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