Senior Project Manager, Strategic Projects (Open to Remote) (New York, United St

Company Description

Penguin Random House is the leading adult and children's publishing house in North America, the United Kingdom and many other regions around the world. In publishing the best books in every genre and subject for all ages, we are committed to quality, excellence in execution, and innovation throughout the entire publishing process: editorial, design, marketing, publicity, sales, production, and distribution. Our vibrant and diverse international community of nearly 300 publishing brands and imprints include Ballantine Bantam Dell, Berkley, Clarkson Potter, Crown, DK, Doubleday, Dutton, Grosset & Dunlap, Little Golden Books, Knopf, Modern Library, Pantheon, Penguin Books, Penguin Press, Penguin Random House Audio, Penguin Young Readers, Portfolio, Puffin, Putnam, Random House, Random House Children's Books, Riverhead, Ten Speed Press, Viking, and Vintage, among others. More information can be found at

Penguin Random House values the array of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.

Job Description

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 deliverables

- Lead 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 track

- Manage 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 portfolio

- Lead project evaluations, retrospectives, and other assessments of results

- Leverage project management tools such as Jira, Monday.com, and MS Planner to manage teams and communicate statuses.

Qualifications

- 5+ years of project management, consulting, or other relevant experience, with demonstrated success managing complex cross-functional initiatives

- Background in any of the following industries a plus but not required: - Publishing; Entertainment; Consumer Products

- Experience implementing SAP or other ERP

- Experience implementing other enterprise applications a plus, such as Salesforce; Jira or other Atlassian products

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