Project Manager

About PEARSON

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, with 40,000 employees in more than 80 countries working to help people of all ages to make measurable progress in their lives through learning. With revenues over €5.2 billion in 2013 we provide learning materials, technologies, assessments and services to teachers and students in order to help people everywhere aim higher and fulﬁll their true potential. We put the learner at the center of everything we do.

We at 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 350+ 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.

Project Manager

JOB SUMMARY

The primary responsibilities of this position are project management, requirements analysis for software development initiatives with product management. Projects include new product development and IT projects, internal development, implementation and/or integration of third party applications. Escalation and coordination point for the project management issues from local and offshore groups.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Performs requirement analysis for feature enhancements of and changes to existing products
Organizes, conducts, and attends release, iteration, and planning meetings with product managers and key stakeholders to create agile project plans by defining clear, attainable objectives and milestones
Determines milestones to meet minimally viable products as defined by product champions, and what will be needed to meet milestone (time, materials, etc.), the scope of project and how the scope fits into the milestone timelines
Drives or oversees iteration planning to creates tasks, and work with project team to determine and refine estimates based on departmental abilities and constraints
Authors, maintains, and applies detailed project plans to support software development, hardware installations, and a variety of integration projects.
Performs risk analysis for projects
Provides detailed weekly status reports on all active projects
Provides release and iteration metrics on a monthly basis
Facilitates lessons learned or large retrospectives
Assists project managers with implementing lessons learned from other projects
Recommends and implements process improvements within the program management group
Acts as an Agile coach and process expert resource for project managers.
Manages, mentors and trains project managers
Manages internal client expectations
Facilitates project approval process with management, project documents and other related materials
Coordinates and resolves issues escalated from the offshore development group
Creates and maintains relationships across the organization
Works with team leaders to manage both dedicated and matrixed resources

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Individual should possess a Bachelors degree preferably in Computing or Information Technology/Management.

Individual should have 5-7 years of experience in software development projects as dev or qa engineer with at least 2 years as Project Manager with skills and experience in Internet technologies and Project Management tools.
All candidates will be technically evaluated at the time of hiring on their software engineering aptitude.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Intermediate experience or knowledge required in the following areas: technical writing
Strong ability to foster and maintain positive creative agile project teams.
Advanced experience or knowledge required in the following areas: requirements analysis; agile project management; Iteration and Release Planning;
Advanced knowledge of Internet technologies, concepts and applied background in Software Development Methodologies.
Strong knowledge of full life-cycle development.
Strong knowledge in agile methodologies.
Ability to perform multiple tasks concurrently.
Ability to manage project managers.
Understanding of resource allocation across projects
Excellent customer service attitude, 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.
Strong PC skills including thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to make timely and sound decisions.
Ability to work efficiently in a fast paced environment.
Ability to work independently

Please use the following link and submit your resume:

http://pearsonlankavacancies.peopleshr.com/