Supervising Project Manager, Publication

• This position is on our hybrid schedule at our New Rochelle, NY office.

Position Purpose:

Reporting to the Director of Project Management, the Supervising Project Manager assures the timely development and transmission of all educational publishing project deliverables according to the cost, quality, technical, and schedule expectations. At a project level, the Supervising Project Manager supports Content and Creative Managers and leads the project team in organizing, planning, scheduling, and delivering projects from start to finish. Additionally, the Supervising PM supports Benchmark's financial operations with timely and accurate reporting of the financial performance of individual projects.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Project Planning, Execution, and Control:

• Collaborates with Content, Creative Managers and other cross functional teams to

• determine project requirements for both print and digital.

• ensure adherence to established project workflow and schedules both internally and between Benchmark and vendors.

• guarantee successful transmission of project deliverables.

• Serves as an integral point of contact for internal and external teams on all phases of project planning and execution.

• Owns all aspects of project delivery, implementing Benchmark's best practices at all times.

• Creates and maintains budgets, project status reports, and dashboards.

Team Management:

• Leads a team in the production of print and digital components.

• Communicates company-wide goals to the team.

• Models leadership skills to positively influence the team to achieve results.

• Mentors, trains, and monitors performance of the team routinely; creates performance evaluations at company-designated periods.

Financial Management:

• Works closely with the publishing and cross-functional teams to create and monitor progress against budgets.

• Briefs project teams regularly on performance against budgets.

• Tracks and reviews all resource contracts and invoices.

• Contributes ideas or preventative measures for maintaining financial performance in alignment with corporate goals.

• Monitors the budgeted spend on assigned projects, calculating variance against project plan. Escalates budget risks to Director.

Measure(s) or Indicators of Effectiveness:

Performance in this position will most often be measured or evaluated by:

• Comfort level of management to assign work to this person (ownership of assigned responsibilities).

• Management of projects within established schedules and budgets.

• Collaborative management of project workflow, schedules, and resourcing.

• Actual timing of performance as compared to planned or scheduled delivery.

• Effective communication of project performance information, identification of project blockers, and ability to solution risks to project delivery.

Job Requirements/Skills and Experience:

• Ability to evaluate a content development and production path with quality, technical, schedule, and production considerations.

• Ability to anticipate potential problems and issues within a project and suggest viable workarounds.

• Ability to create and maintain documentation that communicates the various development workflow and production stages of a project.

• Ability to maintain positive working relationships with Benchmark personnel at all levels; comfortably interact with senior management.

• Ability to quickly analyze a problem and recommend actions based on sound judgment and common sense.

• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously, maintaining quality and schedules on all.

• Ability to convey thoughts, ideas, concepts, commitments, etc. to team members verbally and in writing.

• Ability to learn new technologies.

• Knowledge of digital development, print production, and desktop publishing.

• Solid MS 365 & Excel skills. Smartsheet and Adobe Creative Cloud knowledge a plus.

• Bachelor's degree preferred

• Minimum of 5-years successful experience in an educational publishing coordination position or project management environment with experience dealing with difficult situations/projects, or the equivalent preferred.

Salary Range: $80,000-$100,000

• The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.

About Us

Benchmark Education Company is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, both print and digital, as well as world-class professional development. Since its founding in 1998, our company has proven to be one of the most nimble and innovative content creators on the cutting edge of pedagogy and technology. The digital content in our many learning programs delivers all the rigor of its print counterpart and is designed for virtual and blended learning contexts.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com

BENCHMARK EDUCATION BENEFITS OVERVIEW

Benefits

• Health Insurance

• Dental & Vision Insurance

• Disability Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Wellness Programs

• 401K

• Paid Vacation

• Paid Holidays

• Paid Sick Days

• Employee Referral Bonus

Company Culture, Perks & Discounts

• Commuter Benefits

• Paid Parking

• Company Outings

• Free Snacks

• Catered Lunches/Events

• Game Room

• Pet Friendly

• Holiday Events

• Happy Hours

• Paid Technology

• Sports Leagues

• Art Exhibitions

• Flex work schedule* - Off-site Work Program*

Professional Development

• Education Scholarship Fund

• Cross Functional Training

• Job Training & Conferences

• Paid Internships

COVID-19 Policy

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All employees are required to have or obtain a COVID-19 vaccination as a condition of employment at Benchmark Education unless an exemption has been approved. All employees shall be required to report their vaccine status. All new employees shall be required to provide proof of their vaccination status prior to the start of their employment.

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