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Published Division/Department: Corporate Education Services
Requisition #: 5760
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 30% - 40%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services
The Education Practice Manger will leverage their expertise and experience to define and develop next-generation learning services and professional development for education leaders. Practice Managers will lead HMH’s thought leadership efforts on a specific discipline area(s), using research; market data, trends, and innovation; competitive intelligence; and work with association, government, and partner experts to create services and products that anticipate client needs and demands. Partnering with the HMH Leadership and Learning Center (LLC) – and across HMH (e.g., product development, assessment), the Practice Manager will be responsible for building a complete service offering to be marketed, sold, and delivered through the LLC’s service professionals and consultants.
Lead HMH design strategy for discipline-specific next-generation learning services offerings:· Track market trends, research, and innovations as well as legislative and competitive landscape to ensure that HMH is designing high-impact service offerings that anticipate client demand.· Monitor HMH product development, assessment, and services current offerings and pipeline plans to construct comprehensive solutions where appropriate.· Maintain regular communication with LLC and HMH Heinemann teammates to leverage fully client input and feedback and share it within our community of services professionals.Convert market intelligence into comprehensive Services offerings:· Create framework and timeline for proposed deliverables.· Validate proposed solutions via internal and external discussions, speaking engagement, etc.· Pilot comprehensive solutions – independently, with HMH colleagues, clients, or associations/partners – to incubate and test new service offerings.· Build pilots with appropriate innovative delivery methodologies, working with delivery design lead.· Analyze success or shortcomings of incubation efforts to refine and prepare offerings.· Work with Operations Manager and LLC publications team to construct professional development and/or learning services and artifacts in accordance with standard practices.· Develop facilitation strategies for seminar delivery built on adult learning theory principles.· Train and certify LLC or other delivery teams in new content.Convey HMH thought-leadership on specific education areas via internal and external activities:· Speak at or serve on panel discussions at association and/or education events.· Write white papers that articulate the HMH position on new service areas (prime the pump).· Build reference list of clients (or incubation partners) and internal experts to market new services.· Participate actively in HMH and/or leading education social media channels.· eChats, Colloquy presentations, and/or other internal informational communication activities.· Provide sales support (e.g., proposal strategy, sales calls) and customer consultation as needed. Host periodic “think tank” activities with education experts and/or clients to generate feedback, guidance, and validate strategies and for discovery of new challenges and opportunities.
Requirements
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ability and courage to question present state, envision future state, and translate into high-impact services and products targeted to client demand• Ability to manage to project plans and deadline• Excellent presentation/training skills • Self-starter with strong teaming, organization, and collaboration skills• Strong analytical skills and business awareness• Ability to balance high-level, strategic thinking and tactical focus on delivery of specific work products• Excellent professional writing skills • Ensure development projects stay within budget• Manage T&E budget to meet full year commitments

