Team Lead Project Manager- HSSL

Team Lead Project Manager- HSSL

Job ID: 2013-17779
# of Positions: 1
Posted Date: 9/4/2013
Job Location: US-NJ-Upper Saddle River
Position Type: Regular Full Time
Category: Project Management

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).

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.

Responsibilities

The Senior Editorial Project Manager (Team Lead - HSSL) is responsible for working with Project Managers to manage and oversee assigned projects from strategic planning, content planning, author management and controlling the program scope, cost/budget, time schedules, quality and timely delivery of all program components.

Reporting to the Director of Project Management, the Senior Project Manager will train, mentor, and supervise the daily activity of a team of approximately 8 Project Managers.

The Senior Editorial Project Manager (Team Lead - HSSL) will have full accountability for the final quality of the team's projects in terms of overall quality, accuracy, budget, schedule, and for achieving project goals.

TheSenior Editorial Project Manager (Team Lead - HSSL) ensures that projects comply with corporate and workflow policies and guidelines. The Senior Project Manager will monitor schedules and workloads across their team, coordinate with other Senior Program and Project Managers to ensure optimal workload assignments, evaluate program/project specifications and schedule milestones and liaise regularly with in-house departments, in-house management, and outsource partners to position products for quality and on time delivery.

The Senior Editorial Project Manager (Team Lead - HSSL) will engage daily in problem solving, provide guidance to their team on best practices, and escalate critical issues to the Director of Project Management, the Team Lead of Program Management and appropriate editorial partners. The Senior Project Manager, along with peers in the role, will be responsible for ensuring consistent practices throughout the department and continuously analyzing processes, systems, documentation, and training; proposing continuous improvements (particularly in terms of efficiency and quality); and working with the necessary constituents to implement approved changes.

The Senior Editorial Project Manager (Team Lead - HSSL) will be responsible for providing regular status reports and periodic feedback to the Director Project Management on individual staff performance as well as trends and issues both within the division as well as around the Integrated Workflow.

Additionally the Senior Editorial Project Manager (Team Lead - HSSL) may assume direct project ownership of a limited number of projects.

SCOPE AND IMPACT OF JOB

Supervisory responsibilities:

Approximately 8 Project Managers

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

30% 1. Provide guidance to Project Managers regarding queries around process, systems and tools, and project management.

30% 2. Train, mentor, supervise, and monitor team members on a daily basis to ensure conformity to process and budget standards, quality, timely publication, and successful fulfillment. Provide guidance re: problem solving and escalate issues to management as appropriate. Assist team members in troubleshooting and managing business unit expectations.

20% 3. Analyze processes, systems, documentation, and training; propose continuous improvements; collaborate with others as needed to implement approved changes.

15% 4. Monitor and provide reports on list status and staff performance on an ongoing basis. Assist in recruiting new staff as requested.

5% 5. Assess, prioritize, and assign overflow projects to team members (including a limited number to self). Continuously evaluate workloads within and across Project Managers to ensure projects remain on schedule.

All other responsibilities, as assigned by management.

Qualifications

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

Formal education or equivalent experience
- College degree or equivalent relevant experience required
- Experience comparable to the job description or 5-7 years publishing experience, preferably in editorial and/or pre-press production, with 2+ years supervisory experience desired

Skills/knowledge/abilities
- Supervisory experience in a fast paced, high growth environment
- Demonstrated ability in project management with strong organizational skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with Program Management and editorial department
- Proven negotiation and consensus-building skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of industry standard development and production processes
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent analytical and pragmatic problem solving abilities
- Strong interpersonal skills: ability to establish and maintain internal and external relationships; skilled in managing expectations; ability to interact effectively at all organizational levels and manage conflict effectively and constructively; able to facilitate discussion and reach resolution
- Strong computer skills with a proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google
- Author and vendor management skills preferred

Other Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This person must be able to sit or stand at a personal computer for a reasonable length of time typing and reading.

Ability to manage a high volume of work, handle multiple priorities simultaneously and operate in a demanding work environment is important.

Reliable attendance and punctuality, and willingness and ability to work extended hours, particularly during busy seasons, are critical to successful performance in this role.