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Senior Analyst - PMO
CBS
Atlanta, GA, United States
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ABOUT US:
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company that creates and distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. The Company has businesses with origins that date back to the dawn of the broadcasting age as well as new ventures that operate on the leading edge of media. CBS owns the most-watched television network in the U.S. and one of the world’s largest libraries of entertainment content, making its brand - "the Eye" - one of the most recognized in business. The Company’s operations span virtually every field of media and entertainment, including cable, publishing, radio, local TV, film, outdoor advertising, and interactive and socially responsible media. CBS’s businesses include CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, TVGN (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Lionsgate), Smithsonian Networks, Simon & Schuster, CBS Television Stations, CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, CBS Television Studios, CBS Global Distribution Group (CBS Studios International and CBS Television Distribution), CBS Interactive, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Films and CBS EcoMedia.
DESCRIPTION:
This role is part of CBS’s Project Management Office (PMO) and is responsible for educating and guiding IT Project Managers and team in understanding and effectively executing CBS’s project methodology. This role will be responsible for performing pre-implementation SDLC reviews for key IT Programs. This role will assist in educating teams to adopt the methodology by providing the necessary leadership to ensure successful use of the methodology, with the intent to drive improvements in delivery and SDLC compliance.
The PMO Senior Analyst will be responsible for assisting teams with understanding the methodology and documentation required to satisfy an SDLC review, while also identifying efficiencies to improve the usability of the methodology. In addition this role provides leadership to the Project Management group through their knowledge and experience in project management disciplines.
Responsibilities:
• Lead and provide mentoring on high value / strategic projects.
• Act as an advocate for CBS’s Project Management methodology and in adopting new best practices.
• Educate teams on CBS’s project methodology, processes, templates and tools
• Provide expert judgment in selecting tailor & waiver templates to help teams execute their projects.
• Conduct periodic SDLC reviews of projects to ensure teams are correctly applying the methodology. This will require reviewing documentation provided by project teams and ensuring there are no gaps in what has been completed.
• Ensure interface and data conversion documentation provides the necessary evidence and artifacts required to pass audit reviews.
• Assist with collecting and communicating SDLC results with documented actions to Senior Leadership.
• Lead follow-up reviews to ensure appropriate corrective actions have been implemented by project teams.
• Maintain effective working relationships with project teams to drive SDLC compliance.
• Accountable for monitoring consistent use of methodology.
• Support Project Managers to ensure work effort generates desired deliverables on time, within budget.
• Educate Project Managers on effectively applying the Clarity PPM tool to manage their projects as it relates to deliverables, milestones, tasks, issues, risks and change requests and provide early warning on risks.
• Keep leadership informed regarding project variances, issues, risks which may impact business expected results.
• Ensure documentation is maintained appropriately during the project lifecycle on project’s site.
• Identify improvement opportunities to streamline processes where applicable.
• Participate in test preparation and execution activities or any other duties as requested.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, preferred ; MBA is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience of related Project Management experience of software implementations using a recognized project management methodology.
• IT Consulting experience with a Major Consulting firm is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in reviewing waterfall/agile methodology documentation for SDLC compliance.
• Strong experience in performing reviews for both functional and technical projects particularly around requirements gathering, analysis and design, build, testing and deployment.
• Must have proven experience in IT concepts for applications including understanding basic SDLC controls.
• QA Management, leading teams through testing efforts.
• Strong working knowledge of QA Process as it relates to various SDLC methodologies Agile, Waterfall, Scrum.
• Strong functional knowledge of manual testing, along with Test Automation experience.
• Good working knowledge in Testing Tools such as Microsoft TFS - Test Manager as it is one of the tools used for managing and monitoring project deliverables and testing efforts.
• Strong leadership, critical thinking skills with an ability to assimilate new information, manage multiple tasks and assist with driving key decisions.
• Experience in directing a team, work well under pressure, strong time management and prioritization skills.
• Ability to perform and lead under changing conditions and function as a change agent.
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and demonstrated presentation skills.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem solving skills to effectively meet deadlines and prioritize efforts.
• Proven ability to manage conflicts and identify resolutions in a dynamic faced paced work environment.
• Self-motivated, decisive, with the ability to adapt to change and competing demands.
• Ability to work creatively to build consensus to achieve objectives and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence.
• Managed process improvement initiatives assessing current and future state solutions contributing to improving the success of SDLC Compliance
• Clarity PPM experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Applications with demonstrated ability to develop PowerPoint’s, Excel spreadsheets and graphic presentations.
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Prince or equivalent is strongly preferred.
EEO STATEMENT:
Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled