Product Project Manager

The Product Project Management team is responsible for project managing products from concept initiation to availability of stock in warehouse or launch of digital products as allocated by SPM. This includes contributing to project brief and scope, high level planning and scheduling, and reporting on schedule, resources and budget, as well as management of progress, decisions, actions, risks and issues to lead the team to ensure successful delivery of content.

You will primarily lead or contribute to the early planning and investment approval of the product plan. Additional responsibilities may include:

• Project manages and leads on implementation of plans for products: Establishes and maintain plans, schedules, budget, risks and issues on assigned portfolios and projects.


• Reporting: reports on progress, risks, issues, budgets. on assigned portfolios and projects.


• Communication: Facilitate effective communications between cross-functional teams.


• Change Management and Continuous Improvement


• Project Management Best Practice: Ensures consistency of project management tools and best practice across cross-functional groups by working with other project management colleagues internally and externally.
  
  Essential:


• Experience of managing large and complex projects and programmes, ideally including digital projects, to schedule and budget.


• Proven track record of collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a matrix


• In-depth knowledge of the publishing process for print and digital products.


• Basic knowledge of Product Management discipline.


• Knowledge of digital processes and ways of working


• Experience of working in a matrix environment and facilitating communication in cross-functional teams.


• Proficiency with MS Project or other scheduling and tracking software


Desirable:

• Experience of setting up and implementing new workflows and processes.


• Experience with ClickUp work management tool


• Experience of participating and leading in change initiatives or implementation and continuous improvement of workflows


• PRINCE2, Agile, APM or other recognized project management certification, English Language Teaching
  
  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.
  
  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.