Project Manager 1

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints•Salt Lake City, UT

11d

About The Position

This project management position is assigned to the broadcast and video division within the Publishing Services department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Project Manager is responsible for managing low- to mid-complexity broadcast and video projects requested by sponsoring departments across the organization through the full project life cycle: initiation, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing. The role is responsible for understanding and communicating project objectives and goals, organizing the resources needed to meet project requirements, and owning project-level scope, schedule, and budget. It ensures projects adhere to applicable Church processes and policies, specializes in supporting broadcast and video requests, and coordinates with other production teams across the department to facilitate deliverable handoffs and end-to-end project support. The position operates in partnership with others to find solutions, foster trust and unity, build on team strengths and ideas, and deliver effective, timely communication. Only Church members who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
Minimum of 3 years of work experience in a related field, preferably project management or project coordination.
Ability to manage scope, schedule, and budget for low- to mid-complexity projects, often requiring language production across a small set of commonly used languages.
Proficiency in a project management system such as WorkFront.
Ability to manage and communicate with cross-functional team members.
Must be a member of the Church and worthy of a temple recommend.

Nice To Haves

Actively pursuing PMP certification or another project management certification recognized in specific industries.

Responsibilities

Understand, coordinate, and manage client and resource team expectations.
Plan, direct, manage, monitor, control, and close small- to medium-complexity projects.
Use standard processes to ensure projects include all and only the work required for successful completion.
Use standard processes to ensure timely project completion.
Use standard processes to ensure projects are completed within the approved budget.
Use standard processes to ensure the project satisfies the needs for which it was undertaken.
Use personal skills and standard processes to make effective use of the project team.
Ensure timely and appropriate generation, collection, dissemination, storage, and disposition of project information; provide critical links among people, ideas, and information.
Identify, analyze, and respond to project risks using standard processes.
Acquire goods and services from providers using standard processes.
Communicate project objectives and goals and organize resources to meet project requirements.
Own project-level scope, schedule, and budget, and ensure projects adhere to applicable Church process and policy.
Coordinate with production teams across the department to facilitate deliverable handoffs and end-to-end project support.