aKube, Inc.
Project Manager - Content Technologies (14342509)
aKube, Inc., BURBANK, CA
Job Description
City: Burbank, CA
Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite, 2 days a week
Duration:24 months
Rate Range: $78.5/hr on W2 depending on experience (no C2C or 1099 or sub-contract)
Work Authorization: GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1b
REQUIRED SKILLS:
*Post Production or Production Experience helpful (Important to be familiar and understand
Technical industry experience required
Familiar with Scrum and Agile methodologies
* MUST have experience with Smartsheets (will be using MS Office Suite - PM Software helpful to know but not required)
Description:
As a project manager the Digital Studio Services Technology team, you'll report to the Product Lead in support of Studio Operations in Burbank, CA. This role requires a diversely skilled individual with experience in a combination of project management, product management, post-production, operations and business analyst disciplines in order to manage communications, track and report status for support requests/needs, development of fixes, new application integrations & development as well as drive new vendor onboarding for Studio Operations systems across the team's portfolio
• Facilitate the successful, on-time, in-scope delivery of projects within budget.
• Develop and manage multiple concurrent project plans and timelines with managers, engineers, Digital Studio Services Technology leadership and sister teams as well as their customers in Studio Operations.
• Work with Product team, Operations team, contractors, vendors, engineering managers and their teams to mitigate and communicate project status and risks at regular intervals.
• Maintain up-to-date project portfolio information and documentation for sharing and discussion with stakeholders and management.
• Facilitate meetings, document meeting decisions, questions and action items for attendees and managers.
• Coordinate with Product leads to manage project budgets, roadmaps and backlogs.
• Advise application teams based on real-world operational observations and metrics using custom approaches borrowing from both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Effectively communicate across all levels of the organization including technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to prioritize both project and support needs of stakeholders and keep all work on track.
• Ability to manage resources and dependencies across departments and groups.
• Represent company interests with outside customers and vendors in a succinct and articulate manner.
• Hybrid work arrangement will be considered, but on location is preferred. Primary sites will be in Glendale offices and studio lot in Burbank. (about 2 miles apart)
Basic Qualifications:
Proven ability to support completion of complex, technical projects using recognized project methodologies.
• Experience with teams requiring customized solutions. Our teams do not fit perfectly into existing predefined project management notions, so their solutions must be flexible and effective.
• 3+ years experience of progressive project/program, product and/or production management.
• 2-3 years experience managing & working with teams in technical and/or post-production fields.
• Familiarity with quality assurance and sprint/scrum management techniques and approaches.
• Team player with substantial experience working with highly technical team members in a development, production or support capacity.
• Experience managing resources and dependencies across departments or groups.
• Proven ability to utilize internal and external resources for project execution.
• Good understanding of content delivery platforms.
• Experience managing several projects concurrently and across a portfolio.
• Demonstrable understanding of software development lifecycle and software release process.
• Excellent and concise interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Pro-active and possess a hands-on, collaborative working style.
• Action-oriented with high standard for quality and performance
Preferred Qualifications:
• Prior experience managing projects with video technologies, video distribution, and post-production preferred.
• Understanding of both software/product development and video post-production is a big plus.
• Experience with prevalent project planning software. Smartsheet is a plus.
• Experience as a scrum master is a plus.
City: Burbank, CA
Onsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite, 2 days a week
Duration:24 months
Rate Range: $78.5/hr on W2 depending on experience (no C2C or 1099 or sub-contract)
Work Authorization: GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1b
REQUIRED SKILLS:
*Post Production or Production Experience helpful (Important to be familiar and understand
Technical industry experience required
Familiar with Scrum and Agile methodologies
* MUST have experience with Smartsheets (will be using MS Office Suite - PM Software helpful to know but not required)
Description:
As a project manager the Digital Studio Services Technology team, you'll report to the Product Lead in support of Studio Operations in Burbank, CA. This role requires a diversely skilled individual with experience in a combination of project management, product management, post-production, operations and business analyst disciplines in order to manage communications, track and report status for support requests/needs, development of fixes, new application integrations & development as well as drive new vendor onboarding for Studio Operations systems across the team's portfolio
• Facilitate the successful, on-time, in-scope delivery of projects within budget.
• Develop and manage multiple concurrent project plans and timelines with managers, engineers, Digital Studio Services Technology leadership and sister teams as well as their customers in Studio Operations.
• Work with Product team, Operations team, contractors, vendors, engineering managers and their teams to mitigate and communicate project status and risks at regular intervals.
• Maintain up-to-date project portfolio information and documentation for sharing and discussion with stakeholders and management.
• Facilitate meetings, document meeting decisions, questions and action items for attendees and managers.
• Coordinate with Product leads to manage project budgets, roadmaps and backlogs.
• Advise application teams based on real-world operational observations and metrics using custom approaches borrowing from both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Effectively communicate across all levels of the organization including technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to prioritize both project and support needs of stakeholders and keep all work on track.
• Ability to manage resources and dependencies across departments and groups.
• Represent company interests with outside customers and vendors in a succinct and articulate manner.
• Hybrid work arrangement will be considered, but on location is preferred. Primary sites will be in Glendale offices and studio lot in Burbank. (about 2 miles apart)
Basic Qualifications:
Proven ability to support completion of complex, technical projects using recognized project methodologies.
• Experience with teams requiring customized solutions. Our teams do not fit perfectly into existing predefined project management notions, so their solutions must be flexible and effective.
• 3+ years experience of progressive project/program, product and/or production management.
• 2-3 years experience managing & working with teams in technical and/or post-production fields.
• Familiarity with quality assurance and sprint/scrum management techniques and approaches.
• Team player with substantial experience working with highly technical team members in a development, production or support capacity.
• Experience managing resources and dependencies across departments or groups.
• Proven ability to utilize internal and external resources for project execution.
• Good understanding of content delivery platforms.
• Experience managing several projects concurrently and across a portfolio.
• Demonstrable understanding of software development lifecycle and software release process.
• Excellent and concise interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
• Pro-active and possess a hands-on, collaborative working style.
• Action-oriented with high standard for quality and performance
Preferred Qualifications:
• Prior experience managing projects with video technologies, video distribution, and post-production preferred.
• Understanding of both software/product development and video post-production is a big plus.
• Experience with prevalent project planning software. Smartsheet is a plus.
• Experience as a scrum master is a plus.