Technical Project Manager

Job Description

News Corp, a global media and information services company, is looking for a Project Manager to join our exceptional Enterprise Solutions organization! This individual will be an integral member of the Enterprise Solutions team and will be tasked with planning and organizing the activities of the team to handle coordination with technical managers and resources.

Additionally, the Project Manager is required to translate business requirements through analysis and design into functional solutions, and to work on a variety of ad hoc projects.

This individual will be working within the existing project management team ensuring the successful delivery of enterprise technology solutions.

The team includes internal employees, delivery partner resources, and consultants.

Location : NYC

Project Manager (Technology)

Job Responsibilities :

Work with team members to develop project plan(s) incorporating both technical, functional, operational, and business tasks along with detailed cutover activities

Provides status reporting to project leadership and key stakeholders involved in coordination of activities

Ensures entry into and exit out of stage gates are met

Acts as a point of escalation for issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when timelines may be jeopardized

Coordinates cutover activities for pre and post go-live

Tracking of cutover and conversion deliverables resolving discrepancies or process issues relating to cutover

Develops back-out and contingency plans

Coordinates requirements for go-live

Monitors relevant project data and progress

Communicate with the leadership team including status, progress, issues, etc.

Required & Preferred Qualifications

Relevant project management and cutover management experience

Skilled in customer facing activities covering requirements gathering, data preparation, cutover support and documentation preparation

Prior technology implementation experience with large global, multinational organizations

Ability to define and execute multiple detailed activity plans simultaneously

Ability to conduct and facilitate workshops with business representatives, management and executive, team member resources, and external third party groups

Effective written and verbal communicator

Good understanding of information technology functions

Experience deploying corporate finance, HR, and procurement SAAS solutions and Cloud-based ERPs

Experience deploying desktop support, help desk, and IT asset management solutions, including ServiceNow

Comfortable in adapting working hours to align with demands of communication across multiple global time zones

Relevant certifications are desirable

Pay Range : $75 per hour - $95 per hour converted into a daily rate based on an 8 hour day.

Job Category :

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates.

The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work.

Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world.

The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including : news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, cable network programming in Australia, and pay-tv distribution in Australia.

Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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