Innovation Project Manager - GP Strategies Corporation

GP Strategies Corporation is one of the worlds leading talent transformation providers. By delivering award-winning learning and development solutions, we help organizations transform through their people and achieve meaningful change. GP Strategies has delivered our innovative consulting, learning services, and talent technology solutions to over 6,000 organizations globally.

From our global experience working across thousands of projects and initiatives over the past 55 years, weve learned that relationships, business, work, innovation, strategy, and transformation are all about people. And, to put it simply, GP Strategies is about our people - an extensive global network of learning experts. 

Job Summary

The GP Strategies Learning Innovation Group is seeking a Technical Project Manager who aspires to gain instructional design experience to join the Innovation Group. The successful candidate will work on projects including, but not limited to, virtual reality development, AI initiatives, enterprise application development, mobile application development, gamification, and custom eLearning development.

Job Description

The Technical Project Manager (TPM) is responsible for the management and oversight of all aspects of the technical project lifecycle including conception, specification, planning, budgeting, production, quality assurance, deployment, and monitoring. The TPM will have demonstrable experience in the development of technical projects that employ modern development practices and agile processes. In addition, the TPM will be a contributing team member of the design and creative solution discussions and decisions. The TPM works closely with other technical practice leads including the Business Analyst, Lead Engineer, Lead Programmer, QA Manager, and GP Account Managers/stakeholders to ensure project success. In some cases, the TPM will function as a project’s Business Analyst or User Experience Architect and develop business requirements, functional specifications documents, conduct research or discovery sessions, and produce flow carts, site maps, and wireframes. The TPM acts as the principle point of contact to client project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

·        Single point of accountability for the project schedule, budget, and scope

·        Maintains routine client and team communications

·        Identifies required project resources

·        Plans project activities with input from relevant practice leads

·        Coordinates and directs staff assigned to the project

·        Maintains project status reports

·        Conducts internal project review meetings

·        Monitors project deliverables to ensure that quality is maintained

·        Strives to identify additional work with the client

·        Supports proposal development by providing estimates

·        Prepares statements of work (SOWs)

·        Produces documentation such as business requirements, functional specifications, flow carts and wireframes

·        Performs other duties as required

Required Skills

·        Excellent client and team communication skills

·        Excellent written skills

·        Proficient with waterfall and agile development processes

·        Proficient in usability and user experience design

·        Experience with managing technical teams

·        Experience with the management of detailed product or application specifications

·        Experience with modern learning solution development and delivery

·        Experience with detailed QA planning and execution

Beneficial Skills

·        Background in eLearning development

·        Knowledge of eLearning-related technologies such as SCORM, AICC, Section 508

·        Interactive agency experience

·        Experience conducting stakeholder and user interviews to distill user requirements

·        Understanding of User Centered Design principles

·        Ability to produce wireframes and communicate UX to client teams, creative teams, and engineering teams

Qualifications

·        At least 4 years as a PM in the learning and/or technology innovation space

·        BA in Project Management, Information Management, Engineering, Business or related field

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