Are you ready to bring our digital vision to life?

As the Digital Project Manager at Penguin Random House, you'll be at the forefront of delivering digital experiences that captivate and engage our audiences.

With a focus on driving commercial success and setting industry benchmarks, you'll spearhead the transformation of our Penguin websites alongside our Head of Digital Experience. Join us in revolutionising the way readers experience Penguin's world-renowned websites and be a part of a team dedicated to delivering nothing short of excellence.

In this role, you will:

• Be a key player in supporting our Head of Digital Experience to deliver the Penguin.co.uk redesign, working closely with our Digital Agency to ensure every milestone is reached.

• Take charge of managing resources, schedules, and plans throughout the duration of our redesign project, ensuring we stay on budget and on schedule while expertly navigating potential issues, risks, and change requests to guarantee successful and on-time project delivery.

• Oversee every aspect of the project to ensure it aligns seamlessly with our strategic objectives, driving us toward our ultimate goals.

• Develop and deliver compelling progress reports, proposals, and requirements documentation, tailored for various audiences, including our project team, sponsors, and key internal stakeholders.

• Navigate and balance the interdependencies between agency, channel, and business needs to pave the way for a flawless digital experience.

• Have the opportunity to participate in additional digital projects, including taking the lead on digital deliverables for campaigns.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Showcase your expertise in Project Management, with proven experience in successfully managing digital projects of a similar scale.

• Bring your proficiency in the Microsoft Office digital suite, including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, OneNote, as well as JIRA. Experience in using Monday.com or similar would be an advantage.

• Flex your logical thinking and showcase your strong analytical and problem-solving skills, essential for navigating complex digital projects.

• Leverage your strong organisational skills and proactive approach to thrive in a dynamic project delivery environment.

• Demonstrate your in-depth knowledge of Waterfall and Agile project management frameworks, methodologies, and associated governance structures.

• Put your excellent communication skills to work, with the ability to present and explain technical information in a compelling manner that establishes rapport, persuades others, and fosters understanding.

• Demonstrate your exceptional stakeholder management skills, adept at building and maintaining professional relationships with finesse and charm.

About Brand:

Our Brand division houses a number of central areas of specialist expertise which support and work closely with our nine publishing houses to connect our books and authors with readers. The department includes experts from digital marketing, brand, communications, design, consumer insights and more.

The iconic Penguin brand – the only consumer-facing brand in publishing – sits at the heart of what we do. With the recent rapid growth in online sales, we have an exciting opportunity to leverage the power of our brand to help new and different readers discover our books and to champion the causes we care about. We’ve recently undergone an internal reorganisation in our department to help us take advantage of this unique opportunity, which includes building a leading digital marketing team and platform.  

About Penguin: 

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone. 

Our approach to hybrid working:

While our offices are places for you to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, having flexibility about where you work is just as important for doing your best work and for your wellbeing. So, we don’t have a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to how we work across Penguin Random House UK.

For this role, there are regular meetings and activities that you will need to attend in person mainly at our offices in Nine Elms. Outside of these moments, you can choose to work remotely.

The exact balance of office to remote working can be discussed with your future manager during the recruitment process. What we can say now is that you won’t need to go into the office five days a week (unless of course you want to!)

If you're ready to make your mark in the digital realm, we want to hear from you. Please apply with your CV and cover letter by Sunday 10th March.

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Salary: £47,000 - £57,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

Our benefits include:

• Financial – discounted shopping, season ticket loan, rental deposit loan

• Wellbeing – healthcare cash plan, employee assistance, gym loan

• Lifestyle – taste card, tech scheme, free and discounted books

For our full benefits list please visit: https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/what-we-offer/

The recruitment process: You can read about our recruitment process at https://www.penguinrandomhousecareers.co.uk/how-we-hire/

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we're part of the offer an interview scheme. This is where disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role can opt in to get to the next recruitment stage. There may be some situations where volume of applicants means we can't take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: The Random House Group Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: SW11 7BW 

Job ID: 268521