Our client, a leading entertainment and media company, is hiring a Project Manager, Live Streaming Operations, for a long term contract role.
Location: Burbank, CA (hybrid onsite)
Job Type: Contract, W2
Duration: 1 year, potential for conversion to FTE
Role Details: We are seeking a Technical Project Manager to join our PMO team on the Video Operations team. Our ideal candidate keeps their eyes on the delivery goal while coaching their team across multiple groups. The candidate also has experience in live streaming operations support, knowledge of Video CMSs and video streaming technologies (such as DRM), and leads all aspects of tracking projects from start to finish. The role knows what it takes to run complex projects, involving multiple partners and a diverse team of collaborators.
Your Day To Day:
? Coach, facilitate, and maintain a steady and beneficial Agile process methodologies for the teams, driving process and transparency.
? Communicate with the business around team’s velocity and project health while supporting the PMO in reporting on all teams’ status.
? Prepare, scope and lead discrete live events, live linear channels & sports league launches. Including, but not limited to fielding intake information, documentation, risk mitigation and resource management as needed for cross-team events/leagues/channels.
? Help to resolve urgent issues and remove impediments for the team.
? Work with teams in different time zones, from the U.S., Brazil, LatAm, and Australia. Therefore, needs to be flexible with a work shift schedule.
? Providing PMO support related to all discrete live events driving live streaming on the Global Paramount + platform, including league/event page launches.
? Drive process improvements and initiatives through multiple internal stakeholders.
? Coordinate with domestic and international stakeholders on all launches, refreshes and end of season protocols.
? Liaise with stakeholders on any ad hoc requests pertaining to different entry points for discrete live events across the Global Paramount+ platform.
? Work cross-functionally with domestic and international Paramount+ design, curation, live operations, programming, marketing, quality assurance and client teams to submit tickets for live event launches, and ad hoc as needed.
? Manage and enhance all project trackers and documentation surrounding discrete live events.
? Additional other duties and responsibilities, as assigned. Qualifications: What you bring to the team:
You have –
? 3+ years multi-project management experience in a technical (SDLC) environment
?Experienced with a live site CMS, CDN, streaming technologies, live stream operations, or live signal transmissions.
? Understanding of video technology stacks, including but not limited to, ingestion, video encoding/packaging, DRM, Ad insertion, Signal Acquisition
? Deep knowledge of agile and traditional frameworks
? Extensive experience in road-mapping, planning and scheduling.
? Proficiency in tools: Airtable, Jira, Confluence, Google Suite, Slack
? Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate ideas in a fast-paced creative environment and possess the ability to lead calls/meetings.
? Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
You might also have –
? SAFe Agilist certification in addition to ScrumMaster
? Expert Admin JIRA user
? Experience with Content Management Systems, Subscription or Membership sites, Publishing Systems, Digital Media sites development, video
? Knowledge of advertising concepts (traditional and/or online)
? Knowledge of responsive design experience on Mobile, Desktop and Large TV screens
? Basic proficiency with standard development software
Pay rate is $40-50 per hour W2
TSR Consulting Services, Inc.
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