Principal Program Manager

Savvas Learning Company is a global education company that produces award-winning learning solutions that empower educators and engage students with the highest quality content.

Recognized as an industry leader, we serve millions of K-12 learners with innovative, student-centered educational programs that turn today’s classrooms into active learning environments. By embracing technology, personalized learning, and immersive experiences delivered across multiple platforms, we design our learning solutions to be more accessible and relevant to each student.

Our comprehensive solutions for core curriculum, and supplemental and intervention programs - supported by an array of professional development services - allow teachers to use data to inform classroom practices and tailor instructions to an individual’s abilities and learning styles.

The Principal Program Manager will have broad project management expertise and deep knowledge of print and digital product development and software development lifecycles. You will use your advanced skills to contribute to the development of company objectives/principles, and to achieve goals in creative and effective ways. Having a financial and technical background is an added plus

**Responsibilities**:

- Engage senior management sponsors in a collaborative, confident, professional and influential manner to develop project and program objectives, deliverables, scope and structure, and provide weekly & monthly performance reporting against program objectives to stakeholders
- Support product development initiatives, promoting cross-functional collaboration and integration while achieving targeted benefits and goals
- Lead project planning in a wide cross-functional environment
- Recommend improvements to project management policies and guidelines

**Required Knowledge and Experience**:

- 5-10 years program management, project management, product development, product development operations, or strategy analyst experience, or equivalent.
- Comfortable working in tech-based product environment usually associated with software development to include requirements analysis, product design, change and configuration management, testing and deployment
- Experience in both project managing large complex projects ($2m+/yr), and Program managing complex multi-sub-project programs to successful conclusions
- Demonstrated experience in problem solving, development and maintenance of schedules of varying granularity
- Ability to establish management processes for the program, provide performance reporting, educate the organization on Project Management, drive schedule and sub-schedule creation and adherence, demonstrate high ethics and values; knowledge of methods, processes, tools, etc. associated with software development
- Sufficient product and process knowledge to support decomposition, planning, assessment of progress and an ability to manage risks
- Goal oriented Leader with action-focused, pragmatic, and self-disciplined abilities; solid organization, communication, and team motivation skills
- Negotiation/persuasive collaboration
- Process analysis, documentation, and mapping strengths
- Ability to perform well under pressure

**Formal Education or Equivalent**:

- Minimum BA/BS in a Project Management, Finance, Economics, Business Management, Computer Science, Logistics, or education related discipline
- PMP Certification or Process Management is preferred
- Smartsheet & Control Center Scheduling Tool proficiency preferred and highly recommended for success
- Expertise in Lean and/or Six Sigma a plus is preferred

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Savvas Learning Company is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Savvas Learning Company provides access to a benefits experience created to offer our employees choice, flexibility, and the opportunity to save money for the future. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, tax-advantaged accounts, pharmacy, life insurance, disability insurance, matching 401(k), and paid time off. Our benefits are part of a total package that is carefully designed to support the total well-being of our employees.