McGraw Hill · 21 hours ago
Program Manager, Sharpen
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$77K/yr - $130K/yr
7+ years expMcGraw Hill is a leading education company that creates innovative learning platforms for students and educators worldwide. The Program Manager will be responsible for planning, scheduling, and tracking programs within the Higher Education Business Unit, ensuring successful delivery of digital solutions through collaboration with various teams.
E-LearningEdTechEducationPublishing
Responsibilities
Lead delivery of large, cross-team programs by driving project initiation, milestone tracking, risk management, dependency coordination, and on-time, high-quality delivery from development through testing and release
Navigate complex cross-project dependencies, proactively identifying issues and escalating risks across teams, programs, and leadership as needed to ensure alignment and continuity
Drive scaled agile planning and execution for programs requiring it, championing agile methodologies, adherence to the SDLC, and continuous improvement across teams
Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to provide guidance across multiple platform teams, including facilitating cross-team ceremonies such as platform-wide demos and alignment meetings
Serve as Scrum Master for 1–2 teams as needed, ensuring effective agile ceremonies, maintaining prioritized backlogs, documented delivery plans, iteration planning, and dependency visibility
Own and manage program-level communication and transparency, ensuring stakeholder buy-in, timely issue resolution, risk mitigation, customer support prioritization, SLA adherence, and support for Product Operations reporting and metrics
Qualification
Required
Deep knowledge of software development and adoption, ideally within EdTech, with cross-disciplinary understanding of product management, engineering, and quality assurance
Minimum of 7 years of agile project management experience with progressively increasing responsibility, including managing project scope, timelines, and business requirements; hands-on experience as a Scrum Master required
Demonstrated leadership and influence in matrixed environments, with strong skills in negotiation, conflict management, collaboration, organizational effectiveness, and critical thinking
Highly organized and self-motivated, able to prioritize effectively, work well under pressure, and remain flexible and adaptable to evolving tools, processes, and ways of working
Excellent communicator with an open, inclusive style, capable of engaging and influencing a wide range of technical and non-technical stakeholders while building alignment and consensus
Growth-oriented mindset with a positive attitude, openness to change, willingness to travel occasionally, and familiarity with agile frameworks, scaled agile practices, certifications (CSM and/or PMI-ACP), and tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Slack
Benefits
An annual bonus plan may be provided as part of the compensation package
A full range of medical and/or other benefits
Company
McGraw Hill
We are a leading global education company that partners with millions of educators, learners and professionals around the world.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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2021-09-30Private Equity
2021-06-15Acquired
Leadership Team
Lloyd G. Waterhouse
CEO & President
Simon Allen
President & CEO
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