Technical Product Manager (Media experience)

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with a development team to deliver new advertising sales application, laying the foundation for future analytics and optimization
• Manage the complete software development process including planning, design, implementation, testing, debugging and tuning, as well as iterative post-production enhancements
• Drive project initiation, scoping, and planning.
• Develop & manage project plans, GANT charts and user stories.
• Run SCRUM meetings and Stand-ups and IPM’s and maintain the AGILE methodologies.
• Write and maintain user stories in a tracking tool throughout the entire software development life cycle
• Establish good working relationships with project sponsors from business and technology groups.
• Develop staffing and resource management plans.
• Assess project/program progress and provide status updates to leadership.
• Evaluate project risk(s) and effectively create mitigation plans.
• Develop standard communication protocols and documentation templates.
• Design, implement, and maintain standard processes & methodologies for project/program execution;
• Serve as the expert in project management and organization.
• Collaborate with business users, internal and external technology teams in order to deliver a scalable application that exceeds requirements ensuring compliance with enterprise standards
• Identify new opportunities, tools, and services to enhance the custom software platform.
• Support and troubleshoot issues (process & system), identify root cause, and proactively recommend sustainable corrective actions.

Qualifications Required

• 5+ years of software development experience, as a Project manager, BA, or engineer
• Experience within the media entertainment industry and solid knowledge and understanding of AdSales
• Can assess disparate data streams and distill them into meaningful and ultimately actionable recommendations
• Able to easily transition between high-level strategy and day-to-day implementation
• Self-directed, ability to multitask, sharp analytical abilities, excellent communication skills, capable of working effectively in a dynamic environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills
• Results-oriented, high energy, self-motivated
• Experience working in story and task-tracking tools for agile workflows.
• Motivated and Self-Starting: able to think critically about problems, decipher user preferences versus hard requirements, and effectively use online and onsite resources to find an appropriate solution with little intervention.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation
• Must have unrestricted work authorization to work in the United States
• Must be willing to provide support during non-business hours as needed

Qualifications Preferred but not required:

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Design or related field preferred.
• Able to communicate effectively in a diverse team of varying skillsets and proficiencies. Able to lead and instruct or take direction when appropriate. Effective in-person, written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in large, multifaceted and matrixed organizations
• Collaborative team player accustomed to working within and across groups
• Organized and detail-oriented with ability to manage time effectively
• Ability to translate business process needs into clear technical requirements
• Ability to influence internal and external team members without direct reporting authority
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to relate complex information to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Strong character exhibiting company core values: Integrity, Creativity, Teamwork, Pioneering Spirit, Ownership

Originally posted on Himalayas