Job Summary:
- Responsible for content production of selected digital and supplement content.
- Responsible for applying content structure, enrichment standards, and other compliance standards (e.g. accessibility).
- Responsible for digital courseware content that will be used in both print and digital delivery.
- Responsible for identifying and managing vendors for quality compliance, schedule and budget, and provides feedback on performance.
- Responsible for communication across cross-functional teams regarding workflow related to production of digital content to be used on Pearson systems and across multiple partner platforms.
- Responsible for managing the change control process, and impartially resolving process issues and bottlenecks, as applicable.
- Responsible for communicating with teams and building processes that support content development and production workflow.
- Supports the delivery of efficacy requirements at product lifecycle stage gates in content development.
- Includes in program planning the addition of content metadata and ensures that content is sufficiently enriched and appropriately formatted to deliver efficacy analytics for high impact on learner outcomes.
- Liaise with partners at Pearson Vue, Pearson X, Pearson video studio & other internal/3rd party partners to help coordinate and schedule resources to build customer facing courseware products.
Quality Analysis:
- Be responsible for the testing phase of the production process to ensure that the final products meet the company standards.
- Ensure that the final product satisfies the product requirements and meet end-user expectations.
Skills Profile: Required Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum of 4-6 years managing small to medium-sized project/initiative teams using project management tool sets (smartsheets, Projects, etc.).
- Proven track record of communicating and influencing senior level management and stakeholders.
- Experience managing content and content workflows within technical environments - planning and delivering technical and print products and experience.
- Proven success in risk identification, monitoring and mitigation and development and use of change control processes are especially important.
Formal education or equivalent
- Strong academic grounding – Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
- Project Management certification, PMP (PMI) or equivalent (not mandatory but good to have)
- Optional: Agile education or certification.
Soft Skills
- Flexible and adaptable, with a positive attitude when operating in an environment of continual flux.
- Ability to influence and negotiate where necessary with peers, project team, sponsors/stakeholders and other internal teams as needed.
- Ability to respond confidently to conflicts and manage situations positively, proactively escalating on-going issues.
- Demonstrates highly active ownership of projects, ability to proactively assess and mitigate risk, and actively poses solutions to problems.
- Communicates effectively (written and verbally) with peers, project team, sponsors/stakeholders.
- Able to assess and manage across a full project breadth and depth, ensuring a successful delivery of products.
- Ability to work with cross-functional teams delivering both digital and print product outputs.
- Diligent attention to detail.
- Strong organization skills: Self organizing and self-motivating.
- Strong time management abilities - organizing tasks in a logical and efficient manner allowing for multi-tasking and making appropriate calls on prioritization.
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