Associate IT Project Manager

Skydance•Los Angeles, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Skydance Media, a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010, creates high-quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences across its feature film, television, interactive, and animation divisions. The company partners with major distributors like Paramount Pictures, Tencent, Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+. Its corporate headquarters in Santa Monica fosters a collaborative environment for all film and television teams, alongside departments such as production, marketing, business affairs, finance, human resources, and operations. Everyone, from seasoned executives to assistants, is valued. The Information Technology team is seeking an Associate IT Project Manager to assist the Executive Vice President of Information Technology. This role involves managing ongoing IT department projects and coordinating with the Operations Department. Key responsibilities include executive schedule management, project management, reporting status and milestones to stakeholders, and demonstrating meticulous organizational and communication skills, along with an understanding of IT terminology and concepts. The Associate IT Project Manager will also curate and manage SharePoint sites, the intranet, and user documentation.

Requirements

Experience supporting and driving IT projects within an office environment
General understanding of SaaS landscape and software development lifecycle
Experience presenting to a variety of stakeholder levels; strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong multitasking ability and self-driven organizational skills
Focus on providing high degree of customer satisfaction

Nice To Haves

prior Project Management experience preferred
Experience with Asana preferred
Bachelor's degree (BA/BS/BEng/BArch) and/or equivalent related experience, a plus

Responsibilities

Track, manage, and report on overall project status, maintain overall project plan, address issues with quality assurance and task completions; understand technology design in office spaces
Ensure client requirements are met and closeout activities are completed; manage stakeholder requirements
Oversee and manage department financials including tracking purchases, expenses, and deliver monthly reports
Manage 3rd party project delivery resources/team, provide project guidance and direction to achieve project goals; responsible for tracking performance and motivating team members
Implement communication plan for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed
Facilitate project meetings; implements project documentation governance aligned with company and client requirements
Ensure project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated
Track progress of each project against goals, objectives, approved budgets, approved timelines
Report status and variances
Create action plans to meet objectives, budget and schedule; implement change management routines to assess change requests, make recommendations, secure client approvals, and issue change orders
Assess change requests to determine impacts to scope, budget, schedule, quality and risk with management support
Implement standard risk management routines with management support, to identify project risks, develop risk mitigation and contingency plans, and implement action plans to reduce or eliminate project risks
Other ad hoc duties as assigned