Associate IT Project Manager

Skydance•Santa Monica, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

If you are passionate about making movies and television, Skydance is the place for you! Our creative divisions are led by industry veterans that put audience above all else when it comes to our storytelling approach. At Skydance, we embrace visionary artists and cutting-edge technology to create event-level entertainment. With the benefit of powerful distribution partnerships – Paramount Pictures, Tencent, Netflix, Prime Video, Apple TV+, and other top tier studios – our premium content can reach billions of consumers around the world. Our corporate headquarters is in Santa Monica, where we strive to create a collaborative environment, is the center for all our film and television teams. Other departments include production, marketing, business affairs, finance, human resources, and operations. Whether you are a seasoned executive or an assistant just starting out, everyone is valued on the Skydance team! Skydance Media’s Information Technology team seeks an Associate IT Project Manager to assist the Executive Vice President of Information Technology. This individual will be responsible for managing the ongoing projects of the IT department and provide integral coordination with the Operations Department. Responsibilities include Executive schedule management, project management, reporting status and milestones to stakeholders, meticulous organizational and communication skills, and an understanding of IT terminology and concepts. Curates and manages SharePoint sites, 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
Experience with Asana
Bachelor's degree (BA/BS/BEng/BArch) and/or equivalent related experience

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