Project Manager

About Us

We are the world’s largest university press. We have both a worldwide reach and a personal understanding of local needs, partnering on the ground to adapt publications and resources to meet the individual needs of communities, societies, and countries. We partner with researchers, educators, and technology partners to stay ahead of the changing ways people around the world are accessing and sharing knowledge. With a presence in more than 50 countries and millions of customers around the world, an idea launched at OUP can have global impact.

About the Role

The Project Manager will be responsible for leading and managing projects that support the transformation and continuous improvement of activities and ways of working within the Assessment team. This includes contributing to scope definition, planning and scheduling, regular tracking and reporting (incl. budgets) and management of decisions, actions, risks and issues. You will lead and contribute to the implementation of best practice in project management processes and ensure project activities in ELT Assessment are consistent with those in the wider ELT Product teams, and aligned to the ELT Strategy.

Key responsibilities in this role will include:

• Project Management of enabling projects within the Assessment portfolio: As allocated by the Portfolio Product Manager, project manage and lead on major cross-functional projects from concept initiation to delivery of benefits, incl. regular reporting and budget tracking.
• Benefits management: With support from the Portfolio Product Manager, identify and assess the expected benefits derived from projects and from process delivery.
• Change Management: Assess the impact of change resulting from enabling projects and contribute to communication and change plans; communicate change to internal stakeholders and suppliers.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and contribute to the continuous improvement of ELT Assessment workflows and processes by setting up and managing change projects
• Project Management Best Practice: Ensure consistency of project management tools and best practice across cross-functional groups by working with other project management colleagues internally and externally.
• Communication: Facilitate effective communications between cross-functional teams, incl. regular updates across streamlined channels

Please refer to the enclosed job description for the detailed key accountabilities in this role.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office. 

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Experience of managing large and complex projects and programmes, ideally including digital projects, to schedule and budget.
• Experience of working in a matrix environment and facilitating communication in cross-functional teams.
• Knowledge of digital processes and ways of working
• Willingness to learn about product development processes to ensure Assessment joins up with Product where relevant / takes advantage of existing processes.
• Proficiency with MS Project or other scheduling and tracking software.
• Proficiency with Excel or other data management software
• PRINCE2, Agile, APM or other recognized project management certification (desirable)
• Experience of setting up and implementing new workflows and processes (desirable)
• Experience of automating processes (desirable)

Benefits

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies. 

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts. 

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Queries

Please contact cynthia.yue@oup.com with any queries relating to this role.

Please note this advert may be removed before the advertised end date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.