Sr Technical Project Manager- Xumo

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Job Summary

Responsible for managing complex projects through entire project lifecycle (inception, design, development, integration and test, trial and deployment). Act as a liaison with appropriate company personnel and vendors to ensure project compliance to standards, coordinate multiple complex high priority tasks. Assure feature and functionality and performance metrics requirements are defined. Initiate, facilitate and monitor specific inter/intra-departmental project progress and performance to assure quality and on time delivery. Ensure milestone dates are met. Monitor risks during various stages of the project and escalate issues to the appropriate level of management. Maintain project status reports on projects. Create and manage contingency plans for projects. Estimate and manage budgets. Evaluate impact change request against communicated timelines. Integrates knowledge of business and functional priorities. Acts as a key contributor in a complex and crucial environment. May lead teams or projects and shares expertise.

Xumo, a joint venture between Comcast and Charter, was formed to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform on a variety of branded 4K streaming devices and smart TVs. Powered by Comcast’s global technology platform, Xumo devices and services feature an entertainment experience designed to make it easy for consumers to find and enjoy their favorite streaming content through a world-class user interface and voice search, and for partners to meaningfully connect and engage with millions of consumers.

Job Description

Additional Info & Ideal Experience:

Looking for an experienced Technical Project Mgr as a key contributor to the Xumo team.

• Review & development of business requirements, proactively identifying dependencies and potential blockers, management of external contractors/deliverables contributing to key systems. Advanced understanding of portfolio management to include planning activities & business prioritization needs.

Advanced technical acumen:

• SCRUM master certification(s)
• Agile certification(s)
• OTT / FAST / Content / Entertainment direct experience is ideal
• Engineering/architecture dev background

Office based position in Philadelphia, PA or secondary location Irvine, CA.

Core Responsibilities

• Coordinate scoping and architecture review activities for initiated programs and follow process for program approval at architecture initiation board.
• Create and track end to end project plan in conjunction with the lead engineer.
• Track tasks and milestones across all parties, including vendors.
• Coordinate, manage and drive test organization activities.
• Facilitate bug triage, manage bug lists across vendors, track issue resolution with lead engineer.
• Coordinate change request generation and tracking.
• Make project scheduling decisions in conjunction with the lead engineer or facilitate conversations necessary for decision making.
• Report on project's progress as required by product engineering management.
• Identify and manage critical path and risk areas and create risk response and mitigation plans.
• Report weekly (or as necessary) on any risks/issues.
• Escalate issues as required to unblock open issues.
• Work with other project managers to track and manage inter-project dependencies.
• Communicate updates on major milestones, escalations and status to lead engineer and lead project manager.
• Work with lead engineer and management to set project specific budget.
• Project spend rates based on the budgets.
• Manage within budgetary objectives set by manager, monitoring and controlling costs within functional area.
• Mentor junior level project managers on the team.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expecte