offer, verify the applicable wage level using the OFLC Wage Search so you can confirm the offer meets the legal minimum and won't delay LCA certification.
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