Project Manager - Broadcast Media (MAM) - Eliassen Group

Our Fortune 500 Medial Client is seeking a Project Manager for a long term contract.

The Project Manager will be responsible for managing activities across multiple workstreams in Enterprise Solutions Technology for assigned projects in the News & Stations workstream. The Project Manager will manage resources, schedules, cross workstream dependencies, issues, risks, and financials throughout the full systems development life cycle.

The Project Manager will report to the Enterprise Solution Program Director and work in coordination with the Tech Lead(s), Technology Integration Management Office (TIMO), Application and Technical Architects, team leads, members, and third-party vendors to successfully manage and complete project activities and deliverables.  The selected candidate will also contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.

Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance. 

 Rate: $70 - $75 / hr. w2

• Coordinate and manage select activities across multiple technology workstreams for assigned projects. This may include select phases of a project, or all phases of delivery.

• Liaise with stakeholders to identify scope, dependencies, and technology solutions to address requirements.

• Partner with QA resources to manage all phases of testing, including unit testing within Sprints, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and performance testing.

• Orchestrate test planning, execution, testing metrics reporting, and defect management.

• Manage and lead project teams consisting of onshore and offshore internal / external resources.

• Manage risks and issues through to mitigation/closure.

• Hold regular program team meetings to ensure day-to-day activities and corresponding deliverables are prioritized, understood by all project resources, and remain on track.

• Requirements Definition: Collaborate with key stakeholders to document, design, implement, test, and establish support models for all project needs.

• Collaborating widely with stakeholders and business leads to define and manage cross-functional and project dependencies, milestones, and deliverables.

• Proactively perform risk management and identify issues across functions and inter-dependent efforts.

• Prioritize and drive project tasks and deliverables to completion, while managing dependencies.

• Being willing to ‘roll up sleeves,’ understand the business and technology solutions involved in a project and contribute towards project deliverables.

• 5-7+ years of demonstrated experience managing technology projects involving application configuration, integration, and data conversion.

• Experience with Media related technologies, such as Avid, Grass Valley and other MAM systems.

• PMI and/or Agile Certification strongly preferred.

• Solid understanding of Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

• Demonstrated understanding of testing methodologies and proven experience running test teams.

• Experience with project management tools (e.g. ServiceNow PPM, Asana, Jira, etc.) and test management tools (e.g. TestRail).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and collaboration skills overall

• Experience with Media and Entertainment industry business processes and supporting technology

• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal, and presentation) and interpersonal skills.

• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands.

• Proactively takes action to create an opportunity or to avoid risks/issues.

• Strong PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Lucid Chart, O365, and collaboration tools (e.g., Slack, MS Teams, SharePoint, Confluence) expertise.

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Systems, or related IT field required and equivalent work experience.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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