About Pearson 

• Learning is the most powerful force for change in the world. More than 20,000 Pearson employees deliver our products and services in nearly 200 countries, all working towards a common purpose – to help everyone achieve their potential through learning. We do that by providing high quality, digital content and learning experiences, as well as assessments and qualifications that help people build their skills and grow with the world around them. We are the global experts in learning. See the 5 types of products & services that we deliver to tens of millions of learners annually.
• The global learning market is vast - at around $7 trillion today, growing to over $10 trillion by 2030. This all adds up to huge momentum in our industry, and a great opportunity for Pearson to innovate and scale to meet the growing and changing demands of consumers globally. The most interesting thing about that extraordinary $7 trillion learning market? It is currently only 3% digital! And that’s a huge opportunity for us to grow our business. See how we're going to do that.

About the Data Science team in Poznań

• The Data Science team at Pearson Poznań office is a part of an international R&D unit that creates Intelligent Learning Capabilities (i.e. systems that use methods from the field of Data Science, incl. Artificial Intelligence, to facilitate the process of human learning). The Poznań team consists of Data Scientists, Research Engineers, and Technical Project Managers.
• Our role is to:
  • Design, build, and continuously improve customer-facing Intelligent Learning Capabilities​ across Pearson.
  • Provide technical leadership in the application of Data Science & Machine Learning​ at Pearson.
• We specialise in two main types of intelligent capabilities:
  • Adaptive modelling & diagnostic capabilities that fast-track learners through a course of learning and identify struggling learners.
  • Natural language processing-based assessment capabilities that evaluate a learner's soft & hard skills through text or speech.
• In our work, we often innovate around implementing psychometric ideas using the latest machine learning methods and prototyping innovative natural language processing methods. See more of our work.
• We proudly support the Polish AI community by sponsoring conferences (ML in PL, Why R?, GHOST Day, Cloud & Datacenter Day), hosting meetups with the Women in Machine Learning & Data Science organisation, and hosting our own series of open talks & workshops.
  
  

Role overview

• We are looking for a Technical Project Manager to join the Product Data Science team in Poznań.
• The main aim of this role is to support Data Scientists, Research Engineers, and Product Managers in implementing best practices for agile R&D. Your work will enable cutting-edge research & development that has the potential to impact millions of learners around the globe. 
• This position requires a competent professional with a passion for building educational products, great communication and organisation skills, and a solid understanding of software engineering project methodology. Most importantly, you need to be self-sufficient and comfortable with balancing the uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity of research with the need for predictable, incremental software development.

Role details

• Supporting the Product Data Science (PDS) team in understanding and implementing best practices for delivering increments in an agile way
• Serving as a bridge between the PDS team and other collaborators, esp. product/capability managers within the company divisions
• Supporting product/capability managers in project initiation and planning; supporting the PDS team leads in scoping the technological solutions needed to support the business deliverables
• Facilitating team meetings and providing direction/resolution
• Periodically, preparing brief project reports for purpose of internal and external communication
• Supporting teams in removing blockers or impediments and working on improvements
• Being able to identify risks and dependencies reported by the team and address them accordingly
• Creating and conducting internal agile training, if necessary
• Sharing work results internally and externally (conferences, meet-ups, etc.)
• Providing input into team mission, vision, goals, and processes

• Excellent communication skills in both Polish and English (written and spoken)
• Experience with working in a diverse, remote, asynchronous team across many time zones
• Conflict management experience
• Knowledge of project management methods (esp. Scrum)
• Being proactive, creative, and open to challenges and changes
• Willingness to develop skills and knowledge
• Self-organisation skills

Benefits 

• Professional development
  • We understand that people learn best by doing. That's why if you work with us, you can take more time on a project to complete it using a new method you'd like to learn, or devote time to a side project.
  • However, we do understand the need for formal training. Your manager will regularly discuss your development goals with you, and provide you with online learning resources (e.g. O'Reilly Safari, Coursera, Linux Academy) and formal training (e.g. conferences).
  • You'll also get free access to Pearson digital products and services (over 22,500 eTextbooks and assessments), as well as a discount for buying print & digital products.
• Work facilities & culture
  • Although we have a conveniently-located modern office, we have a culture of remote asynchronous work. We believe that creative work doesn't happen only at your office desk from 9 am to 5 pm. While we prefer to hire in Poznań, we're also open to semi/mostly-remote candidates.
  • If you do happen to visit the office, you'll find snacks stocked in our pantry (e.g. muesli, fruits, cookies).
• Perks
  • Private health care
  • Accident insurance
  • MultiSport Card
  • Access to MyBenefit (redeem points for cinema tickets, shopping discounts, etc)
  • Volunteer time off