Technical Project Manager

Job Summary:

WHO ARE WE?

Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 500 million tickets sold annually and more than 12,000 clients worldwide.  Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 40,000 shows and 100+ festivals annually for nearly 4,000 artists in over 40 countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect over 1,000 brands with the 98 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.

WHO ARE YOU?

Passionate and driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking, and collaborative. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you, please read on!

THE JOB

Live Nation’s Content Studio is looking for a Technical Project Manager to support the Setlist.fm team. Setlist.fm is the global live music wiki catalogue boasting 8M+ historical set lists across all genres of music. It’s owned and operated by Live Nation, and serves as a ‘hero platform’ for fans to access historical set lists and predictive set times in anticipation of their upcoming shows (and beyond).

This Technical Project Manager will be responsible for a wide range of projects, including managing technical platform development, execution of sponsorship programs, and technology vendor management.  The Setlist.fm team is cross-functional by design, and this person will play an important role in keeping projects on track, working with the product, editorial, operations, and production teams.

WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO

• Build a deep understanding of the Setlist.fm product, its roadmap, and our business goals for the platform.

• Manage platform roadmap, under guidance from product team.

• Understand technical problems, and work with the available resources to, scope, budget, design, and execute solutions.

• Kick off development projects and keep them on track, from beginning to end.

• Keep communication channels open, and proactively ensure that stakeholders are aware of project status.

• Execute and lead regular reporting for internal and sponsorship programs, including content and digital ad management.

• Create and maintain process docs and trackers.

• Own the process & communication with technical vendors, establishing process and ensuring that they receive needed support.

• Support team members and vendors by keeping them on track for hitting deadlines and meeting delivery requirements.

• Build process and tools to obviate the need for reguar time-intensive tasks, using low-code/no-code platforms.

WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING

• 2-4 years experience as a Project Manager, or in a role that included project management responsibilies

• 2-4 years experience in a role that required expertise with web technologies (can be the same role as above)

• Strong critical thinking skills and a desire to work on products that you care about

• Comfortable with project management tools

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• College degree or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on coding experience with modern web technologies, including Javascript/ES6, Python and common web frameworks.

• Experience with AWS infrastructure

• Data and analytics experience, e.g. Google Analytics, BI dashboard tools, Pandas, Jupyter etc

• Demonstrable passion for music and technology

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa

BENEFITS & PERKS

Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits:

HEALTH: Medical, Vision and Dental benefits for you and your family, including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)

YOURSELF: Generous paid time off policy including paid holidays, sick time and paid days off for your birthday, Free concert tickets

WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, Stock Program

FAMILY: New parent programs & support including caregiver leave and baby bonuses, infertility supp