[Remote] Advanced Specialist, Project Management

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Pearson is hiring an Advanced Specialist, Project Management to lead enhancements and small IT project teams focused primarily on one product area. The role manages project planning, execution, quality, change, budgets, reporting, and stakeholder relationships to deliver software projects successfully.

Responsibilities

• As an Advanced Specialist, Project Management, you will generally lead enhancements and small project teams (durations 6 months – 18 months, budgets $500K - $3M, up to 15 team members) that are focused primarily on one product area
• Additionally, this role might support other Project Managers or Product Engineering Managers in larger project efforts or maintenance activities
• In this role you will manage and control IT projects in all project-related interfaces: planning, directing, and coordinating project activities with the ownership for successful completion of all project deliverables to the business within established financial, schedule, and quality objectives
• Establish, document, and manage project scope
• Define and prioritize project tasks establish project goals, requirements, and desired results
• Create, manage, and update project schedules and timeline
• Establish project charter, facilitate review with project steering committee, key stakeholders and project team, and gain charter sign-off
• Define, manage, and update resources
• Review requirements and specifications for work
• Participate in identifying and recruiting project personnel
• Identify and assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority to project team personnel
• Establish schedules and project parameters; develop procedures to accomplish project goals
• Identify and manage project risk
• Identify and manage project issues
• Coordinate the work across multiple projects with other project staff from various functional departments
• Gather and review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify as necessary
• Track the execution process to ensure that project team adheres to reporting requirements
• Facilitate team meetings to discuss and review the work
• Act as focal point for project problem resolution and escalation
• Establish conditions for project closure and manage closure
• Ensure the software development quality provided and delivered meets that in the agreed plan
• Ensure that the team follows all formal and informal best practices in software development and other initiatives
• Identify changes from original project scope and conduct impact assessment
• Communicate with stakeholders and drive decision making process
• Obtain change request sign-offs, reset expectations as needed, and update plans and supporting project artifacts as needed
• Establish, track, report, and update as needed on project budget, actual expenses, and forecasts of remaining expenses
• Work with software development group manager and accounting to assure project costs are allocated and reported properly
• Prepare project reports for internal team members and stakeholders, management, clients or others
• Facilitate interactive sessions
• Deliver presentations as required
• Establish and maintain team member and project stakeholder relationships appropriately
• Establish and maintain client relationships appropriately
• Manage team member, stakeholder, and client expectations in software delivery

Skills

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 3 or more years previous project management experience
• 3 or more years software development project experience (in any role)
• Strong Agile Scrum project management experience required
• Experienced managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven track record of successfully leading multiple projects teams through the full software development life cycle to deliver business goals and requirements
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent organizational and coordination skills
• Ability to deal effectively with change in a fast paced environment
• Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) processes
• Knowledge of project management methods and tools
• Excellent listening, oral, and written communications skills
• Leadership and team building skills
• Budgeting and forecasting skills
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Energetic motivator that excels at managing cross functional teams
• PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner)
• Master degree or related technical training and management training education or experience preferred
• CSM) Certification preferred

Benefits

• Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program
• Remote work

Company Overview

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