Full Time Job
Project Manager, Data Services
Ticketmaster
- Paid
- Full Time
- Mid (2-5 years) Experience
Job Description
WHO ARE WE?
Live Nation Entertainment is the world's leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.
WHO ARE YOU?
Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on!
THE TEAM
Core Data Services team is at the center of Data and Analytics initiative. We are in the beginning of our journey to build enterprise data platform capabilities to be a true underpinning of any data needs for the enterprise. Our mission is to make reliable data available and enable value creation by the data community of engineers, analysts and decision makers. Core Data Services team consists of Platform engineering team, Data Engineering, Data Enablement and ultimate owner and operator – Operations team.
THE ROLE
Data drives everything we do at Ticketmaster and Live Nation. Marketing teams need the right data signals to market the right event to the right fan at the right time. Product and business leads need easy access to key metrics to measure the health of their business. We are constantly building new products that rely on data to power user experiences, and these products in-turn generate new, valuable data. With so much of our business depending on the comprehensiveness, availability, and accuracy of data, it is critical that Ticketmaster and Live Nation have the right team in place to manage it.
We are looking for a strong Project Manager who can thrive in a fast-paced environment focused on supporting development teams that deliver applications and services supporting Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence & Analytics Platform teams. We are seeking candidates who are proactive, self-starters and have a proven track record of delivering world-class products, preferably in data intensive organizations. The ideal candidate should be an accomplished professional who possesses the passion, experience, skills and abilities to help extend our data accessibility capabilities.
WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO
• Serve as Scrum Master for one or more engineering teams
• Collaborate with Product and Tech Leads to establish prioritization, planning and execution process that ensures delivery of projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Identify and quickly resolve changes in scope, schedules and resource requirements
• Identify and communicate risks; work with subject matter experts to develop and implement risk mitigation plans
• Prioritize and track issues and create remediation plans for resolution of impediments in priority order
• • Coordinate with interdependent teams, aligning roadmaps and deliverables to meet deadlines. Establish and develop relationships and partnerships with internal and external team members
• • Understand and maintain focus on business value and KPI project is seeking to impact
• Maintain accurate project reporting information and up-to-date project assets and metrics
• Ensure open and clear communication regarding product releases, roadmaps, and challenges.
• • Remove team impediments to increase effectiveness of scrum team members
WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 3-5 years of experience in Agile Project Management, preferably in data intensive organization
• Certification in one or more project management frameworks (CSM, PMP, etc.) required or applicable experience managing a data engineering team with direct responsibility for delivery of business value.
• Demonstrated experience establishing Agile Project Management process within an existing team
• Demonstrated experience with large-scale, complex, cross discipline technology projects, including scope definition, schedule development and management, communications and stakeholder engagement activities
• Working knowledge of both Jira and Confluence or similar tools
• Excellent knowledge of agile techniques, artifacts, values and principles
• Passionate about continuous improvement and the benefits that these techniques can bring to the organization
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with technical, non-technical, and executive audiences.
• Ability to lead efficient meetings and guide a group towards agreed upon objectives
• Able to adjust delivery approach, language and level of detail to meet audience needs; foster relationships even under difficult circumstances
• Deep experience with data driven decision making and business metrics
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills (at all levels internally, externally and cross-functionally)
• Detail oriented with strong time management and organizational skills
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Able to manage competing priorities with little supervisory input
• Flexible and responsive to changing situations
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to inspire and motivate teams
• Self-motivated and focused achieving results
• Desire to work in fast-paced, multi-task, fluid environment capable of reacting instantly to changes in a competitive business environment
BENEFITS & PERKS - Our motto is 'Taking Care of Our Own' through 6 pillars of benefits:
• HEALTH: Medical, Dental and Vision benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• YOURSELF: Paid time off policy including holidays, sick time and day off for your birthday, free concert tickets
• WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program Reimbursement
• FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonus, infertility support
• CAREER: Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment internal growth and development programs & trainings
• OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding network
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
We are passionate and committed to our people and go beyond the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. You will be working in an inclusive environment and be encouraged to bring your whole self to work. We will do all that we can to help you successfully balance your work and homelife. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. It's talent that matters to us and we encourage applications from people irrespective of their gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability status or caring responsibilities.
Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices),
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Live Nation Entertainment is the global leader in live entertainment and ticketing. Our world-class portfolio reaches all aspects of the live event and ticketing industry, from ground-breaking software in Ticketmaster, mix of legendary venues and restaurants in House of Blues, production leaders in Concerts, exceptional brand partnerships in Media & Sponsorship, and unparalleled team of artist managers in Artist Nation supported by diverse professionals in all facets of Corporate operations.