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Agile Project Manager

McGraw Hill

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ID: 5838

Posted On 08/01/2025

Job Overview

Overview

Build the Future

At McGraw Hill, we are dedicated to delivering digital learning experiences that transform education for learners and educators. Our focus is on creating seamless, impactful products that truly benefit our users while supporting growth and collaboration across teams. We foster a culture that values innovation, teamwork, and a balance between career growth and personal well-being.

How can you make an impact?

Do you have a passion leading Product Development EdTech projects? As a Project Manager on our team, you will build meaningful stakeholder relationships and guide project teams as they create robust digital tools and learning solutions in a variety of formats that are used by millions of educators and students every day. This position is located at our K-12 headquarters in Columbus, OH or 100% remote. All candidates must reside in the Continental United States.

This opportunity will support our multiple product lines for Grades PreK-12 instructional materials. You will serve as the operational leader and agile expert for project teams, fostering successful outcomes for educators and students. You will guide teams with agility through project planning and continuous change as the team creates educational services and products to meet changing market needs. This position will also flex to support other programs and initiatives.

This position can work **remotely** within the continental United States.

What You’ll do:

+ Collaborating closely with product managers, program managers, scrum masters, and technical leads to ensure product goals and program objectives align with business priorities and customer needs.

+ Bridging the gap between business strategy and execution by translating high-level objectives into actionable plans for teams.

+ Establishing value-driven delivery plans, which include business case development, product scope and requirements, integrated milestones, mapped dependencies, budget management, project forecasting, and quality management. You will break down work with cross-functional teams to create manageable, achievable work packages that drive business value.

+ Proactively planning and mitigating high-impact risks, creatively problem-solving when issues arise, navigating conflict resolution, and implementing change management processes in collaboration with stakeholders.

+ Facilitating knowledge-sharing between teams and encouraging a culture of innovation and trust.

+ Communicating at all levels of the organization with transparency, data, and facts. Responsible for analyzing velocity to delivery for successful project execution, project financial reporting, and resource allocation reporting.

+ Mentoring your peers and project team members, serving as a thought leader on agile methodologies and frameworks.

What you will bring to the role:

+ Educational Publishing experience (Preferred)

+ 3+ years of experience in an agile, remote environment, with at least 1 year in a program or project manager role managing multiple agile teams. Previous experience working with education clients or in the EdTech industry in an agile environment is preferred.

+ Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to foster collaboration among diverse teams.

+ Strong commitment to operational excellence, agile team experience, passion for collaboration, problem-solving skills, and the ability to navigate stakeholder relationships objectively.

+ Self-starter with the ability to work independently and take initiative.

+ A degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience in program or project management within an agile framework.

+ Agile certifications preferred (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster, Certified Scrum Product Owner, or similar) and knowledge of agile frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, etc.

Why work for us?

The work you do at McGraw Hill will be work that matters. We are collectively designing content that will build the future of education. Play your part and experience a sense of fulfilment that will inspire you to even greater heights.

The pay range for this position is between $55,000-$95,000 annually, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Click here to learn more about our benefit offerings.

McGraw Hill recruiters always use a “@mheducation.com” email address and/or from our Applicant Tracking System, iCIMS. Any variation of this email domain should be considered suspicious. Additionally, McGraw Hill recruiters and authorized representatives will never request sensitive information in email.

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Categories

Publishing/Printing

Location

Remote, Remote

Job Type

Employee

Full/Part

Full Time

Company ID

695

Job REQ #

5838

\# Positions

1

Start Date

20250801

End Date

20250902

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About the Company

At McGraw Hill, we believe that our contribution to unlocking a brighter future lies within the application of our deep understanding of how learning happens and how the mind develops. It exists where the science of learning meets the art of teaching.

Educators have been and always will be at the core of the learning experience. The solutions we develop help educators impart their knowledge to students more efficiently. We believe that harnessing technology can enhance learning inside and outside of the classroom and deepen the connections between students and teachers to empower greater success.

By partnering with educators around the globe, our learning engineers, content developers and pedagogical experts are developing increasingly open learning ecosystems that are proven to improve pass rates, elevate grades and increase engagement for each individual learner while improving outcomes for all.

Why? Because learning changes everything.

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