Project Manager

The role of a Project Manager for Spotlight Education is multifaceted, demanding strong coordination, communication, and organizational skills to ensure project success. This role is pivotal in driving projects to successful completion by ensuring clear communication, maintaining detailed documentation, managing schedules, and forecasting resource needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Team Composition: leading a team that includes:
• Technical Solutions Manager
• QA Lead
• Project Coordinator
• Creative Developer
• Collaboration: Ensure seamless collaboration within the squad, facilitating communication and aligning the team's efforts to achieve project goals.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Liaise with various internal teams across Pearson, as well as external stakeholders, to deliver on contracts and support Spotlight reporting.
• Communication: Manage and facilitate communication between teams to ensure all parties have a clear understanding of project requirements, risks, and potential improvements.
• Stakeholder Interaction: Depending on the project, engage in activities such as:
• Creative brainstorming sessions
• Reviewing feedback
• Conducting focus groups
• Hosting regular project status meetings

• Documentation: Create and maintain project specifications using Confluence pages and Excel spreadsheets. This documentation should clearly define project requirements and details.
• Inter-Team Documentation: Work with documentation from other teams to understand how their work intersects with Spotlight's projects, considering constraints and defining solutions.

• Schedule Ownership: As the Project Manager, you own the project schedule. This includes:
• Communicating the schedule with clients
• Gathering necessary information to establish the schedule
• Utilizing Smartsheet templates, reports, and dashboards to represent project tasks.
• Manual Adjustments: Make necessary manual changes to Smartsheet schedules to reflect any changes during the project lifecycle.
• Task Ownership: You are responsible for all Smartsheet tasks in your project(s). If a task is delayed, it's your responsibility to understand the cause, address it, and ensure it is reflected in the Smartsheet.
• Hour Forecasting: Predict the hours your project squad will spend on each project and report this on a monthly basis to program managers.

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Strong Communication: Ability to effectively communicate with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Organizational Skills: Proficient in maintaining detailed documentation and schedules.
• Problem Solving: Ability to identify risks and issues, then take decisive action to resolve them.
• Collaboration: Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and facilitating collaboration.
• Technical Proficiency: Familiarity with tools like Smartsheet, Confluence, and Excel for project management and documentation.

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the Colorado, California, Washington State, New York State, and New York City laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The full-time salary range is $70-80k.

What to expect from Pearson

Did you know Pearson is one of the 10 most innovative education companies of 2022?

At Pearson, we add life to a lifetime of learning so everyone can realize the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. We are on a journey to be 100 percent digital to meet the changing needs of the global population by developing a new strategy with ambitious targets. To deliver on our strategic vision, we have five business divisions that are the foundation for the long-term growth of the company: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills and Higher Education. Alongside these, we have our corporate divisions: Digital & Technology, Finance, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications, Human Resources, Legal, Strategy and Direct to Consumer. Learn more at We are Pearson.

We value the power of an inclusive culture and also a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture where differences are embraced, opportunities are accessible, consideration and respect are the norm and all individuals are supported in reaching their full potential. Through our talent, we believe that diversity, equity and inclusion make us a more innovative and vibrant place to work. People are at the center, and we are committed to building a workplace where talent can learn, grow and thrive.

Pearson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. We want a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. All employment decisions are 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. We strive for a workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities.

To learn more about Pearson’s commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, navigate to: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Pearson.

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Job: PROJECT/PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT

Organization: Assessment & Qualifications

Schedule: FULL\_TIME

Workplace Type: Remote

Req ID: 16546

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