In a rapidly evolving environment, book publishers face interesting and complex business challenges that require innovation and change. Within Penguin Random House, the Strategic Projects group partners with operational and publishing groups to address many of these challenges. We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager with strong business analysis skills to deliver results on our most complex and mission-critical strategic projects for marketing, sales, technology, supply chain, and operations, spanning across multiple lines of our business. As an ideal candidate, you will thrive in a self-directed and goal-oriented environment. You will be an excellent communicator, innovative, and able to build business cases and solve complex problems. You will be comfortable initiating, planning, and executing work to successful completion autonomously. You will be comfortable leading discussions with business leaders to start that process and managing day-to-day discussions with stakeholders, developers, and testers. This role requires leadership and end-to-end ownership, while coordinating across teams and in conjunction with business stakeholders.Your successful application should include: a resume, a cover letter and a portfolio of documentation demonstrating your work translating business goals into charters, executive communications and presentations, work breakdowns, project plans, requirements, and other project communications.Specific responsibilities include:Lead discussions with business leaders and stakeholders to define project scope, goals, business requirements, and deliverablesLead cross-functional teams from across the organization to execute multi-threaded projects Create project plans, work breakdown structures, and communications to ensure projects stay on trackManage roll-out, documentation, and hand off resultant systems and processes to relevant teams Provide ongoing communication and status updates to support business leaders, stakeholders, and the Strategic Project portfolioLead project evaluations, retrospectives, and other assessments of resultsLeverage project management tools such as Jira, Monday.com, and MS Planner to manage teams and communicate statuses.
