Project Manager, Data Products
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, United States
NBCUniversal
Company Description
We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.
Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.
Job Description
POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Project Management Office is seeking a Project Manager who will manage and deliver complex, multi-dimensional projects in an Agile environment. Working with the Data Products and Engineering teams, you will operate in a matrix environment, managing cross-functional projects that enable and support business goals.
As the Project Manager, you will be directly accountable for the project’s results - using Agile best practices to plan, execute, and deliver. You will lead, guide and motivate your agile teams to deliver strategic initiatives with operational excellence.
Working with the Identity & Personalization and Analytics Framework teams, this role requires strong communication and relationship building skills to effectively manage projects with diverse teams, key stakeholders, and senior executives.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Facilitate and lead Agile ceremonies - daily standups, iteration planning, retrospectives, sprint reviews
- Communicate project status and relevant information (including project meeting notes, decisions)
- Manage project and sprint scope and unplanned requirements
- Own the communication of team capacity, and align stakeholders to drive trade-off conversations
- Resolve impediments and build consensus when conflicts arise
- Manage, assess, communicate, and improve project and team health using qualitative and quantitative measures
- Understand, advocate, and execute against business goals, driving projects and OKR delivery
- Collaborate with cross functional team members (product, design, engineering) to define goals and align strategy
- Identify project timelines, milestones, owners and manage execution against of milestones and key targets
- Coordinate with multiple teams (and project managers), driving alignment on project delivery
- Ensure transparency through communication and collaboration with all levels of business and technology
- Create and maintain project and team artifacts/documentation
- Identify and manage project risks, implement mitigation plans to minimize impact
- Evoke an appropriate sense of urgency around priorities within and across teams
Qualifications
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 5+ years of direct experience in a Project Manager role directly involved with managing and delivering technology projects
- 3+ years of experience in a Scrum Master capacity with Agile methodologies
- 3+ years of coaching teams on Agile best practices
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence
- Excellent oral and written communications; ability to adapt messaging for diverse audiences
- Experience in establishing Agile and Project Management processes in forming environments
- Strong problem-solving/facilitation skills
- Industry experience in new/interactive digital media and publishing
- Experience operating and influencing others in a matrix organization
DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS:
- Resourceful, self-motivated, proactive, self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit who takes initiative, works autonomously, anticipates issues, and identifies areas for improvement
- Strong time management and organizational skills, able to multi-task multiple assignments
- Detail-oriented, with a proven ability to deliver high quality products and polished deliverables
- Superior team-building, networking and relationship-building skills, fostering a culture of collaboration throughout the organization
- Strong emotional intelligence and ability to empathize with others
- Fosters a culture of openness and safety within teams during retrospectives
- Helps teams draw connections between individual issues, and challenges common to the team development process
- Excellent communication skills, effectively liaising and facilitating dialogue with diverse team members
- Excellent negotiation skills and able to resolve conflicts judiciously, brokering win/win resolutions
- Inspires others through strong leadership skills and a positive attitude toward challenges and opportunities
- Strong critical and independent thinking and creative problem solving skills
- Ability to identify and apply structure to ambiguous and complex problems
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability in self, and instilling this in others through leading by example, setting expectations, and motivating others
- Pragmatic, data centric approach to decision making, problem solving, and continuous improvement
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website.
Additional Information
NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.
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