Senior Project Manager

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This role is required to be onsite in Burbank, CA a minimum of three days per week. If you cannot commit to this commute, please do not apply **

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to oversee the successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a variety of projects and initiatives. You'll play the critical role of implementing key initiatives for a technical team that is vital to the successful creation of content at a notable studio. This will be a full-time, W2 position with Blue Pisces Consulting Inc.

that includes all the benefits listed below.

Core Responsibilities:

• Serve as key point of contact for Production Technology stakeholders to intake, align to budget, scope, prioritize and schedule technology implementation requests with the Operations team.

• Lead Operations and Growth initiatives end-to-end. This includes gathering requirements and defining scope, identifying impacted teams, sizing these impacts, and working with Management Teams to assign and schedule resources.

• Lead large scale, complex infrastructure projects that span across internal and external departments and at times vendors.

• Ensure clear reporting of project status from project teams including timelines, milestone tracking, budget status and risks to Executives, Stakeholders, Management Teams, and the Program Management Office.

• Prioritize and escalate critical project tasks, execute project work plans, and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.

• Maintain and evaluate KPI dashboards related to Portfolio, Program and Projects metrics via Power

BI.

• Apply analytical and critical thinking to identify team, process or tool inefficiencies and risk areas, recommend solutions, create workflow diagrams, and implement projects or processes to remediate or mitigate.

• Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.

• Serve as a mentor and provide guidance for Associate Project Managers, Project Managers and/or Technical Coordinators.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5-7 years of experience in Technical Project Management, utilizing waterfall and agile methodologies.

• 5+ years of experience with managing cross-functional project teams to meet expectations for team productivity, project management quality, and project goals.

• Ability to work under pressure while managing multiple projects and initiatives; across a wide range of resources (and vendors) required for project delivery.

• Strong experience in managing technical engineering teams across various aspects of the infrastructure topology (e.g., data centers, workflows, systems and applications, storage, and networks.)

• Excellent meeting facilitation skills and effective team player.

• Extensive experience with project management tools such as Smartsheet with preferred familiar with Jira.

• Ability to develop and deliver executive-level presentations and business cases using PowerPoint or Keynote.

• Excellent written and oral communications skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to create workflow drawings and process maps utilizing Lucidchart.

• Proficiency in using analytics tools with preference for Power

BI experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience working in Technology, Media, Content Creation, and / or Studios.

• Proficiency in using Business Intelligence and analytics tools with preference for Power

BI experience.

• PMP certification a plus.

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's degree in science or engineering; or related technical discipline.

Benefits:

This is a full-time, W2 position (not a contract) with Blue Pisces Consulting Inc. We offer a very competitive benefit package including:

* Attractive compensation

* Paid holidays and sick days

* Paid vacation days

* Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision package (50% paid for employee, 25% for spouse/dependents)

* Discretionary bonus

* 401(k)


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* Please note:

We cannot currently provide visa sponsorship. If you require visa sponsorship now, or in the future, please do not apply for this position. **