• Manage resource and membership budget

Required:• Master’s Degree in Education or related field• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Professional Development, Educational Consulting and/or Research, or related field(s)• Educational expertise and experience working in/with school districts, state DOEs, for-profits, and/or other• Knowledge of adult learning principles and successful experience creating and delivering service offerings, products, or related deliverables• Demonstrated market expertise in the area of Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Interventional Strategies, Adult Education, or Workforce Development required.Preferred: • Advanced expertise on critical educational topics such as early childhood education, educational leadership, etc. • Experience in education environment as an instructor, leader, or other local or state administrator• Boston-based]]>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544915/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544915/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: National Practice Director (homebased , location open)
Published Division/Department: Corporate Education Services
Requisition #: 5800
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 30% - 40%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services
The Education Practice Manger for Adult Learning/Workforce Redevelopment and Adaptive Teaching markets will leverage their expertise and experience to define and develop next-generation learning services and professional development for education leaders. Practice Managers will lead HMH’s thought leadership efforts on a specific discipline area(s), using research; market data, trends, and innovation; competitive intelligence; and work with association, government, and partner experts to create services and products that anticipate client needs and demands. Partnering with the HMH Leadership and Learning Center (LLC) – and across HMH (e.g., product development, assessment), the Practice Manager will be responsible for building a complete service offering to be marketed, sold, and delivered through the LLC’s service professionals and consultants.
Lead HMH design strategy for discipline-specific next-generation learning services offerings:· Track market trends, research, and innovations as well as legislative and competitive landscape to ensure that HMH is designing high-impact service offerings that anticipate client demand.· Monitor HMH product development, assessment, and services current offerings and pipeline plans to construct comprehensive solutions where appropriate.· Maintain regular communication with LLC and HMH Heinemann teammates to leverage fully client input and feedback and share it within our community of services professionals.Convert market intelligence into comprehensive Services offerings:· Create framework and timeline for proposed deliverables.· Validate proposed solutions via internal and external discussions, speaking engagement, etc.· Pilot comprehensive solutions – independently, with HMH colleagues, clients, or associations/partners – to incubate and test new service offerings.· Build pilots with appropriate innovative delivery methodologies, working with delivery design lead.· Analyze success or shortcomings of incubation efforts to refine and prepare offerings.· Work with Operations Manager and LLC publications team to construct professional development and/or learning services and artifacts in accordance with standard practices.· Develop facilitation strategies for seminar delivery built on adult learning theory principles.· Train and certify LLC or other delivery teams in new content.Convey HMH thought-leadership on specific education areas via internal and external activities:· Speak at or serve on panel discussions at association and/or education events.· Write white papers that articulate the HMH position on new service areas (prime the pump).· Build reference list of clients (or incubation partners) and internal experts to market new services.· Participate actively in HMH and/or leading education social media channels.· eChats, Colloquy presentations, and/or other internal informational communication activities.· Provide sales support (e.g., proposal strategy, sales calls) and customer consultation as needed. Host periodic “think tank” activities with education experts and/or clients to generate feedback, guidance, and validate strategies and for discovery of new challenges and opportunities.
Requirements
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ability and courage to question present state, envision future state, and translate into high-impact services and products targeted to client demand• Ability to manage to project plans and deadline• Excellent presentation/training skills • Self-starter with strong teaming, organization, and collaboration skills• Strong analytical skills and business awareness• Ability to balance high-level, strategic thinking and tactical focus on delivery of specific work products• Excellent professional writing skills • Ensure development projects stay within budget• Manage T&E budget to meet full year commitments

• Manage resource and membership budget

Required:• Master’s Degree in Education or related field• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Professional Development, Educational Consulting and/or Research, or related field(s)• Educational expertise and experience working in/with school districts, state DOEs, for-profits, and/or other• Knowledge of adult learning principles and successful experience creating and delivering service offerings, products, or related deliverables• Demonstrated market expertise in the area of Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Interventional Strategies, Adult Education, or Workforce Development required.Preferred: • Advanced expertise on critical educational topics such as early childhood education, educational leadership, etc. • Experience in education environment as an instructor, leader, or other local or state administrator• Boston-based]]>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544910/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2544910/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: National Practice Director(home based,location open)
Published Division/Department: Corporate Education Services
Requisition #: 5803
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 30% - 40%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services
The Education Practice Manger for Teaching with Technology and Teacher & Leader Effectiveness markets will leverage their expertise and experience to define and develop next-generation learning services and professional development for education leaders. Practice Managers will lead HMH’s thought leadership efforts on a specific discipline area(s), using research; market data, trends, and innovation; competitive intelligence; and work with association, government, and partner experts to create services and products that anticipate client needs and demands. Partnering with the HMH Leadership and Learning Center (LLC) – and across HMH (e.g., product development, assessment), the Practice Manager will be responsible for building a complete service offering to be marketed, sold, and delivered through the LLC’s service professionals and consultants.
Lead HMH design strategy for discipline-specific next-generation learning services offerings:· Track market trends, research, and innovations as well as legislative and competitive landscape to ensure that HMH is designing high-impact service offerings that anticipate client demand.· Monitor HMH product development, assessment, and services current offerings and pipeline plans to construct comprehensive solutions where appropriate.· Maintain regular communication with LLC and HMH Heinemann teammates to leverage fully client input and feedback and share it within our community of services professionals.Convert market intelligence into comprehensive Services offerings:· Create framework and timeline for proposed deliverables.· Validate proposed solutions via internal and external discussions, speaking engagement, etc.· Pilot comprehensive solutions – independently, with HMH colleagues, clients, or associations/partners – to incubate and test new service offerings.· Build pilots with appropriate innovative delivery methodologies, working with delivery design lead.· Analyze success or shortcomings of incubation efforts to refine and prepare offerings.· Work with Operations Manager and LLC publications team to construct professional development and/or learning services and artifacts in accordance with standard practices.· Develop facilitation strategies for seminar delivery built on adult learning theory principles.· Train and certify LLC or other delivery teams in new content.Convey HMH thought-leadership on specific education areas via internal and external activities:· Speak at or serve on panel discussions at association and/or education events.· Write white papers that articulate the HMH position on new service areas (prime the pump).· Build reference list of clients (or incubation partners) and internal experts to market new services.· Participate actively in HMH and/or leading education social media channels.· eChats, Colloquy presentations, and/or other internal informational communication activities.· Provide sales support (e.g., proposal strategy, sales calls) and customer consultation as needed. Host periodic “think tank” activities with education experts and/or clients to generate feedback, guidance, and validate strategies and for discovery of new challenges and opportunities.
Requirements
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Ability and courage to question present state, envision future state, and translate into high-impact services and products targeted to client demand• Ability to manage to project plans and deadline• Excellent presentation/training skills • Self-starter with strong teaming, organization, and collaboration skills• Strong analytical skills and business awareness• Ability to balance high-level, strategic thinking and tactical focus on delivery of specific work products• Excellent professional writing skills • Ensure development projects stay within budget• Manage T&E budget to meet full year commitments

