
Advanced Specialist, Project Manager
Pearson VUE
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: India
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About the role
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of all content and components for assigned titles, projects, and programs.
- Build, maintain and coordinate project workflow schedules, budgets, and resource plans (including internal and external contributors) across all content development workstreams.
- Manage and ensure deliverables from production vendors/external contributors meet established budget, schedule, and quality acceptance criteria.
- Track & report progress against milestones. Participate and/or lead production kick-off and/or status meetings.
- Identify, resolve, or escalate operational risks, dependencies, and workflow issues. Ensure communication is transparent and timely; proactively maintain project momentum, develop solutions, and mitigate risk with a customer-centric mindset.
- Ensure deliverables meet content quality, accessibility, and readiness standards at each gate before hand-offs.
- Partner with the Content Strategy & Delivery Manager and Editorial Development team members to maintain alignment with strategic intent.
- Deliver high-quality project artifacts and accurate budget and scheduling forecasting to support team/stakeholder decision-making.
- Support platform migration and digital delivery efforts by coordinating tasks and tracking progress.
- Identify and share opportunities to improve workflow efficiency, streamline processes, and apply best practices across projects.
- Should be able to collaborate effectively with a geographically dispersed team aligned to the US Higher Education organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor's/PG Diplomas/Master’s degree required.
- Minimum of 6–8 years publishing experience required.
- Minimum 4 years of experience in project management.
- Project Management certification, PMP (PMI), or equivalent is a plus.
- Proficiency with Project management platforms (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet), trackers, dashboards, MS Office suite, Alfresco, SharePoint, Confluence, Agile
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
project managementcontent developmentworkflow managementbudget forecastingrisk managementquality assuranceaccessibility standardsdigital deliveryprocess improvementcollaboration
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipproblem-solvingcustomer-centric mindsetteam collaborationtransparencyproactive approachorganizational skillsadaptabilitystakeholder management
Certifications
Bachelor's degreePG DiplomaMaster’s degreeProject Management Professional (PMP)PMI certification