Senior Project Manager

at  Pearson

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!

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

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.