Project Manager, Operational Excellence
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Job Summary
Job Description:
We believe in bold ideas diverse perspectives and the drive to transform knowledge into impact. Here your curiosity fuels progress your voice shapes innovation and your ambition helps redefine whats possible within science and learning. We are a culture that obsesses over impact challenges and drives whats next to power infinite possibilities for our customers colleagues and society at large.
About the Role:
Position Overview
The Senior Project Manager sits within the Delivery & Change Excellence function responsible for delivering complex cross-functional projects that directly support Wileys strategic agenda. DCE exists to make sure Wileys ambitions actually land this role is central to that.
Youll lead delivery across high-priority initiatives working across Technology Product and Commercial functions with senior stakeholder visibility. Youll operate with speed and accountability bring structure to ambiguity and actively embrace AI-enabled ways of working as part of how DCE operates day-to-day.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex cross-functional projects clear business cases realistic plans benefits validated changes embedded
- Develop and maintain project documentation including PIDs business cases plans and RAID logs; manage scope timelines budgets and dependencies
- Surface and escalate risks early; own issue resolution and mitigation
- Engage and manage stakeholders at senior levels providing clear timely reporting and executive communications
- Contribute to portfolio-level visibility ensuring the right information reaches decision-makers at the right time
- Actively adopt AI-enabled tools and workflows within delivery (including Matae and others in the DCE stack)
- Work with extended teams to design and implement process improvements and automation
- Coach and develop junior project managers and contribute to DCEs capability standards
- Lead post-delivery reviews and feed learning back into continuous improvement
Required Qualifications
- PMP PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent certification
- Extensive experience of progressive project management experience including delivery of large-scale cross-functional initiatives
- Demonstrated ability to manage senior stakeholders and navigate a complex matrixed organisation
- Strong experience managing scope risk budget and dependencies across concurrent workstreams
- Track record of delivering measurable outcomes able to evidence impact not just activity
- Experience leading teams through organisational change or transformation
- Proficiency with project management tools (Jira Smartsheet MS Project or similar)
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in publishing media technology or information services
- Familiarity with AI-enabled delivery tools or a demonstrable interest in embedding AI into ways of working
- Experience contributing to PMO standards governance frameworks or capability development
- Familiarity with Clarity PPM or enterprise portfolio management tools
- Experience delivering projects involving external partnerships or vendor collaboration
- MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification
We power infinite possibilities.
For more than 200 years weve transformed knowledge into discoveries that shape the world. Today our global team of innovators creators and experts is driving whats next in science education and publishingcreating impact that reaches everywhere.
Were not just observers of progress. Were the ones accelerating scientific breakthroughs advancing learning and sparking innovation that redefines entire fields and improves lives.
Here your talent matters. Your ideas have room to grow. And your work creates breakthroughs that can change everything.
Wiley is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We evaluate all qualified applicants and treat all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression national origin disability protected veteran status genetic information or based on any individuals status in any group or class protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Wiley is also committed to providing reasonable accommodation to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact for assistance.
We are proud that our workplace promotes continual learning and internal mobility. Our values support courageous teammates needle movers and learning champions all while striving to support the health and well-being of all employees. We offer meeting-free Friday afternoons allowing more time for heads down work and professional development and through a robust body of employee programing we facilitate a wide range of opportunities to foster community learn and grow.
We are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive compensation in addition to a comprehensive benefits package. The range below represents Wileys good faith and reasonable estimate of the base pay for this role at the time of posting roles either in the United Kingdom Canada or USA. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall within the range however the ultimate salary offered for this role may be higher or lower and will be set based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to geographic location skills and competencies.
When applying please attach your resume/CV to be considered.
Salary Range:
40200 GBP to 57533 GBP #LI-JG2Required Experience:
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