Senior Project Manager, Dow Jones
Office located in Bridge Street, London
Business news and financial information publishing
Job no longer available
Business news and financial information publishing
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
Office located in Bridge Street, London
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver trusted news and data to help businesses and society make decisions for a better future.
Role
Who you are
- Demonstrable experience within a Project Management role or similar
- Expertise in Project Management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid)
- Mastery of Risk Mitigation & Contingency Planning
- Experience with tools like Jira, Asana, Wrike, Monday.com, or Microsoft Project
- Advanced Strategic Leadership & Stakeholder Management
What the job involves
- Dow Jones is seeking a collaborative, organized, and strategic Senior Project Manager to oversee a variety of high-priority enablement initiatives across Dow Jones
- Reporting to the VP, Global Strategic Projects and Integration, you will be accountable for leading projects and programs that are cross-functional, translating broad strategic goals into actionable enterprise-level portfolios, and establishing the governance and frameworks necessary to drive alignment across the organization
- Oversee, lead and manage a diverse variety of key strategic projects across Dow Jones on behalf of Global Strategic Projects and Integrations team (part of the Global Business Operations team)
- Define and manage the delivery/execution of results through independently build and manage project plans, timelines, and resourcing
- Understand complex concepts and ideas and strategically translate into a project plan, with governance and a framework
- Monitor/track project progress against established goals and; communicate project status, including roadblocks, risks, milestones, and successes with all stakeholders
- Manage logistics such as scheduling meetings, updating timelines, communicating deliverables, distributing materials, etc
- Manage large, multi-workstream plans from end-to-end, acting as the primary point of accountability and contact for stakeholders. Focus on enterprise-wide alignment by managing complex interdepartmental dependencies
- Proactively respond to and effectively execute on ad-hoc requests, accurately assessing the time and resources required for completion
- Identify opportunity areas where process management and new technology can significantly impact efficiency, quality, profitability, and employee satisfaction
- Translate broad strategic goals into actionable enterprise-level project portfolios and long-term roadmap for key initiatives
- Drive strategy and assume leadership proactively, particularly in initiatives that currently lack clear ownership
- Demonstrate agility in managing progress across a diverse portfolio, adapt swiftly, and efficiently to new information critical to project success
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Dow Jones is a global leader in news and business intelligence, powering a range of well-respected brands, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial News, MarketWatch, and more. The company delivers its content to consumers through a range of formats, such as print, digital, mobile, and live events.
As companies seek to draw Millennials and Gen Z consumers to their platforms, adaptability is vital, since they are driving the demand for innovative tools and techniques, as the world evolves toward the digital-first era. Dow Jones has proven its ability to meet product optimization challenges with its reimagined Factiva offering that includes a list of new features, such as personalized results, an easy-to-use modern interface, and faster free-text search, all with a mobile-first design that adapts to any device.
The company has also focused on new product innovation by expanding its portfolio of capabilities and partnerships, further expanding into AI-powered personalization technologies and ongoing digital transformation. Already a powerhouse in the market, Dow Jones is well set to capitalize on future expansion and innovation opportunities and between 2019 and 2024, doubled its digital subscription base from 2.43 million to 4.86 million.
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Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 20 weeks of parental leave
- 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave
- Up to 4 weeks of remote work per year
- 1 paid volunteer day annually
- $700 caregiver reimbursement
- Headspace emotional wellness membership
- ClassPass fitness and wellness membership
- Financial rewards for well-being activities
Company HQ
Theater District, New York, NY
Leadership
Almar Latour
(CEO)Before becoming the CEO of Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal, they were the Publisher of Barron’s Group and Executive VP of Dow Jones. They were also the previous Executive Editor of The Wall Street Journal.
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