Sr Project/Delivery Manager (IT) Job Description **About Our Organization:** Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest news-gathering operations globally. It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Investor's Business Daily, Factiva, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, OPIS and Chemical Market Analytics. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV). **About the Role:** Dow Jones is on a journey to take our products to the next level and we need you to assist in making that happen. The program management team is key to ensuring that our deliverables are executed as efficiently as possible. They are also our cultural backbone, team mentor, and give life to the organization. As a Technical Project Manager on the Digital Experience team within Dow Jones, you will lead the delivery of a digital news teams; adding value and minimizing waste in a continuous delivery cycle. Coaching the team on Lean principles of Value and Waste Coaching Agile Framework, with a focus on Scrum or Kanban. Partnering with cross-functional teams to manage any projects or programs that are a part of your portfolio, eliminate roadblocks, manage expectations, and risk. Managing resource forecasting, trend analysis, and financial reporting. Communicating milestones, team progress, and financial status. **You will:** Working within a cross-functional development team, reporting to the VP of Project Management, you will have the opportunity to assist with defining project excellence. You will also have the opportunity to refine our processes around delivery whilst ensuring the highest level of code quality. Your prior experience working in a development environment delivering services and new features will aid you when joining a team that is already making a significant impact across the business. **Ensure the delivery by:** + Managing multiple projects, programs and teams as needed + Ensure the roadmap deliverables are executed as planned + Driving the definition, design and delivery of key initiatives + Coaching the teams to deliver iteratively and with high quality + Managing and mitigating risk and issues + Ensuring external project dependencies are properly tracked + Communicating and reporting status at appropriate frequency and details for each stakeholder + Report on OKRs and KPIs, leveraging data based on project performance and delivery projection + Drive agile ceremonies + Assist with technical feasibility, implementation approach, deployment strategies, and QA efforts + Help drive the work intake process + Helping them to construct solid working agreements, guidelines and drive process adherence and improvement + Optimizing productivity and driving team accountability + Partnering with the product owner on scope, backlog grooming, stakeholder communications, etc + Collaboratively defining, documenting, and driving agile adoption + Foster cross-team coordination and communication + Motivating, empowering, and improving the team + Know and understand the project: + Gain a detailed understanding of the products, tools, and practices of the teams + Knowledge of the technical and business context of the project including related services + Demonstrable understanding of your product domain and immediate surrounding areas, be able to discuss this with PMO team members. **You Have:** + A Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university + At least 5 years of experience managing projects and teams at various levels of maturity + Demonstrate progressively responsible experience / technical expertise in software. + Excellent team management skills and detailed understanding of product and systems integration issues + Some applied knowledge of the media industry, web technologies, and user engagement platforms + Proven ability to produce high levels of customer/stakeholder satisfaction + Basic investment industry knowledge including industry drivers, key players, trends, business processes, and third-party service providers + Ability to prepare resource and time estimates with a good degree of reliability + Strong customer service skills; frequent strategic interactions with high-level clients + Demonstrated leadership and team-building experience + Agile certification (CSM/PSM, PMI-ACP, PMP, SAFe, etc) + Expert user of Jira/Confluence **Our Benefits** + Comprehensive Healthcare Plans + Paid Time Off + Retirement Plans + Comprehensive Insurance Plans + Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources + Education Benefits + Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support + Commuter Transit Program + Subscription Discounts + Employee Referral Program Learn more about all our US benefits Reasonable accommodation: Dow Jones, Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups. Dow Jones is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application, due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates. Business Area: Dow Jones - Technology Job Category: Project/Program Management Union Status: Non-Union role Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world’s top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron’s, MarketWatch and Financial News. This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day. Req ID: 44880