• Manage resource and membership budget

Required:• Master’s Degree in Education or related field• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Professional Development, Educational Consulting and/or Research, or related field(s)• Educational expertise and experience working in/with school districts, state DOEs, for-profits, and/or other• Knowledge of adult learning principles and successful experience creating and delivering service offerings, products, or related deliverables• Demonstrated market expertise in the area of Early Childhood Education, Special Education and Interventional Strategies, Adult Education, or Workforce Development required.Preferred: • Advanced expertise on critical educational topics such as early childhood education, educational leadership, etc. • Experience in education environment as an instructor, leader, or other local or state administrator• Boston-based]]>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2559820/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-National-Practice-Director-Job-MA-02108/2559820/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Test Development Specialist
Published Division/Department: Riverside Publishing
Requisition #: 5631
State/Province/County: Illinois
City: Rolling Meadows
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 0 - 10%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Product Development

Riverside Publishing, one of the nation’s leading educational assessment companies, has an opportunity for a mathematics Content Development Specialists to provide content area, curriculum and instruction, and assessment expertise in the design and development of high-stakes custom educational assessment and formative assessment materials. Will also be responsible for the creation, review, and revision of test items and/or passages (even in mathematics); alignment of items to state curricula; training and supervision of freelance and vendor personnel; conceptualization, construction, and review of test forms; and interaction with state departments of education and their appointees and committees. There are opportunities for career growth and advancement, and on-the-job training will be provided.

Requirements:
Content expertise in mathematics and possibly more content areas (e.g., ELA, science, social studies)

Expertise in industry standards for assessment quality, especially in technical requirements for items and tests

Expertise in assessment development processes for custom and shelf products

Ability to collaborate extensively with peers to accomplish goals

Experience in instructional design and delivery of training

Ability to develop creative solutions to solve resource and schedule challenges

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required:

BS or BA in relevant field (e.g., ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, and/or Education).

Minimum of 3 years teaching experience and/or experience as an Associate Test Development Specialist.

Preferred:

MS or MA in relevant field (e.g., ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, and/or Education).

Minimum of 5 years of K-5 classroom teaching experience.

Minimum of 1 year of educational assessment experience.

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”

*LI-CT1]]>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Rolling-Meadows-Test-Development-Specialist-Job-IL-60008/2487374/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Rolling-Meadows-Test-Development-Specialist-Job-IL-60008/2487374/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Content Consultant for English/Language Arts
Published Division/Department: Riverside Publishing
Requisition #: 5919
State/Province/County: Illinois
City: Rolling Meadows
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: None
Position Type: 1099 Contractor
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Editorial

Riverside, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, seeks subject matter experts specializing in K-12 education for English Language Arts and Reading.

