C1 - Project Manager

Job Description

Job Description Summary

At Pearson, were committed to a world thats always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always re-examining the way people learn best, whether its one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe. We are bold thinkers and stand-out innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology and each other to surpass these boundaries we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the worlds innovations, personal and global, large and small.

The Content Producer partners with the Content Strategy and Product Management teams to execute on a competitive product strategy for both digital and print products based on analysis of market conditions. Product delivery platforms include Digital Courseware (including Revel and MyLabs), learning apps and tools, printed books and supporting supplements; strategy evolves with changing market needs. The Content Producer must be able to pivot quickly as market needs dictate.

The Content Producer leads and manages assigned programs that are comprised of multiple program components (projects), through strategic planning and controlling the program scope, budget, costs, time schedules, quality and timely delivery of all program components. The Content Producer manages dependencies and is accountable for all program components - digital and print - from end to end.

The Content Producer communicates the program plan to a cross-functional team and demonstrates leadership and collaboration in implementing and executing the plan. The Content Producer identifies and escalates risks and creates risk-mitigations plans.

Job Duties

• Planning: collaborates with Content Strategy and Product Management teams to create program plan and P&L, with particular attention to product delivery strategy, resource and budget needs, and schedule needs.

• Content Plan: clarifies deliverables for each program component. Communicates requirements for each program component to cross-functional team, and ensures final content achieves approved content plan.

• Schedule: establishes coordinated high-level schedule for all program components; monitors and controls schedule dependencies for program components.

• Resources: identifies and secures resources where necessary for program (vendors, content contributors). Guides and monitors work from all resources to achieve content, schedule, and budget requirements.

• Budget: responsible for budget performance of the program, communicates budgets to all parties, maintains overview of budget performance against approved plan/signed P&L.

• Quality: communicates quality control plan to program team, and monitors implementation of plan.

• Communication: plans, organizes, and leads periodic meetings of the program team to evaluate status, problem-solve, and mitigate risks.

• Problem solving: collaborates with decision makers and stakeholders to resolve conflicts between plan and execution of various aspects of program plan.

Skills

• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills based on collecting and analysing available, relevant, and reliable information, learning who to ask for opinions and input, and acting upon the analysis in a timely and effective manner.

• Strong leadership skills, including developing and maintaining constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, seeks out contrary perspectives and is approachable.

• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex programs with interrelated asset and timing dependencies.

• Provides strong, timely, and appropriate written and verbal communication to internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to balance thinking with action; able to redefine problems when working in ambiguity.

• Takes initiative and leads change.

• Flexible and adaptable in navigating roadblocks and creating innovative solutions.

• Identifies areas of improvement, plans a strategy, and acts independently to create or promote improvement.

• Exhibits curiosity and learning agility to discover and understand market and customer requirements.

• Ability to collaborate with key stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.

• Behaves ethically and with integrity.

• Strong financial management skills and decision making.

• Bachelors degree required.

• Minimum of 4-6 years job experience required, preferably in higher education academic publishing (editorial, digital strategy, end to end project management).

• Digital content/product management experience preferred.

• Proficiency with PC & Mac, including Microsoft Office, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or other project management tools.

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