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IT Project Manager (Project Hire)
NBC Universal
Universal City, CA, United States
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About Us
Universal Studios Hollywood is the Entertainment Capital of L.A. featuring a movie-based theme park and Studio Tour, and bridged by Universal CityWalk, a dynamic entertainment, shopping and dining complex. Universal Studios Hollywood is an industry leader due to its impressive talent base of highly creative professionals who inspire and produce compelling entertainment and innovative attractions that immerse guests in an authentic Hollywood experience. Universal Studios Hollywood’s team of professionals enjoys a unique culture where fun, hard work and high-quality results are priority, resulting in an employee base that is proud to work here. NBCUniversal’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. The company offers equally unique opportunities for employees to expand their careers within Universal Studios Hollywood, Universal Parks & Resorts, and the broader NBCUniversal family. It’s a big universe, where do you fit in?
Responsibilities
This candidate will be working directly with the lead Program Manager on a large scale, highly visible project scheduled to release in Q2 2017. In addition to working directly with the project team, the candidate will be interacting with all aspects of the business, possible vendors, and executive leadership to report the project status and to obtain critical decisions when necessary. As can be expected, this project has many different moving parts so the candidate must be capable of rapidly changing discussions and conditions.
•Successful execution and deployment of assigned project.
•Manage and motivate cross functional and vendor teams to deliver project within defined scope, scheduled timeline, and approved budget.
•Collaborate with all Technology teams, business partners, and vendors to plan, organize, secure, and manage resources for assigned project efforts following software development lifecycle and project implementation policies and procedures as applicable.
•Coordinate, facilitate, and lead meetings to accomplish project deliverables.
•Independently research, analyze, identify, and document the tasks to achieve the project goals including; work statements, work breakdown structures, developing and tracking budget and schedule, tracking individual project tasks, providing risk analysis, tracking and resolving issues and action items, requirements gathering, quality assurance, providing various project management visibility and control measures and reports as needed and communicating to project team and stakeholders. Perform requirements gathering and quality assurance as needed.
•Work closely with our business partners to understand their business and system problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements.
•Analyze, define and map business processes. Produce project artifacts and business process models as needed for assigned projects.
•Trace the requirements through life cycle of the project to ensure that the scope is managed and that the original requirements are delivered.
•Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications/Requirements
•Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university is required; major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field preferred
•Minimum 6 years of related work experience in project management or equivalent combination of education and experience
•Ability to effectively use MS Project, Visio, Office (i.e. Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word)
•Willingness to travel and or work weekends with short notice
Desired Characteristics
•Knowledge of SQL Server and Server Architecture
•Knowledge of JIRA or similar requirements tracking tools
•Project Management Certification
•Understanding of IT PMO tools, processes, and strategic planning
•Strong project management skills and ability to work with multiple stakeholder groups
•Ability to manage large, complex projects in a matrix organizational structure
•Ability to manage and motivate cross functional and vendor teams located in various geographic regions
•Self-motivated, well organized and strong innovation skills
•Strong oral and written communication skills, with excellent presentation and facilitation skills
•Conflict resolution and problem solving techniques
•Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
•Ability to resolve disputes and negotiate.
•Interface effectively with all levels and across organizational lines
•Communicate effectively with non-technical staff and with members of interdisciplinary teams
•Excellent analytical skills
•Demonstrated success at building team relationships and partnerships across organizational lines
•Results-oriented with a history of problem resolution and prevention
•Ability to prioritize effectively, think independently and problem solve to ensure all projects are completed in an effective and timely manner
•Flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment
•Ability to manage a high volume of details with excellent accuracy
•Effectively handle sensitive and confidential matters