Duties:
1. Writing assessment items
2. Reviewing and revising assessment items and passages
3. Building formative and summative assessments
4. Aligning assessment items to standards and other attributes

Requirements:
Requirements Required Education:
BA/BS in a liberal arts field (e.g., English) from an accredited four-year university
Required Skills:
Recent teaching experience to the Common Core State Standards

Expert knowledge of subject matter

Experience teaching and/or writing assessment materials to the Common Core State Standards

Excellent editorial skills

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form

Ability to effectively manage timelines and competing priorities

Proficiency in MS Office tools (Word, Excel)

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:
3 or more years of teaching and/or curriculum experience]]>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 07:59:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Rolling-Meadows-Content-Consultant-for-EnglishLanguage-Arts-Job-IL-60008/2592379/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Rolling-Meadows-Content-Consultant-for-EnglishLanguage-Arts-Job-IL-60008/2592379/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6091
State/Province/County: Georgia
City: Atlanta
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Atlanta-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-GA-30301/2666275/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Atlanta-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-GA-30301/2666275/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6094
State/Province/County: District of Columbia
City: Washington
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Washington-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-DC-20001/2666271/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Washington-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-DC-20001/2666271/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6093
State/Province/County: Massachusetts
City: Boston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-MA-02108/2666270/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Boston-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-MA-02108/2666270/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6096
State/Province/County: Utah
City: Salt Lake City
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Salt-Lake-City-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-UT-84101/2666273/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Salt-Lake-City-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-UT-84101/2666273/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6095
State/Province/County: Illinois
City: Chicago
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Chicago-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-IL-60290/2666272/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Chicago-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-IL-60290/2666272/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6097
State/Province/County: California
City: Fresno
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Fresno-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CA-93650/2666277/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Fresno-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CA-93650/2666277/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 5952
State/Province/County: California
City: Los Angeles
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization. Solution Development and Implementation: Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices

b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::

* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support

c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:

* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clientsClient Relationship Management:Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.Professional Services Administration:Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration]]>Tue, 28 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Los-Angeles-Senior-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CA-90001/2623499/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Los-Angeles-Senior-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CA-90001/2623499/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6092
State/Province/County: North Carolina
City: Charlotte
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Charlotte-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-NC-28201/2666276/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Charlotte-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-NC-28201/2666276/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6090
State/Province/County: Florida
City: Orlando
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Orlando-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-FL-32801/2666274/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Orlando-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-FL-32801/2666274/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6099
State/Province/County: Texas
City: Dallas
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dallas-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-TX-75201/2666279/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Dallas-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-TX-75201/2666279/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6098
State/Province/County: California
City: San Francisco
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/San-Francisco-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CA-94101/2666278/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/San-Francisco-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CA-94101/2666278/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 5951
State/Province/County: Texas
City: Austin
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration]]>Tue, 28 May 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Austin-Senior-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-TX-73301/2623500/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Austin-Senior-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-TX-73301/2623500/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6102
State/Province/County: Arizona
City: Phoenix
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Phoenix-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-AZ-85001/2666330/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Phoenix-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-AZ-85001/2666330/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6100
State/Province/County: Texas
City: Houston
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Houston-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-TX-77001/2666327/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Houston-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-TX-77001/2666327/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS Published Job Title: Senior Education Professional Services Consultant
Published Division/Department: Professional Services Organization
Requisition #: 6101
State/Province/County: Colorado
City: Denver
Country: United States
Percentage of Travel: 80% - 90%
Position Type: Full Time - Regular
Shift: 1st Shift
Interest Category: Educational Consulting/Professional Services

The Professional Services Organization provides implementation services for our most sophisticated clients for our traditional educational and next generation technology products. The Sr. Education Professional Services Consultant is responsible for providing leadership of consulting services for process change and technology projects for HMH clients designed to have a positive impact on educational outcomes. Individuals in this role will spend a majority of their time providing overall leadership for the project team as well as hands-on educational consulting at the client site. They will be expected to build and own strong relationships with client, partner and HMH personnel with objectives of deepening the relationships and growing the book of business. They will be expected to participate in internal initiatives designed to improve quality, efficiency and overall profitability of the organization.

