Project Manager

Summary

Join Packt as a Project Manager and play a crucial role in managing the progress of contracted projects, allocating work to stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery of books without compromising quality. You will create, maintain, and drive project schedules, adapt to challenges, and manage the health of the pipeline. This role involves nurturing author and technical reviewer relationships, ensuring project deliverables align with business objectives, and driving continuous improvement. Packt is transitioning to a vertical structure, requiring adaptability and flexibility to work on various content formats and evolving project demands. The ideal candidate will possess strong project management skills, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in any field, technical will be preferable
• More than 3 years of experience in project management, ideally within the publishing sector or a related field
• Excellent organizational and technological skills, adept at using modern project management tools and methodologies, with strong mentoring and communication capabilities
• Advanced Project Management : Demonstrate expertise in managing complex, large-scale projects with a strategic mindset towards problem-solving and project success
• Organisational and time-management skills - involves the ability to prioritize tasks, manage resources efficiently, and meet deadlines to maintain productivity and achieve goals
• Strategic Thinking and Adaptability : Strong analytical skills with the capacity to pivot strategy based on project demands and market changes, maintaining project alignment with broader business goals
• Communication skills : Excellent written and verbal communication with proficiency in English is a key tool for this role, as the PM is required to effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders as and when required
• Interpersonal skills : The PM will be required to maintain long standing successful relations with authors and reviewers to develop high-quality content. Any conflicts between the stakeholders should be handled with expertise

Responsibilities

• Manage title performance – in terms of publishing timelines, milestones, author satisfaction, and TR satisfaction
• Ensure the projects worked on meet the Time to Market deadlines set by the Portfolio Directors
• Enhancing author and TR satisfaction and refining the author and TR experience while adhering to publishing schedules and maximizing commercial outcomes
• Implement advanced project management methodologies to enhance productivity and project timelines. Regularly evaluate project processes to identify risks and streamline publications, ensuring high standards of quality are met consistently
• Drive and execute strong, collaborative relationships with all stakeholders, including authors, publishing peers, and external collaborators, ensuring seamless communication and project coherence
• Problem solve, manage, and mitigate risks, when necessary, to keep authors, TRs, and book teams on schedule
• Maintain the integrity of process and good practice at each stage in the publishing project
• Manage or refer conflicts between deadlines, processes, and quality, where appropriate

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of latest Project Management tools and practices will be bonus

Benefits

• Bonus scheme
• 5 day working week
• 25 days annual holiday (plus bank holidays)
• Flexible hours: choose how, when, and where you work within India
• Training programs and Certification
• Group Medical Insurance
• Wellness initiatives