Senior Project Manager

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Job Description

Join Our Team: Pearson Marketing Cloud (PMC)

PMC is one of Pearson's global technology platforms, globally distributed instances, multi-tenant, driving the digital transformation for eCommerce and web content. PMC currently processes more than 80% of global Pearson eCommerce revenue and serves nearly 50% of all Pearson web traffic. Join a high performing team within a highly specialised technology department which focuses on delivery and transformation!

About the Role:

The Pearson Core Platforms team is seeking a Project Manager to manage the delivery of key strategic projects of one of our critical platforms, with a focus on being instrumental in the software development life cycle (SDLC), tracking the forecasted and actual budget, business case creation and tracking, facilitating the on-boarding of internal and external resources and stakeholder management through building relationships across numerous functions within Pearson and with outsourced third parties.

The right person will be a high-performing, hands-on Project Manager experienced in technology and business enterprise transformation projects. This is a unique opportunity to assist the Program Management to help us build something that will directly enhance the lives of millions, by supporting the provision of education on a global scale.

Key Accountabilities:

• Take ownership of assigned projects for successful delivery
• Support implementation, maintenance and adherence to a governance framework.
• Support the delivery of the weekly project and monthly program updates
• Deliver comprehensive status reporting for the program.
• Support accurate financial and budget management across all projects, including invoice payments, Statement of Work review and approval, Financial Tracker management.
• Support teams to manage dependencies with other programs and platforms, supporting stakeholders through various engagements to ensure that there is clarity around dependencies. Work to reduce and/or remove barriers to progress. This includes collaboration with technical teams, the internal team, local business groups and broader projects teams.
• Collaborate with key program and project managers, to ensure the program delivers to key milestones and financial commitments
• Manage full end-to-end lifecycle for own projects using Agile SCRUM methodology

Key Challenges:

• Working in a matrixed, geographically distributed and virtual environment
• Keeping up with a constantly changing and increasingly digital world
• Understanding how to effectively engage multiple internal stakeholders
• Working with a global customer base that represents many different cultures
• Managing stakeholders who are resource constrained and working in new business models

About You:

Essential Qualifications:

• Excellent organization skills, with a background in technology
• Experience in Agile SCRUM project delivery and SDLC delivery
• Flexible and changes approach as and when required
• Strong team building capability and wide networking and relationship building skills
• Ability to prioritise and self-manage and Strong facilitation skills
• Willing to assist in a variety of unrelated tasks necessary to ensure a large teams' smooth operation.
• Demonstrates ethical behavior in all situations while embracing diversity, and maintains an open, positive attitude that fosters confidence and credibility among peers, stakeholders, and all levels of management.
• Exhibits a flexible and adaptable attitude in the face of constant change, with the ability to influence peers, project teams, and sponsors while providing clear direction based on high-level instructions.
• Responds confidently and resolves all conflicts positively.
• Communicates effectively (written and verbal) with peers, project team, sponsors, steering groups and all levels of management

Desirable skills and knowledge:

• Experience coordinating resources, tasks, managing deadlines and status reporting
• A global perspective, with an understanding of and empathy for global and regional dynamics
• Understanding of how to work across a complex matrixed organization and manage ambiguity and conflicting priorities
• Ability to influence diverse stakeholder groups to contribute and buy-in to change and initiatives