Project Manager - Platform/Data Products & Engineering

NBC - Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The Project Manager for Platform/Data Products & Engineering at NBCUniversal will oversee and deliver complex projects in an Agile environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to support business goals. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and relationship-building skills to manage diverse teams and stakeholders effectively, ensuring project success and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and lead Agile ceremonies such as daily standups, iteration planning, retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
• Communicate project status and relevant information, including project meeting notes and decisions.
• Manage project and sprint scope and unplanned requirements.
• Own the communication of team capacity and align stakeholders to drive trade-off conversations.
• Resolve impediments and build consensus when conflicts arise.
• Manage, assess, communicate, and improve project and team health using qualitative and quantitative measures.
• Understand, advocate, and execute against business goals, driving projects and OKR delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members (product, design, engineering) to define goals and align strategy.
• Identify project timelines, milestones, owners, and manage execution against milestones and key targets.
• Coordinate with multiple teams and project managers, driving alignment on project delivery.
• Ensure transparency through communication and collaboration with all levels of business and technology.
• Create and maintain project and team artifacts/documentation.
• Identify and manage project risks, implementing mitigation plans to minimize impact.
• Evoke an appropriate sense of urgency around priorities within and across teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of direct experience in a Project Manager role managing and delivering technology projects.
• 3+ years of experience in a Scrum Master capacity with Agile methodologies.
• 3+ years of coaching teams on Agile best practices.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Excellent oral and written communications; ability to adapt messaging for diverse audiences.
• Experience in establishing Agile and Project Management processes in forming environments.
• Strong problem-solving/facilitation skills.
• Industry experience in new/interactive digital media and publishing.
• Experience operating and influencing others in a matrix organization.

Benefits

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives
• Corporate Social Responsibility programs