Solution Development and Implementation:

Primary Accountabilities: Providing execution management and ensuring performance of the following HMH Processes for their assigned project(s):

a) Client Solutions

* Curriculum best practices
* Assessment best practices
* Classroom best practices
* Teacher performance best practices
* Parental involvement best practices
* School administrative best practices
b) Participation in and adherence to a structured implementation approach that includes::
* Discovery
* Planning
* Configuration
* Testing
* Rollout
* Transition to Support
c) Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to lead the solutions from proof-of-concept and pilot phases to the time at which the solution is transitioned to support including:
* Planning for and supporting new releases of processes and technology
* Diagnosing and recommending short-term and long-term fixes for issues
* Recommending long-term fixes for recurring problems

Additional solutions implementation tasks as need to ensure quality, profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to HMH’s clients

Client Relationship Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Establishing client relationships so as to provide the single point of contact for the client for all matter related to the project. Act as the first contact in the path for client escalation. Able to identify and utilize the full breadth of HMH resources to ensure timely, profitable, efficient and effective resolution of client escalations. Demonstrate good judgment in identifying escalations requiring HMH management’s attention.

Professional Services Administration:

Primary Accountabilities: Working with client, partner and HMH personnel to ensure the proper functioning of the HMH team with regards to:

1) Ensuring adequate staffing skills and quantity

2) Ensuing appropriate management of HMH resources

3) Ensuring appropriate management of project financials and adherence to budget and scope control protocols

4) Additional professional services administration processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Marketing and Sales Support:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide strategic and tactical sales support. Assist sales account representatives with the development and execution of sales strategy within the account. Provide recommendations for establishing and maintaining the appropriate functional contact points between the Services and Marketing and Sales organizations.

Service Team Development:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Learning and development management

b) Learning resources creation and maintenance

c) Education and training delivery

d) Additional service team development processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Service Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide input to and ensuring performance of the following HMH functions within their functional areas of expertise:

a) Service strategy

b) Service design

c) Service performance management

d) Additional service management processes as need to ensure profitable, efficient and effective delivery of professional services to our clients

Vendor Management:

Primary Accountabilities: Provide vendor relationship management and vendor performance management for their portfolio of projects.

Other responsibilities: other activities related to their functional expertise as assigned,

Requirements:
Takes a big picture approach; interprets and synthesizes data, processes, customization and resource management to align training activities to divisional strategy and customer needs.

Mentors others to conceptualize activities in a broader scope.

Demonstrates expertise in assessing new developments/research in learning theories and methodologies and recommends enhancements to existing learning solutions and/or developments of new learning solutions.

Demonstrates expertise in the use of presentation methods by developing structured presentations that represent key ideas in a variety of ways. Makes effective use of resources (i.e. technology, handouts) to deliver an effective presentation.

Demonstrates confidence with and mastery of subject matter by providing innovative solutions/answers to challenges/questions.

Actively shares best practices, knowledge, and expertise with colleagues; coaches colleagues to higher performance levels. Establishes and maintains trust and credibility with external/internal partners and staff by demonstrating fairness and equity in interactions and continual fulfillment of commitments.

Ensures an environment of accountability Consistently anticipates customer needs and applies strategies to maintain high service levels and retain customer base for future opportunities. Acts as a resource, advocate, and counsel to help clients negotiate through administrative and funding issues

Effectively expresses ideas verbally and/or in writing, in individual or group situations; can get messages across that have the desired effect. Correctly interprets responses and adapts style and method accordingly. Creates an approachable environment by soliciting and accepting feedback openly. Speaks openly and honestly about issues, and provides constructive solutions. Successfully handles conflict. Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information. Balances data gathering and timelines and makes decisions to meet critical milestones.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Required: BS/BA or equivalent program executive experience 5+ years K-12 education industry experience including any combination of classroom, administrative and/or providing products and services. 3+ years delivering products and/or services to K-12 education customers. Experience with implementing K-12 educational technologies.

Preferred: Attained Board Certified Educator status. Experience delivering solutions for management consulting and/or technology companies. Experience in a leadership role in K-12 administration

“Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V and member of e-Verify.”]]>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:00:00 GMThttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Denver-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CO-80002/2666331/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSShttp://careers.hmhco.com/job/Denver-Senior-Education-Professional-Services-Consultant-Job-CO-80002/2666331/?utm_source=J2WRSS&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=J2W%5FRSS