Job Description
The Technical Agile Project Manager will be responsible for the successful delivery of network infrastructure upgrades and migrations for network firewalls and hardware devices. This position requires strong communication, influencing, project management, and Agile skills.
Key Responsibilities:
· Serve as single point of contact for assigned engineering teams as scrum master
· Plan, track and open tasks in Jira
· Lead and manage multiple projects and activities of varying methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Kanban), types, and sizes, ensuring objectives and project deliverables are accomplished according to plan
· Synthesize and simplify complete concepts/requirements to the team and stakeholders and tie back to business objectives
· Build an effective working partnership with engineers to lead team to success
· Create and manage all required project artifacts and weekly status and velocity reports
· Coordinate and facilitate weekly project meetings, daily standups, and ceremonies
· Effectively manage project lifecycle, including product backlog
· Lead sprint planning sessions, estimating, and retrospectives or lessons learned
· Manage team capacity, deliverables and releases in Jira through implementation of Kanban project management
· Utilize enterprise project management tools and applications to provide project status and reporting, while adhering to PMO processes, documentation standards, and best practices
· Own team metrics and submit Sprint, Monthly and Quarterly team performance metrics
· Effectively manage time and prioritize tasks and work streams to achieve department and business goals
· Manage risks, issues, track and resolve dependencies and utilize resources to remove impediments to the team
· Partner with colleague program, project and product managers within the organization
· Implement Sprint or Kanban approach to organizing project requests, assign project requests, manage resources and track completion
Skills and Requirements
· B.S./B.A. degree in relevant field (or equivalent work experience)
· CSM certification
· Scrum, Kanban experience
· Proficient in Jira, Confluence and JQL queries
· 4+ years' experience leading complex network engineering upgrades, migrations or end-of-life projects
· Solid understanding of media engineering practices
· Experience with project management tools, such as Clarizen, and ServiceNow
· Excellent organization and communication skills, as well as strong and consistent attention to detail
· Foundational understanding of network infrastructure engineering technologies (firewalls, network device hardware)
· Ability to effectively summarize status and communicate with senior leadership · PMP certification
· Previous work experience within media entertainment industry
· Previous experience as an engineer
· DevOps experience
· Experience in video supply chain, infrastructure, delivery systems and playback preferred. null
We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].