Location: Denver, CO, US
Technical Project Manager (click link to go to online application form)
Job ID: 2011-5734
# Positions: 1
Job Location: US-CO-Denver
Posted Date: 6/14/2011
Category: Information Technology
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). For more information, visit www.pearson.com.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D, and a member of E-Verify.
Responsibilities:
This position will be a member of the team responsible for planning, designing, and managing the development and testing of Pearson’s Pegasus platform. The platform is a large scale, high-availability online learning system that is used to help teach math, economics, accounting, and other disciplines to millions of students each year. The Technical Project Manager will be responsible for the creation, tracking, and management of various complex software projects that will include application integrations with both internal and external partners, new systems deployments, and coordinating outsourced development efforts. The technical project manager will gain an in-depth understanding of the integration technologies utilized by the team and will work closely with engineering leaders and product managers who research requirements, develop specifications, and manage integration projects. The candidate will also assist other team members with project management activities related to the development of the overall platform.
Characteristics of a successful candidate include:
i) flexible, resourceful, with scrupulous attention to detail;
ii) results oriented with superior communication, interpersonal, and consensus building skills;
iii) comfortable dealing with highly complex issues relating to scalability, data management, and system integrations;
iv) enjoys working in a high-energy, team-based environment.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate the process of feature definition and prioritization with product management and integration partners
- Consult with and assist teams with producing specs and detailed engineering task lists and schedules for in-house teams and outside software development vendors
- Create and manage the development schedule in conjunction with engineering and product teams
- Manage the tracking and disposition of software issues
- Manage project risks and issues
- Provide guidance with respect to product integrations
- Write and approve test plans for quality assurance testing and supervise testing of integration features.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent, preferably in computer science or a related field
- Minimum of 1-3 years of proven technical project management experience
- A proven track record in software development with end to end project life-cycle experience
- Experience working with a geographically dispersed team
- Demonstrable evidence of analyzing and documenting complex business processes and experience writing requirements and specifications
- Formal training and/or certification in project management a plus
- Experience in educational publishing or software a plus
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