Advanced Specialist, Project Management

As an Advanced Specialist, Project Management, you will generally lead enhancements and small project teams (durations 6 months – 18 months, budgets $500K - $3M, up to 15 team members) that are focused primarily on one product area. Additionally, this role might support other Project Managers or Product Engineering Managers in larger project efforts or maintenance activities. In this role you will manage and control IT projects in all project-related interfaces: planning, directing, and coordinating project activities with the ownership for successful completion of all project deliverables to the business within established financial, schedule, and quality objectives.
Manage project initiation and planning phases
Establish, document, and manage project scope
Define and prioritize project tasks establish project goals, requirements, and desired results
Create, manage, and update project schedules and timeline
Establish project charter, facilitate review with project steering committee, key stakeholders and project team, and gain charter sign-off
Define, manage, and update resources
Review requirements and specifications for work
Participate in identifying and recruiting project personnel
Identify and assign duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority to project team personnel
Manage project execution, controlling, and closing phases
Establish schedules and project parameters; develop procedures to accomplish project goals
Identify and manage project risk
Identify and manage project issues
Coordinate the work across multiple projects with other project staff from various functional departments
Gather and review status reports prepared by project personnel and modify as necessary
Track the execution process to ensure that project team adheres to reporting requirements
Facilitate team meetings to discuss and review the work
Act as focal point for project problem resolution and escalation
Establish conditions for project closure and manage closure
Manage project quality delivery
Ensure the software development quality provided and delivered meets that in the agreed plan
Ensure that the team follows all formal and informal best practices in software development and other initiatives
Manage project change
Identify changes from original project scope and conduct impact assessment
Communicate with stakeholders and drive decision making process
Obtain change request sign-offs, reset expectations as needed, and update plans and supporting project artifacts as needed
Manage project budget
Establish, track, report, and update as needed on project budget, actual expenses, and forecasts of remaining expenses
Work with software development group manager and accounting to assure project costs are allocated and reported properly
Reporting and Communication
Prepare project reports for internal team members and stakeholders, management, clients or others
Facilitate interactive sessions
Deliver presentations as required
Relationship management
Establish and maintain team member and project stakeholder relationships appropriately
Establish and maintain client relationships appropriately
Manage team member, stakeholder, and client expectations in software delivery
Qualifications
Education & Experience:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience (Master degree or related technical training and management training education or experience preferred)
3 or more years previous project management experience
3 or more years software development project experience (in any role)
Strong Agile Scrum project management experience required
Experienced managing multiple projects simultaneously
Proven track record of successfully leading multiple projects teams through the full software development life cycle to deliver business goals and requirements
Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Excellent organizational and coordination skills
Ability to deal effectively with change in a fast paced environment
Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC) processes
Knowledge of project management methods and tools
Excellent listening, oral, and written communications skills
Leadership and team building skills
Budgeting and forecasting skills
Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
Strong presentation skills
Energetic motivator that excels at managing cross functional teams
License / Certifications:
PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Practitioner)
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) Certification preferred
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by factors including skill set, experience, and location.
The full-time salary range for this role is $100,000 – $135,000. This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. Information on benefits can be found here.
Applications will be accepted through 20th October 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.
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Who we are:
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Job: Program Management
Job Family: ENTERPRISE
Organization: Assessment & Qualifications
Schedule: FULL_TIME
Workplace Type: Remote
Req ID: 26215
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