Project Manager - Content

Description

Discovery Education is looking for a Project Manager, Science Techbook to join our Product team. The Project Manager, Science Techbook works as part of the Product Management and Development Team to support the development of Discovery Education’s Techbook digital services and print products. The individual is responsible for planning and managing Science Techbook projects, including creating and managing development schedules, identifying, and mitigating risks to outcomes or deliverables, collaborative problem-solving, managing project budgets, vendor communication and coordination, and communicating status to stakeholders.

This role will sit in our Charlotte NC headquarters with a hybrid schedule.

What You Will Do

• Employ project management best-practices and establish processes that improve efficiencies when needed.
• Demonstrate exceptional leadership.
• Strong proficiency in use of multiple types of software
• Anticipate unintended implications/complications and socialize risk to determine best outcomes.
• Experience with project tracking software or methodologies.
• Positive, solution-oriented team player with the ability to
• Lead collaboration with cross-functional teams to take solutions from ambiguous ideas to executable plans.
• Budget management experience.
• Applications (MS Office and Outlook systems, Smartsheet,
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience.
• Passionate about Discovery Education's vision to transform teaching and learning.
• Track project costs and ensuring project is delivered on budget.
• Facilitate change requests to ensure all stakeholders are aware of impacts to budget and schedule.
• Work as part of a team in a fast-paced, high-energy
• Decisively.
• Identify and mitigate risk to project schedules which would impact outcomes or deliverables.
• Digital projects.
• JIRA, Confluence, Asana).
• Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations and act
• Proven track record for successfully managing complex
• Deliverable.
• Environment.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure all workstreams are on track with requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
• 3+ years of experience in project management.
• Ability to understand how small changes impact the larger
• Excellent written and oral communication as well as strong
• Interpersonal skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Legal right to work in the United States.
• Impeccable attention to detail.
• Benefits
• Experience with content creation or EdTech is a plus.
• Manage contracts with vendors and ensure synergies between vendor timelines and overall project timelines.
• Create and manage development timelines for complex projects with interwoven dependencies.
• Up to 10% travel.
• Requirements
• Communicate project status (risks, adjustments, and progress) on a consistent basis to various stakeholders.
• Ability to delegate effectively.

• Flexible PTO.

• Paid holidays include Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New

Year’s Eve.

• Generous parental leave.

• Annual education and professional development dollars. • Major medical, vision, and dental (multiple choices).

• Summer hours and company recharge days.

• Company-paid life insurance and short- and long-term

disability.

• Pet insurance.

• Company paid volunteer hours.

Discovery Education is an equal opportunity employer. Discovery Education is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.