Our client, National Basketball Association, is seeking a talented Project Manager to help drive the future of their app on a variety of connected device platforms. You’ll be responsible for leading small to medium sized projects under minimal supervision. The ideal candidate will demonstrate skills in project management to define, plan, organize, track, monitor, and oversee a multitude of projects to meet defined requirements or business specifications. Functions performed include scope & change management, resource management, communications, risk/issue management, quality management and interpersonal relations to manage project(s) which are often cross-functional in nature.
The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, rapidly synthesize new information, and know to handle surprise roadblocks. They will demonstrate clear and effective written and verbal communication skills and collaborate with partners throughout the organization. Pay Rate is $68-75/hr. Long term contract opportunity.
Highly Qualified Applicants will have:
• A passion for sports
• Relevant experience within the sports media industry
• OTT Experience and working with AVOD, TVOD and SVOD
• Familiarity with platform specific design guidelines and partner integrations
Required Skills/Knowledge/Experience:
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in digital project management for consumer facing products
• Project & Cross-Functional management – possesses the skills, knowledge, and aptitude to engage and direct all functions involved in the development of the assigned product.
• Able to lead in a matrix organization.
• Demonstrates an ability to act in a changing environment.
• Experience in developing a roadmap of requirements.
• Experience collaborating across teams to keep alignment on digital transformation efforts and assure collaboration and best practices.
• Excellent communication, organizational and multitasking skills
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Strong attention to detail and ability to lead multiple sub-projects at once
• Expertise in modern project management tools and standard methodologies, such as Agile/CSM, Lean, and planning tools
Project Management:
• Ability to manage an assortment of small, medium, & large development projects successfully according to the expectations of key stakeholders.
• Effectively facilitate agile scrum ceremonies across one or more scrum teams
• Collaborate with the Product Management team to ensure the product backlog is continuously prioritized and maintained
• Collaborate with other agile team-of-teams Scrum Masters to ensure cross-functional iteration dependencies are satisfied and best practices are being encouraged across the program
• Ensure proper acceptance criteria, definition of ready and done for requirements
• Lead the creation of project and product status updates for your teams
• Facilitate internal and external communications (e.g., task coordination, progress tracking/reporting, dependency management)
• Track and resolve impediments for the team
• Escalate issues through the right channel that may impact delivery including recommended solution options
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