Design Program Manager - Content and Live & Video Design

Design Program Manager - Content and Live & Video Design PMOUNTJP00000947

• Hourly pay: $50-$55/hr (Pay varies based on the candidate's experience and location)
• Worksite: Leading digital streaming network (Remote, Candidates must be located in the United States)
• W2 Employment, Group Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement Savings Program
• 40 hours/week, 7 Month Assignment

A leading digital streaming network seeks a Design Program Manager - Content and Live & Video Design. The successful candidate will be a solution provider, a change agent, an expert juggler, and keeper of the agile process for the teams. This role is looking for a candidate who loves an expanded Scrum Master role, embedded with up to 2 cross-functional Scrum teams, and can make things happen! The candidate knows what it takes to manage complex projects, involving multiple stakeholders and a diverse team of collaborators.

Design Program Manager - Content and Live & Video Design Responsibilities:

• Serve as the “air traffic controller,” guiding projects and objectives to deliver against aggressive and frequently changing timelines.
• Contribute and run the PI Planning and logistics of the PI Planning Event on a quarterly basis, including lead up, planning event, and outcomes of the event.
• Partner with Agile Team Scrum Masters, product owners, and engineering to ensure successful delivery against PI commitments and complex projects.
• Prepare and manage project plans, documentation, risk mitigation and resource management as needed for cross-team initiatives and large projects/programs and act as liaison between cross-functional teams (design, engineering, editorial, sales and marketing) to drive end-to-end development of products to market.
• Be available as necessary to troubleshoot urgent issues and remove impediments for the teams.
• Be a technical thought-leader, constantly improving how we work, championing a positive culture, both for your team and the wider business unit, and through working with other PMs within the PMO to help foster agile scrum and scaled agile, and other productivity methodologies throughout the organization.

Design Program Manager - Content and Live & Video Design Qualifications:

• 4+ years of scrum master experience, leading multiple Scrum teams and large, complex deliveries.
• A bachelor’s degree is a nice to have.
• Scrum Master certification is a plus.
• Agile SAFe experience and strong experience as an Agile Release Train Engineer (RTE) in at least one (1) previous company across at least 3 scrum teams (in the ART).
• SDLC experience.
• Program management experience tracking complex direct-to-consumer projects from start to finish.
• Deep understanding of all things Agile (Scrum, Kanban, and other methodologies,) including the ceremonies of backlog grooming, standups, sprint planning, sprint review, and retrospective.
• Experience working in Web and Mobile Applications development teams in technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, IOS, and Android.
• A bag of project planning tools, tricks, and processes for roadmapping, planning, Gantt, yet all the while fostering iterative processes and feedback milestones in the SDLC.
• Proficiency in tools: Jira, Confluence, Google Suite, Slack, and ability to whip up a presentation or project plan when needed.
• A proactive, efficient, and resourceful approach and ability to thrive in a creative and deadline-driven environment.
• Certified Scaled Agile Program Consultant certification is a plus.
• Knowledge of video streaming products on Mobile, Desktop, OTT, and Smart TV screens is a plus.
• PMP Certification or a similar Program/Project Management certification is a plus.
• Experience with Content Management Systems, Publishing Systems, Digital Media sites, and Figma is a plus.
• Basic proficiency and general understanding of standard development software is a plus.
• Release management experience across Web, Mobile Applications, and OTT platforms to customers is a plus.
• Experience with managing both design and engineering is very helpful.
• This is a role with design embedded in software, hence the emphasis on agile and technology experience.

Shift:

• Typically from 9 am to 6 pm in your time zone. May require some flexibility depending on the team that they are supporting.

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