Campus

OSU-Stillwater

Contact Name & Email

Julie Edmondson, rjuliee@osufpp.org

Work Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm. 1 hour lunch break.

Appointment Length

Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice

Hiring Range

$70,000 - $87,000

Salary

Special Instructions to Applicants

For full consideration, please include a resume, cover letter and contact information for three professional references.

About this Position

Fire Protection Publications is a mission-driven, values-based organization dedicated to the production of high-quality educational content for the international community of firefighters and first responders. As FPP Electronic Products (eProducts) Project Manager, you will be responsible for three primary functions: to oversee the research, development, and maintenance of the electronic products developed by FPP, including its flagship ResourceOne platform; to manage support for these products; and to manage eProducts staff.

Major Responsibilities

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Provide project management for the research and development process for the electronic products produced by FPP.
• Provide project management for the design, development, testing, security, packaging, and documentation of all eProducts.
• Develop standard operating procedures for the development, testing, quality assurance, and release of eProducts.
• Oversee the management of outside vendors in the area of eProduct development and maintenance.
• Manage the maintenance and operations of systems and processes needed for existing and future eProducts.
• Establish and manage a deadline-driven schedule for each eProduct development project.
• Establish a budget for each eProduct project.
• Work with the FPP Director to create and maintain an eProducts Department budget, including but not limited to human resources, computer hardware, software, development tools, peripherals, supplies, vendor and contractor services, staff development and training.
• Read and analyze industry trade journals to stay current on research and development best practices.
• Research new and innovative development processes, development tools, and other technological developments within the eProduct field.
• Manage the staff of the eProducts Department.
• Recruit support and development staff.
• Establish departmental policies and procedures.
• Promote team building within the staff.
• Work to provide growth paths for staff.
• Approve schedules.
• Monitor workflow.
• Develop and review strategic goals and initiatives.
• Manage the technical support staff for the electronic curriculum, study guide, exam prep, eBook, videos, and app products.
• Ensure that support requests from FPP’s eProduct customers are handled in a timely and efficient manner.
• Manage the process by which content errors and issues are addressed or resolved.
• Manage support requests made to FPP contractors during second-line technical support.
• Represent FPP’s eProduct Department at customer visits.
• Other duties as assigned

Position Details

• Full-time position 
• Compensation for this position will be based on the work experience, skills and abilities the selected candidate brings to the position.
• Comprehensive benefits packages including health, retirement, wellness programs, and more. Learn more: OSU Employee Benefits

Together, we work hard to bring our organizational values to life. If you have a knack for service, quality, integrity, collaboration, please don’t hesitate to apply. View our Mission and Values here.

For Additional information on this position, please see our job listings at: ifsta.org

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's

• Six years of progressive leadership experience.

Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:

• Knowledge of electronic product design and development technologies, techniques, and best practices.
• Proficient in project management processes and practices.
• Ability to manage outside vendors and subcontractors.
• Experience in leading teams of professionals.
• Basic knowledge of data/word processing applications, such as Google Suite or Microsoft Office.
• Ability to work independently by completing tasks and making decisions without direct supervision, relying on self-motivation and initiative to meet goals.
• Ability to work in teams by collaborating with others, sharing the workload, delegating when necessary, and combining diverse skills and perspectives to achieve a common objective.
• Managerial courage - ability to make difficult decisions, address challenging situations, and advocate for their team, even when it involves risk or potential conflict.
• Continuous/lifelong learner - consistently improving existing knowledge and skills.
• Dependability – responds to requests for service and assistance with a sense of urgency, follows instructions, responds to management direction, takes responsibility for own actions, commits to doing the best job possible, highly organized, ability to set and maintain schedules, keeps commitments and meets attendance punctuality guidelines.
• Productivity - ability to organize and focus on activities required to achieve a desired goal or set of objectives.
• Communications – effectively and respectfully expresses ideas and thoughts in both verbal and written channels, exhibits good listening and comprehension, keeps others adequately informed and selects and uses appropriate communication methods.
• Initiative – volunteers readily, undertakes self-development activities, seeks increased responsibilities, takes independent actions and calculated risks, looks for and takes advantage of opportunities and asks for help when needed.
• Self-Management - regulates emotions and considers the impact of one’s actions upon others, remains focused and energized under stress, accepts constructive criticism and recovers quickly from setbacks, projects realistic self confidence in abilities.
• Problem Solving – identifies problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skillfully through attention to detail, develops alternative solutions, resolves problems in early stages and works well in group problem solving situations.
• Coaching - ability to influence and guide a group toward a common goal, guide and develop others through a process of inquiry, feedback, and support to achieve their full potential.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's

• More than six years of experience with at least one year of experience in the areas of electronic product development, information technology management, technical operations, personnel supervision, project management, and/or information security.