Project Manager

NBCUniversal • Universal City, CA

34d • $90,000 - $125,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager has the overall responsibility for the successful planning and execution of projects for IT Infrastructure. The Project Manager will work closely with the infrastructure, operations, governance, security teams, finance teams, business partners, vendors and Universal Creative to define, develop, and execute deployment of their assigned projects. The Project Manager ensures that the deployment of projects to the production environment follows the project life cycle methodology and successfully meets the business goals.

Requirements

• High school degree or GED is required. Bachelor’s degree is preferred in MIS, Technology or Business.
• 2+ year's of experience. Solid practical experience dealing with project management, particularly dealing with proposed efforts and leading them through a defined process of prioritization and demand management.
• Ability to work progressively with a wide range of individual levels, sponsors, stakeholders and resources to align activities and initiatives.
• Demonstrated cross-functional expertise in diverse fields such as IT infrastructure, construction documents including being able to read blueprints either printed or through tools such as Bluebeam and BIM 360, ROI analysis, cost estimating, and what-if analyses.
• Demonstrated experiencing in presenting persuasive recommendations to leadership as well as key external stakeholders, including ability to communicate complex ideas and recommendations to leadership that highlights a clear decision framework based on analysis and experience.
• Cross-Team/Cross Department Project Leadership experience.
• Strong Organizing & Inter-Personal Skills.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of project management concepts and processes, requirements gathering, or business analysis preferred.
• ICT knowledge and Technology experience/background a plus.
• Manage projects in Smartsheet a plus.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with all Technology teams, business partners, and Vendors to plan, organize, secure, and manage resources for assigned project efforts following the construction lifecycle and project implementation policies and procedures as applicable. Independently research, analyze, identify, and document the tasks to achieve the project goals. Coordinate, facilitate, and lead project team meetings to accomplish project deliverables.
• Responsible for the management of the project including; work statements, work breakdown structures, developing and tracking budget and schedule, tracking individual project tasks, providing risk analysis, tracking and resolving issues and action items, requirements gathering, quality assurance, providing various project management visibility and control measures and reports as needed and communicating to project team and stakeholders.
• Work closely with our business partners to understand their business and system problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements. Support requirement discussions, requirement reviews, design reviews, testing and remaining project activities to ensure required resources participate and deliverables meet project scope and schedule.
• Communicate Program Information, status, and key health metrics to stakeholders. Facilitate inter-team communication and resolution of Program-level dependencies, including weekly status meeting and monthly executive steering committee meetings.
• Trace the requirements through life cycle of the project to ensure that the scope is managed and that the original requirements are delivered.
• Understand and actively participate in Environmental, Health & Safety responsibilities by following established UO policy, procedures, training and team member involvement activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees