Description :
CTB/McGraw-Hill, headquartered in Monterey, California, is the leading publisher of standardized achievement tests for children and adults across North America The McGraw-Hill Companies is driving the education, financial services and business information markets through leading brands such as McGraw-Hill Education, Standard & Poor's, BusinessWeek , J.D. Power and Associates, Platts, McGraw-Hill Construction, Aviation Week, and Broadcasting. McGraw-Hill Education addresses every aspect of the education market from PreK-12 through professional learning. Although we recognize the important role of traditional learning materials, today our business is rapidly moving toward digital solutions by adapting McGraw-Hill's quality content to the latest technologies. Our technical innovations are changing the way people learn, with e-books, online tutoring, customized course Web sites, and interactive simulation subscription services. Serving Students, families, teachers, and educational leaders, McGraw-Hill's Education's Assessment and Reporting Group is the leading provider of full-service educational assessment and reporting products for PreK-12, adult education, and statewide testing programs. Composed of CTB/McGraw-Hill and The Grow Network/McGraw-Hill, the Assessment and Reporting Group's comprehensive range of formative and summative assessments, reporting tools, individual study guides, instructional programs, software, and services are built upon a tradition of research, innovation, and technical quality that benefit learners of all ages. We currently have an outstanding opportunity for a Project Management Specialist - Publishing for our team in Monterey , CA . The Project Management Specialist - Publishing is an integral partner with departmental and interdepartmental stakeholders to provide strategic planning, risk assessment, solution creation, and information management. This position is responsible for collaborating with the Project Management Office Director and Publishing Project Managers in the development and implementation support of publishing project management processes, methodology, and tools. Develop project standards and metrics, conduct benchmarking analyses, and identify process, performance, and improvement metrics. Manage the collecting, analyzing, and reporting of project metrics across all projects. Conduct quality and risk audits. Design, develop, and support the implementation of Publishing and project management budget processes and the development and maintenance of a publishing-wide budget to actuals dashboard. Provide one on one coaching to project managers for budget tracking, estimate to complete processes, and medium range plan budgets. Contribute to the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of project management knowledge and information management systems, with a focus on efficient and effective implementation of publishing's customized content repository and electronic workflow system (Monarch). Required Qualifications : Must have a bachelor's degree OR equivalent work experience. Additional Required Experience : Two year's experience working on complex educational assessment projects required. Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and collaborate with distributed, virtual teams required. Experience in tracking project budgets and the estimate to complete process. Must have excellent demonstrated written and oral communication skills. Must be highly organized, self directed, and able to perform multiple tasks simultaneously. Proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and Outlook as well as the Internet Desired : Experience in process mapping, quality improvement, and/or lean Six Sigma preferred For more information please visit our website: http:// [link removed] . McGraw-Hill Education - Where the World Learns to Succeed
