Technical Project Manager, Broadcast Infrastructure (Builds)

Title: Technical Project Manager Location: West Los Angeles CA Duration: 6 months contract Work Mode: Hybrid 4 days/week Work From Office
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Planning, scheduling, budgeting, project communication, issue resolution, change management, vendor management, risk management, resource management, order equipment, and reconciling invoices.
• Creating and executing project plans for multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• Coordinating with all parties to refine project scopes, requirements, plan, design, built, and test to deliver on time and within budget.
• Facilitating cross functional internal/external team meetings effectively including stakeholders, engineering, designers, management, vendors, and Facilities.
• Collaborating with all involved parties and staying on top of all open items, issues, risks, and scope creep that cause delays to project delivery.
• Successfully managing all aspects of the projects including project initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Effectively communicating relevant project information to all stakeholders, project team members, and management.
• Coordinating design sessions and obtaining signoffs from required approvers timely.
• Managing vendors and ensuring on-time delivery, invoice payments and reconciliation with Finance system.
• Overseeing all incoming and outgoing project activities.
• Resolving and/or escalating issues and risks timely.
• Updating management on projects and work task status on regular basis.
• Reporting of project RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies).

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• 15+ years of experience in a technical project management role leading complex broadcast projects.
• Experience with a variety of project management methodologies.
• Effective management of multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to manage cross functional teams consisting of product, design, engineering, and management.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills include excellent client-facing and internal communication skills. Able to custom communication style caters to individuals.
• Outstanding project leadership, presentation skills, and facilitating meetings with senior management, stakeholders, designers, engineers, and vendors.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail, multitasking skills, consistently driving for success, organized, eager and willing to learn and take on challenging tasks/projects.
• High performer - Thrive on challenges and success. Go beyond the call of duty attitude.
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence
• Promptly, consistently, and persistently finding solutions for roadblocks and resolving issues/challenges.
• Ability to understand technical and design documents.
• Ability to adapt to frequent changes and capacity to manage high pressure situations.
• Big picture thinking and vision.
• Strong work ethics, integrity, and professionalism.
• Proactively taking actions on open tasks, issues, and risks.
• Capable in self-driven, fast learner, self-efficient, socially friendly, problem solving, and work independently.
• Determine and take pride in driving the right solution for project delivery.
• Physically moderate healthy for job walks on construction projects.
• Proficient PM tools: Microsoft Office suite, Zoom video calls & recordings, Smartsheet, OKTA, Google suite, Slack messaging, cloud storage Box, and schedule meetings.
• Ability to switch project assignments as business requires.

NICE TO HAVE BUT NOT A DEAL BREAKER

• BS degree or equivalent
• PMP, MBA or CSM a plus
• Experience in consulting or client services