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Full Time Job

Project Manager

HBO

New York, NY 01-05-2021
 
  • Paid
  • Full Time
  • Senior (5-10 years) Experience
Job Description

The Job

Home Box Office, Inc. seeks a Project Manager for the HBO General Inc.-MSC - Business Systems department. A Project Manager is needed to backfill an employee who left WarnerMedia in November 2020. A well-experienced senior-level project manager is needed for the following business initiatives on our roadmap: ad commercial management, content planning strategies and scheduling reporting. This position is critical to support HBO Max initiatives.

The Daily
• Conducting analysis, gathering requirements, and documenting user stories for Media Supply Chain.
• Responsible for removing impediments across the project team to deliver project goals and strategic direction.
• Acting as the team scrum master.
• Understanding all aspects of the Agile project lifecycle and SCRUM methodology.
• Responsible for working with third-party vendors and coordinating the development and implementation between third-party vendor and WM.
• Building strong relationships among the business and IT team, managing customer expectations and translating needs into business solutions.
• Planning, organizing and facilitating User Acceptance Testing.
• Providing 3rd tier production support issue resolution, when needed.
• Utilizing effective meeting management skills to initiate, develop agenda, conduct, and provide minutes so that all appropriate parties are kept up-to-date regarding analysis decisions, project status and issues.
• Responsible for removing impediments for the ability of the team to deliver the product goals and deliverables.

The Essentials
• College degree or equivalent experience.
• Project management with the ability to deliver high quality software solutions.
• Strong analytical & critical thinking skills to identify implicit, unstated, and unrecognized requirements.
• Understanding of application interface/user-centered designs.
• Keen understanding of software technology and various software development tools.
• Strong attention to detail including precise and effective customer communications and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Superior verbal and written communications skills.
• Strong attention to detail including precise and effective customer communications and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
• Logical understanding of how the system functionality interacts or changes with existing system modules, interfaces, etc.
• At least 8 years or experience in software development, business analysis, project management and system lifecycle development.
• At least 4 years of Agile/SCRUM experience.
• Ability to "think out of the box" and develop creative solutions.
• Must demonstrate proactive customer service skills.
• Energetic, shows passion and is vested into the project.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1829e-216-73-216-56-42 in your application.