Job : Senior Project Manager, Program Planning & Delivery
Job Location: Culver City, CA
Job Description
The EBS IS&T team is directly responsible for the technology strategy and delivery of solutions and IT systems used to enable the Apple TV+ team line of business. The Senior Project Manager, Program Planning & Delivery oversees and manages the planning and delivery of multiple initiatives within a program. This role requires a highly organized and detail-oriented candidate with exceptional skills in coordination, communication, and strategic thinking to ensure that all initiatives are aligned with project goals, timelines, and budgets. The Senior Project Manager, Program Planning & Delivery has a deep curiosity and the ability to understand the business requirements and technical processes in order to ask knowledgeable questions and translate/communicate concepts. A blend of studio/entertainment business and technical acumen coupled with scrum master/project management discipline is also critical to success in this role.
Key qualifications
- Significant experience building, maintaining, and adjusting a complex project plan and interdependent roadmaps for multiple initiatives. Experience with project scenario planning, proposing various implementation approaches based on multiple dependencies Experience creating quarterly planning presentations for business stakeholders
- Ability to understand complex processes and distill it down into digestible formats such as diagrams, tables, keynote presentations Effectively coordinates work and communication across disparate groups of individuals specifically development, design and product Agile, Jira Experience and Scrum Lead/Master Experience
Duties and Responsibilities
- Coordinate with the Product Manager and delivery teams to understand overall roadmap priorities and ensure detailed execution plans align with these priorities; highlight conflicts or gaps to enable resolution Collaborate with Product Owners, Design and Development Teams, and other stakeholders to define and continuously maintain a detailed project plan and roadmap
- Deep understanding of development enhancements and the value they bring to the business stakeholders and how it aligns with the program strategy
- Identify, document and manage project plan related issues and risks, including facilitating mitigation discussions and/or creating documentation for escalation purposes as necessary Document DRI roles and responsibilities for all project initiatives
- Collaborate with technical leads and architects to ensure alignment with technical strategies and standards.
- Ensure the organization of all program documentation including presentations, roadmaps, processes and roles and responsibilities
Education/Experience
- BA/BS degree or equivalent preferred
- Entertainment workflow familiarity preferred
- 15+ years related experience
- PMP or other Project Management or Scrum Lead Certification a plus
From:
Abdul Ahad,
McubeSoft
ahad@mcubesoft.com
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