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Job type full-time
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Certiport ( www.certiport.com ), a pearson vue company, prepares individuals with current and relevant digital skills and credentials for the competitive global workforceThese solutions are delivered by more than 14,000 certiport centers worldwide and include the official microsoft office certification program, the microsoft technology associate certification program, the adobe® certified associate certification program, the autodesk® certified professional certification programs, the cisco® certified user certification program, the intuit® quickbooks certified user certification program, the business fundamentals program, and the internet and computing core certification (ic³®).
Pearson vue is a business of pearson, the world`s leading learning company with global-reach and market-leading businessesPearson is listed on both the london and new york stock exchanges (uk: pson; nyse: pso)For more information, visit www.pearson.com .
As a senior technical project manager in our pmo, you will be responsible for ensuring that project delivery objectives are achieved in accordance with established business goals and requirements.
In this role, the project manager will work closely with key stakeholders throughout the business to initially build out the policies, processes, definitions, templates and other artifacts and/or tools as needed to further define and implement a function for the business.
Additionally, this role will have the opportunity to facilitate and direct activities to deliver projects according to established financial, schedule, and quality objectives, while keeping a focus on maintaining best practices and ensuring quality in the whole processKnowledge and experience with process engineering, 3rd party vendor management practices, software development release process, and project life cycles will be integral to this role.
The senior technical project manager will:
Develop a deep understanding of the technologies associated to his/her assigned programs.
Simultaneous management and coordination of several high impact projects (often those associated with new products and technologies).
Plan, organize and create content development roadmaps that span multiple teams including software engineers, quality assurance engineers, subject matter experts, internal stakeholders, 3p vendors, and company leadership.
Gather and understand full project requirements and work closely with the team to deliver on those requirements.
Develop best practices to ensure that the scope, roi, objectives and success metrics for programs are understood, measured and reported to leadership.
Identify technology dependencies and bottlenecks while working with the program team and stakeholders to drive programs to completion.
Deliver outstanding results through constant cross-functional communication, conflict resolution and proper decision making.
Lead the team to exercise good judgement in balancing time to market, product quality, and operationalization.
Run process and meetings that accelerate, not hinder, team velocity.
Identify and appropriately escalate risks and resource conflicts.
Identify tasks, assignments, and dependencies based on a project charter and scope, and then on a separate line identify target dates based on tasks, dependencies, and resource constraints.
Determine resource roles needed and work with management to secure project team members.
Identify and assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority to project team personnel
Be the liaison between the product development team and the content development team to bring products through the full product development lifecycle; on-spec and on-time.
Be accountable for schedules and report progress regularly to all stakeholders while mitigating risks along the way.
Keep the focus on priorities while shielding the team from distractions and interferences.
Be an advocate, but not zealot, for agile development best practices across the organization.
Act as a focal point for project problem resolution and escalation.
Ensure the quality provided and delivered meets that agreed in the plan.
Ensure pmo governance and project best practices are followed.
Manage delivery customer expectations.
Manage vendor relations, as appropriate.
Establish conditions for project closure and manage closure.
Remote position - salt lake coAnd utah co., ut preferred.
Qualifications
Required education & experience
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
7+ years of previous project management experience
Able to challenge and influence a variety of stakeholders
Experience in simultaneously managing multiple projects
Experience in working with 3rd-party delivery model and structure
Experience in vendor management
Strong listening, oral and written communications skills
Desired skills, knowledge & abilities
Knowledge of software development life cycle (sdlc) processes
Experience with process improvement certifications (cmmi, cbpp) a plus
Ability to adopt and adapt the right project management framework for a given project
Ability to understand diverse technologies and how they play together
Business and product process design and implementation preferred
Leadership and team-building skills a must
Problem-solving skills required
Coordination skills a must
Excellent oral and written communication skills required
Self-starter orientation
Conflict management experience required
Ability to deal with change
Strong business acumen
Pmp certification preferred
Process certification preferred (cmmi, cbpp, iso 9001)
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Job: project/programme management
Organization: assessments vue
Schedule: full_time
Req id: 2113485
