Technical Project Manager 4 - 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). A strong technical acumen is required to understand development stages and to assure to 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. Manage regular ceremonies to standardize workflow for both product and development teams, to ensure milestone dates are tracked and met. Monitor risks during various stages of the project and escalate issues to the appropriate level of management. Maintain project status reports on projects. 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.

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

Highly Preferred Experience/Additional Info:

• OTT / FAST / Content / Entertainment direct experience is ideal
• Advanced technical acumen: Engineering/architecture dev background
• SCRUM master certification(s)
• Agile certification(s)
• Jira experience
• Demonstrable experience leading & taking ownership with projects and strong presentation skills
• Position is office based 4 days/week & remote 1 day/week.
• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.  Applicants must be authorized to work for Comcast in the United States without a current or potential future need for sponsorship

Core Responsibilities

• Responsible for the planning and facilitation of standard meetings to include; backlog preparation, iteration planning, retrospectives, iteration reviews and daily stand-ups.
• Manages project status and information in the form of formal briefings, project update meetings and written, electronic and graphic reports. Communicate updates on major milestones, escalations and status to lead engineer and lead project manager.
• Engages with any needed business entity to help remove obstacles to his or her teams being able to deliver on stated goals and helps to negotiate working agreements.
• Make project scheduling decisions in conjunction with the lead engineer or facilitate conversations necessary for decision making.
• Engages and assists the product owner to ensure that work requests are properly articulated, prioritized and detailed.
• Works to identify blocked or stalled stories and assists the team in learning to resolve the issues or assists getting resolution.
• Coordinate change request generation and tracking.
• Develops, maintains and manages detailed project plans, action item registers and major milestone timelines for all assigned projects. Provides overall prioritization and director of work assignments, team resources etc. Monitor and creates project deliverables.
• Addresses problems through risk management and contingency planning and presents solutions and/or options to executive management. Ensures effective implementation of solutions/changes.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
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