Advanced Specialist, Project Management

Pearson•Bloomington, MN

3h•$100,000 - $135,000•Remote

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

Master degree or related technical training and management training education or experience preferred
PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner)
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Certification preferred

Responsibilities

Manage project initiation and planning phases: 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.
Manage project execution, controlling, and closing phases: 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.
Manage project quality delivery: 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.
Manage project change: 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.
Manage project budget: 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.
Reporting and Communication: Prepare project reports for internal team members and stakeholders, management, clients or others; Facilitate interactive sessions; Deliver presentations as required.
Relationship management: 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.