Associate Project Manager

Job Description

A little bit about our team:

WMX, Warner Music Group's culture-driving media, creative content, and artist services' division, sets a new standard for artists, advertisers, and fans through world class experiences, award-winning creative content, and industry leading audience insights. The strategic operations and project management team drives business success through consistent delivery practices.
Our team creates flexible project management frameworks that provides governance, encourages collaboration and streamlines workflows. We oversee programs and projects that reaches millions of fans globally.

Your role:

The Project Manager is a key part of the team and is responsible for leading, documenting, and managing complex and high-profile projects and creative campaigns across various channels. You will manage campaigns that will reach millions of music fans around the world and contribute to the success of some of the best and biggest artists. You'll work with a talented and data driven team of Project Managers, Digital Designers, UX Designers, Developers, Audience Engagement and Insight Managers, Email Production Specialists, and Digital Marketers. If you love music, technology, and the internet, this job is for you.

Here you'll get to:
• You will work with a project team to understand scope and requirements; review assets, timelines, guidelines, activities, and documentation.
• You will facilitate backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective meetings
• You will monitor timelines and progress of projects to ensure efficient, on-time delivery of work while being able to assess and address any issues or concerns that may impact the success of the project.
• You will regularly and effectively communicate to cross-functional team members about project status.
• You will work with developers and engineers to assess, document, and resolve any technical challenges affecting websites and web platform.
• You will gather development/design requirements and manage scope creep through change control, phased delivery or other methods to ensure projects deliver on time and on budget.
• You will help delegate and prioritize tasks and responsibilities to the development team.
• You will understand the user experience in each project and ensure the client request is fulfilled
• You will ensure that projects and campaigns are in full compliance with all company policies and standards.

About you:
• You have an understanding of various Project Management methods: Agile, Lean, Kanban, and Waterfall.
• You have knowledge of project management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Asana, Gantt Charts).
• You have an understanding of creative and software development processes
• You have excellent organizational and prioritization skills with ability to initiate and drive improvements.
• You have proven ability to motivate, support, and collaborate with various teams. You can easily work with everyone from designers to web developers to digital marketers.
• You have experience in excelling within fast-paced, high output environments.
• You have the ability to execute and manage multiple projects simultaneously with tight deadlines.
• You have excellent written and verbal communication, including strong editing, grammar, and proofreading skills.
• You have a keen sense of urgency and strong follow-up skills.
• You have experience using a content management system (CMS), such as Drupal or WordPress
• You have a general understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and XML.
• You have experience administering JIRA

We'd love it if you also had:
• 2-3 years related experience in a digital, media, or software development organization
• 2 years of Project Management experience.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• Experience running scrum, sprint planning, sprint review, and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Experience writing comprehensive project plans, production schedules, budget estimates and similar project artifacts.

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Salary Range
$64,480 to $65,000 Annually

Job Posting Ranges are included for all California, Colorado, New York, and Washington job postings and 100% remote roles where talent can be located in CA, CO, NYC and WA. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

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