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Senior Technical Project Manager
Pearson
Boston, MA, United States
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Description
OVERVIEW
Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data-informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.
Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
SUMMARY
The primary responsibility of this position is to create and foster high performing software development teams. Projects include new product development, expanding existing product development, and integration of internal and external applications. In addition to team responsibilities, a senior technical project manager is responsible for contributing to the evolution of initiatives outside of the team and the project management discipline. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience creating, leading, and training others regarding leading high performing collaborative agile teams that deliver value-driven and quality results.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Creator and facilitator of a collaborative, empowered team’s progress toward ownership of customer and team satisfaction, which fosters creativity and innovation
• Trains, coaches, and evangelizes to teams and Technical Project Managers on the Agile mindset, frameworks, and practices
• Advocate and advance the continuous improvement of best practices in agile project management, including agile at scale
• Performs Agile Team Leader (e.g. ScrumMaster) responsibilities for the team
• Change agent helping the team and the organization to continuously experiment and evolve
• Leads cultural development by preserving and enhancing the positive work environment Pearson values
• Drive the progress of software development according to the roadmap, from inception to roll-out
• Communicator of project health and status
• Build a strong cross-functional team to establish and manage the team’s strategy and delivery against roadmap
• Shepherd code releases through the required release process
• Coordinator across projects when multiple teams are required to solve a single product development challenge
• Manager of risks/issues/impediments/integrations and software releases
• Interviewer for hiring Technical Project Managers and support upon hire
• Other duties as assigned by the Manager of Technical Project Managers
OVERVIEW
Pearson has one defining goal: to help people progress in their lives through learning. We champion innovation and we invest in models for education that deliver on our promise for effective, accessible, and personal learning from early literacy, college and career readiness to professional education, through data-informed instruction and inventive applications for mobile and digital learning.
Pearson, the world's leading learning company, has global reach and market leading businesses in education, business, and consumer publishing and is listed on the London and New York stock exchanges (UK: PSON; NYSE: PSO). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
SUMMARY
The primary responsibility of this position is to create and foster high performing software development teams. Projects include new product development, expanding existing product development, and integration of internal and external applications. In addition to team responsibilities, a senior technical project manager is responsible for contributing to the evolution of initiatives outside of the team and the project management discipline. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience creating, leading, and training others regarding leading high performing collaborative agile teams that deliver value-driven and quality results.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Creator and facilitator of a collaborative, empowered team’s progress toward ownership of customer and team satisfaction, which fosters creativity and innovation
• Trains, coaches, and evangelizes to teams and Technical Project Managers on the Agile mindset, frameworks, and practices
• Advocate and advance the continuous improvement of best practices in agile project management, including agile at scale
• Performs Agile Team Leader (e.g. ScrumMaster) responsibilities for the team
• Change agent helping the team and the organization to continuously experiment and evolve
• Leads cultural development by preserving and enhancing the positive work environment Pearson values
• Drive the progress of software development according to the roadmap, from inception to roll-out
• Communicator of project health and status
• Build a strong cross-functional team to establish and manage the team’s strategy and delivery against roadmap
• Shepherd code releases through the required release process
• Coordinator across projects when multiple teams are required to solve a single product development challenge
• Manager of risks/issues/impediments/integrations and software releases
• Interviewer for hiring Technical Project Managers and support upon hire
• Other duties as assigned by the Manager of Technical Project Managers
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s Degree and seven plus years of project management experience in software development, including both agile and traditional project management experience. Experience with integration and user interface projects required OR equivalent education and experience to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
• Handles oneself ethically following Pearson’s core values and beliefs
• Possesses excellent customer service attitude, communication skills, and interpersonal skills
• Employs mastery level project management skills and agile mindset
• Able to be a Transformational and Servant leader
• Able to work independently, in a team, and in a matrix environment
• Able to build and maintain relationships
• Able to foster shared ownership
• Able to say no and effectively manage time
• Able to resolve conflict and be an impartial mediator
• Able to train, coach, and mentor peers
• Able to see the big picture while focusing on details and keeping people focused
• Able to use critical thinking skills to solve complex problems
• Able to thrive in ambiguity
• Ability to thrive in high pressure situations
• Able to partner with various disciplines
• Knowledge of Internet technologies and concepts to support the project