Product Engineering Manager

About Pearson VUE:

At Pearson VUE (www.pearsonVUE.com), we believe learning takes us from potential to progress. That is why we deliver high-stakes exams that help industries and individuals make an impact on their professions, communities, and the lives of others. Our customers’ high-stakes certification, licensure, admissions, and other credentialing exams help people advance in technology, government, and professional careers, as well as attain educational growth. Pearson VUE offers proctored exams through the world's largest network of test centers in addition to testing in online and un proctored environments. Our Products and Technology team powers our business to deliver over 19 million exams annually at 20,000 test centers in 188 countries.

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Summary

As the Manager of Product Engineering, you will have the opportunity to provide tactical, strategic, and technical leadership for a software engineering group that supports a critical business domain. In this role you will report to the Director of Software Development – Test Delivery and support the stable teams including Architects, Developers, BA, SPMS and Quality Engineers. You will do this by coordinating and managing the daily activities of group members in assigned work areas and resolving day to day issues, workflow, and business issues. You are also expected to apply industry experience, process, and tools to improve team operations and to build and maintain a supportive, cooperative, and cohesive work environment.

The Manager of Product Engineering will:

Coordinate the work of Architects, Developers, Business Systems Analysts, Quality Engineers, and Software Project Managers that operate within stable agile teams to ensure products and services meet requirements and expectations of the stakeholders. In this role you regularly coordinate with other functional teams, as well as disciplines like Product Strategy, Product Management and Program Management. You will also represent the team’s work to important internal stakeholder groups, working with them to understand their needs and resolve their issues through the following core responsibilities.

Product Delivery

• Represent team capacity and work with the business to schedule prioritized projects.
• Understand resource requirements and formulate strategies to meet stakeholder needs.
• Engage with other teams to ensure successful coordination of project dependencies.
• Collaborate with Project Managers to drive work to successful completion.

Technology Leadership:

• Understand and manage the various technologies leveraged in application suites.
• Collaborate with architects and directors on strategic direction and drive that direction to completion.
• Identify areas for technical improvement and create plans to address.

Process Management:

• Provide leadership around agile development processes and emerging trends in engineering best practices
• Work with Product Development leadership on process initiatives to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the team.
• Engage in prioritization process for management of the organization’s backlog of work.

People Management:

• Provide one on one coaching and direction for team members
• Set goals and provide feedback for team member’s performance reviews.
• Provide responsible management of compensation plans for staff.
• Recruit and retain high performing staff with skills that meet the team’s needs.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business or other application field or equivalent experience
• 7 years in software development and demonstrated ability to lead and manage teams towards high performance
• 4 years in technical leadership with relevant experience on Java based applications
• At least 2-3 years in a direct management role or other related background consistent with success in this role.

Desired Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work well through ambiguity and make tough decisions
• Agility in leadership to take on challenges with growing business needs
• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Passion for agile software development and continuous improvement

Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other group protected by law.

The anticipated starting salary range for Colorado-based individuals expressing interest in this position is $120,000 - $150,000. This position is bonus eligible. Benefits available to eligible employees can be seen at: https://pearsonbenefitsus.com/

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Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other group protected by law.

Job: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Req ID: 6886