Lead Technical Project Manager (REMOTE)

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2

Skills

Agile
Business Operations
Collaborate
Excellent written
Planning
Project Manager
Space Management
TPMs
articulate
communication skills
conflict
decision making
manage
product management
project management
project plans
re - engineering
resolve
software development
stakeholders
verbal communication

Job Details

Software Resources has an immediate job opportunity for a REMOTE Lead Technical Project Manager.
Duration: 10 month(s)
Description:
On any given day at Entertainment & Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to improve flexibility and efficiency, or delivering unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Building the future of media business: Technologists are designing
and building the infrastructure that will power media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day from Streaming, to News and Entertainment, to Sports, and much more.
Innovation: We develop and complete groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Business Operations is responsible for global program and project management, capital and portfolio management, resource prioritization, tracking and communication of performance, administrative services, AOP & LRP Planning, Space Management, and other key functions critical to the operation of the Entertainment & Sports Technology division.

The Global Program Management team leads technology teams through the development, rollout, and adoption of several capabilities that extend the functionality of our commerce platform across our Streaming platforms. In this role, you are encouraged to work with various partners including Product & Engineering Teams to coordinate cross-team initiatives that deliver on Entertainment and Technology business goals & objectives.

We are a fast-paced team where you will have influence over key product/front-end
development decision making, ability to collaborate to build and define team processes, and a front-row seat to delivering on exciting Android experiential, playback, and platform product launches around the world to engage and delight our subscribers.

Lead and/or oversee the delivery of projects by collaborating with Android engineering teams, product management and developing detailed project plans from development to deployment
Facilitate technical meetings; follow technical discussions in order to successfully capture outcomes and see them through to completion
Track team progress against committed deliverables and work with the team to identify risks, dependencies, and solutions to ensure timely and successful delivery
Work with the development team to create delivery timelines of feature sets for projects, and partner across various tracks and business leaders to sequence the work based on priorities
Collaborate with other TPMs to understand cross-team dependencies, prioritize the work to avoid impediments, identify single points of failure for discussion and decision
Attend project meetings and communicate program progress against defined milestones and delivery risks to various levels of executive leadership.
Ensure transparency of progress and issues/risks. Proactively drive risk mitigation and contingency planning, along with issue resolution
Track and report key program metrics, informing stakeholders as appropriate
Ruthless prioritization and ability to handle multiple team requests and balance that against competing priorities and committed work
Independently manage activities and resolve conflict within associated teams, with minimal influence from management
Effortlessly sift through "noise and facilitate discussions and activities with a laser focus towards results
Basic Qualifications:
Experience managing large-scale, strategic, software development programs in a well-established global technology organization
Proven experience in working in complex yet ambiguous environments managing multiple stakeholders
Strong ability to articulate complex processes
Demonstrated ability with Agile project management
Proactive desire to strive for personal best alongside advocating for continual improvement, empowerment, and growing transparency
Technical knowledge of architecture and development practices
Experience in leading teams through improvement through process re-engineering
Excellent people skills, including the ability to influence various audience and various levels
Demonstrated tenacity and comfortable with ambiguity
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Must understand the impact of injecting requests to the team's backlog
Tools expert including Atlassian Suite and desktop tools: Airtable, Google suite
Required Education:
Bachelors Degree

Don't delay. Join the Software Resources team today!
Software Resources specializes in connecting talented IT professionals with challenging job opportunities that transform jobs into careers.
To meet our clients' hiring needs, we continuously source talented IT Professionals with all levels of expertise and in all disciplines. We offer world class major medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) with match, short term disability, Life Insurance and AD&D. You, our future employees, can make a tremendous difference to our company and our clients. Please apply to this job and experience the Software Resources difference.