NBC - Englewood Cliffs, NJ
posted 5 days ago
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
