Advanced Specialist, Project Management
About The Position
As an Advanced Specialist, Project Management, you will generally lead enhancements and small project teams focused primarily on one product area. Projects typically last 6 to 18 months, have budgets of $500,000 to $3 million, and include up to 15 team members. You may also support other Project Managers or Product Engineering Managers on larger project efforts or maintenance activities. You will manage and control IT projects across all project-related interfaces, planning, directing, and coordinating activities, and owning successful delivery of project deliverables to the business within established financial, schedule, and quality objectives. The role manages project initiation, planning, execution, controlling, closure, quality delivery, change, budget, reporting, communications, and relationships. You will work with project teams, stakeholders, clients, functional departments, software development group management, and accounting.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- At least 3 years of previous project management experience.
- At least 3 years of software development project experience in any role.
- Strong Agile Scrum project management experience.
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proven track record leading multiple project 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 communication skills.
- Leadership and team-building skills.
- Budgeting and forecasting skills.
- Negotiation and conflict-resolution skills.
- Strong presentation skills.
- Ability to motivate and manage cross-functional teams.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or related technical training and management training, education, or experience preferred.
- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Manage project initiation and planning phases.
- Establish, document, and manage project scope; define and prioritize tasks; establish project goals, requirements, and desired results.
- Create, manage, and update project schedules and timelines.
- Establish project charters, facilitate reviews with steering committees, stakeholders, and project teams, and obtain charter sign-off.
- Define, manage, and update resources; review work requirements and specifications; participate in identifying and recruiting personnel; and assign team members’ duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority.
- Manage project execution, controlling, and closing phases by establishing schedules and parameters and developing procedures to accomplish project goals.
- Identify and manage project risks and issues.
- Coordinate work across multiple projects with project staff from various functional departments.
- Gather and review status reports, modify them as needed, and track execution to ensure project teams meet reporting requirements.
- Facilitate team meetings, serve as the focal point for project problem resolution and escalation, and establish and manage project closure conditions.
- Ensure software development quality meets the agreed plan and that teams follow formal and informal best practices.
- Identify scope changes and assess their impact; communicate with stakeholders and drive decision-making; obtain change request sign-offs; reset expectations as needed; and update plans and project artifacts.
- Establish, track, report, and update project budgets, actual expenses, and forecasts of remaining expenses; work with software development group management and accounting to ensure project costs are properly allocated and reported.
- Prepare project reports for team members, stakeholders, management, clients, and others; facilitate interactive sessions; and deliver presentations as required.
- Establish and maintain appropriate relationships with team members, project stakeholders, and clients.
- Manage team member, stakeholder, and client expectations in software delivery.
Benefits
- Eligible to participate in an annual incentive program.
- Benefits information is available at Pearson Benefits Global.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
