Project Manager - Content Technologies (14342509)

Job Description

City : Burbank, CA

Onsite / Hybrid / Remote : Onsite, 2 days a week

Duration : 24 months

Rate Range : $78.5 / hr on W2 depending on experience (no C2C or 1099 or sub-contract)

Work Authorization : GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1b

REQUIRED SKILLS :

Post Production or Production Experience helpful (Important to be familiar and understand

Technical industry experience required

Familiar with Scrum and Agile methodologies

MUST have experience with Smartsheets (will be using MS Office Suite - PM Software helpful to know but not required)

Description :

As a project manager the Digital Studio Services Technology team, you'll report to the Product Lead in support of Studio Operations in Burbank, CA.

This role requires a diversely skilled individual with experience in a combination of project management, product management, post-production, operations and business analyst disciplines in order to manage communications, track and report status for support requests / needs, development of fixes, new application integrations & development as well as drive new vendor onboarding for Studio Operations systems across the team's portfolio

• Facilitate the successful, on-time, in-scope delivery of projects within budget.
• Develop and manage multiple concurrent project plans and timelines with managers, engineers, Digital Studio Services Technology leadership and sister teams as well as their customers in Studio Operations.
• Work with Product team, Operations team, contractors, vendors, engineering managers and their teams to mitigate and communicate project status and risks at regular intervals.
• Maintain up-to-date project portfolio information and documentation for sharing and discussion with stakeholders and management.
• Facilitate meetings, document meeting decisions, questions and action items for attendees and managers.
• Coordinate with Product leads to manage project budgets, roadmaps and backlogs.
• Advise application teams based on real-world operational observations and metrics using custom approaches borrowing from both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Effectively communicate across all levels of the organization including technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to prioritize both project and support needs of stakeholders and keep all work on track.
• Ability to manage resources and dependencies across departments and groups.
• Represent company interests with outside customers and vendors in a succinct and articulate manner.
• Hybrid work arrangement will be considered, but on location is preferred. Primary sites will be in Glendale offices and studio lot in Burbank. (about 2 miles apart)

Basic Qualifications :

Proven ability to support completion of complex, technical projects using recognized project methodologies.

• Experience with teams requiring customized solutions. Our teams do not fit perfectly into existing predefined project management notions, so their solutions must be flexible and effective.
• 3+ years experience of progressive project / program, product and / or production management.
• 2-3 years experience managing & working with teams in technical and / or post-production fields.
• Familiarity with quality assurance and sprint / scrum management techniques and approaches.
• Team player with substantial experience working with highly technical team members in a development, production or support capacity.
• Experience managing resources and dependencies across departments or groups.
• Proven ability to utilize internal and external resources for project execution.
• Good understanding of content delivery platforms.
• Experience managing several projects concurrently and across a portfolio.
• Demonstrable understanding of software development lifecycle and software release process.
• Excellent and concise interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Pro-active and possess a hands-on, collaborative working style.
• Action-oriented with high standard for quality and performance

Preferred Qualifications :

• Prior experience managing projects with video technologies, video distribution, and post-production preferred.
• Understanding of both software / product development and video post-production is a big plus.
• Experience with prevalent project planning software. Smartsheet is a plus.
• Experience as a scrum master is a plus.
30+ days ago