Epmo Program Manager Jobs in El Segundo, CA (NOW HIRING)

Overview:

As a Sr. Project Manager, you will have overall responsibility for managing multiple, highly visible and complex projects across multiple Engineering departments. Responsibilities will include schedule, scope, budget and issue management to deliver multiple projects focused on a specific domain or related based on other project commonalities. Projects will include broadcast infrastructure enhancements with understanding of new product launches, mobile apps, client releases, etc.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage cross functional leads to ensure alignment with master level project milestones
• Ensure project milestones roll up for inclusion into portfolio level reporting and prioritization.
• Manage project requirements gather, activities, budgets, resources, schedules, risks, and reporting for key stakeholders, developers, business analysts, customers, and other team members.
• Lead project completion and project closure activities and documentation.
• Lead and manage multiple complex projects.
• Ensure all expectations are clearly defined, documented, and measureable success points are identified.
• Define and deliver clear written and verbal communications in all documentation and interactions.
• Proactively promote EPMO services to organization where applicable.
• Provide constructive feedback to help optimize and streamline EPMO procedures and processes.
• Provide guidance and leadership to all team members. Act as a mentor and role model for other team members.
• Provide insight around potential risks and opportunities, resolve conflict or issues in a timely fashion, initiate resolution and deliver results
• Proactively work with EPMO leadership to define and document: o Scope and objectives. o Project planning and assumptions including project scope and define initial project assumptions. o Risk identification, documentation, and resolution. o Prioritization and escalation management. o Deliverables development and review.
• Identify and manage any cross-functional dependencies or impacts and communicate to appropriate stakeholders and teams.
• Define and manage a project governance strategy and plan (i.e., structure, people, and information).
• Utilize PM tools to facilitate managing all project information including scope, assumptions, tasks, resource allocation, project tracking, risks, issues, and prioritization.
• Define and document project Measures of Success (MOS).
• Proactively manage Change Control Process as defined in EPMO process documentation.
• Identify and document any cross functional / departmental touch points or areas of potential impact. Closely monitor and manage scope and change requests.
• Coordinate and conduct training sessions to ensure project team members are prepared for process, policy and system deployments or changes.
• Lead the development of project plans and communication strategies. All project plans must be in line with the SDLC and follow standard project management methodology.
• Communicate effectively using sound judgment in making decisions, and interacting with a broad range of technical and non-technical audiences. This includes the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group including team members, managers, subject matter experts, and executives.
• Build positive and effective relationships with stakeholders, peers, vendors, and throughout the organization, including company leadership and executives.
• Work consistently professionally, reliably and objectively. Accept ownership for your piece of work.

Qualifications:

A Bachelor's degree in a technical or management discipline.

Project Management Professional certification (PMP) required.

Seven plus (7+) years of program/project management experience.

Background with projects involving content management, set top box hardware/software, and targeted advertising systems and/or audience measurements systems is a strong plus.

Has experience with Program Management as well as Project Management.

Experience managing large scale cross-enterprise project budgets and teams. Experience with manage multiple large projects simultaneously.

Experience interacting with business project sponsor, business subject matter experts, key stakeholders and project team members on project scope, schedules, risks, requirements, communication, quality assurance and issue resolution is required.

Familiarity with front end user interface design, digital marketing, product development, and order processing is a strong plus.

Experience with MS Project required; MS Project Server preferred.

In addition, we look for people with the following attributes:

Effective Communication and Collaboration Skills

Will Do/Can Do Attitude

Results Driven

Critical Thinker

Change Champion

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.