Full-Time Program Manager (2016)
Job Description
About PEARSON
Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with over 48,000 people in more than 70 countries, helping people of all ages to make progress in their lives through all kinds of learning.
Pearson owns brands such as Financial Times, Penguin and Pearson Education with overall revenue of over $10 B in 2011.
We are Pearson Lanka, a core part of Pearson’s global Learning Technologies team. We build and manage some of the industry leading cloud based learning platforms that serve millions of students across the world. Over the years, we have built a strong Agile Development team, and we are now looking to expand aggressively over the next 12 months. The industry leading cloud-based technology platforms of Pearson help educate more than 30 million students across the globe.
The 300+ strong engineering team based out of the Colombo office works dedicatedly to service Pearson technology companies located in North America, Europe and Australia.
At Pearson, we aim to be the best company to work for in the world. It is part of our philosophy to provide benefits, profit share plans, development opportunities and a culture that beats anywhere else. If you are ‘always learning’, and have a passion for technology and creativity, send in your resume and join our exciting engineering culture
Program Manager
The Role
The primary responsibilities of the Program Manager are, to set the program strategy, manage the program budget, spearhead the program roadmap creation and assure the projects under purview are executed and delivered according to the roadmap, within budget, on schedule and to the highest quality. He /She is responsible for conducting Program-Core team meetings, report weekly program status to local stakeholders and drive quarterly roadmap meetings and monthly program reviews with executive leadership. And most importantly Program Manager is expected to guide, mentor and train Project Managers and champion and nurture the Agile culture in the program.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
- 8 to 10+ years of program and/or project management experience in software development, preferably working with foreign clientele
- Good understanding of the Agile philosophy and exposure to Scrum and / or Kanban and Engineering Best Practices
- Strong ability to foster and maintain self-empowered agile teams
- Possess good leadership skills to lead a team of project managers
- Understanding of the budgets and resource allocation across projects
- Excellent customer service attitude, superior presentation & communication skills and interpersonal skills
- Strong ability to resolve conflict within a project team
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to make timely and sound decisions
- Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast paced environment
- Individual should possess a Bachelor’s degree preferably in Computing or Information Technology/Management
- Availability for travel to other Global Pearson office locations on short business visits
- MBA / PMP / CSM / PMI-ACP are preferred
How to Apply
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