Senior Professional Services Project Manager

Summary

Join Skillsoft's Professional Services team as a Senior Project Manager to oversee complex implementations and learning delivery engagements. Ensure successful Percipio platform implementation/integration and manage complex learning delivery and strategy projects. Responsibilities include delivering projects on time and within budget, defining project scope and objectives, establishing project plans, managing changes to project scope, cost, and schedule, and tracking project accomplishments. You will also communicate project status to internal and external stakeholders, set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor project progress. This role requires 5-10 years of project management experience in a professional services environment and a Bachelor's degree (or 3 years experience and a Master's degree).

Requirements

• 5-10 years of Project Manager experience preferable in a professional services environment with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree
• Must have experience managing projects as a billable consultant
• Robust experience with virtual and collaboration web tools withe the ability to conduct business in a virtual environment, working with multiple virtual teams across multiple time zones
• Desktop application skills (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Teams) with ability to learn new technologies and applications quickly as new application skills are required for the position
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Project management, time management and organizational skills
• Team player and a strong relationship builder
• History of effectively managing multiple projects simultaneously, requiring minimal oversight

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Responsible for establishing project plans and schedules
• Facilitates the development of project deliverables with cross-functional teams
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate verification techniques
• High level oversight of projects managed within a customer portfolio
• Proactively tracks and reviews project accomplishments and results against plans
• Executes appropriate risk management to ensure business priorities and quality standards are met
• Communicates status of the project to internal and external customers and management
• Set deadlines, assign responsibilities and monitor and summarize progress of project

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of LMS or LCMS platforms, and preferably the integration of learning content with LMS platforms
• Knowledge of talent transformation, Learning & Development, organizational learning, and/or change management

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, and paid time off