Sr Engineering Project Manager

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Job Description

Be part of the Production Engineering and Workplace Technology PMO. You will join a team of creative, curious, and passionate professionals whose mission is to deliver high standards solutions to our business. The successful individual ensures that our projects and strategies meet the evolving needs of the enterprise through continuous innovation, evaluation, and execution. This role requires strong multi-business unit and stakeholder management. You must work well in a dynamic, complex environment and under deadline pressures. The role requires strong organizational, technical, and creative problem-solving skills.

The Senior Engineering Project Manager is responsible for providing the leadership and direction to effectively deliver engineering projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of experience using both agile and standard project methodologies
• Endpoint management platform (device and applications management systems, virtual desktop technology, etc) knowledge and experience
• Production technology (fiber infrastructure, IPTV) knowledge and experience
• Manage and deliver projects and small programs comprised of cross-matrixed teams; coordinate activities within the project/program team
• Detailed knowledge and proven experience with project management knowledge areas: integration, scope, schedule, cost, quality, resource, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder
• Analyze and provide regular status reports that are objective and reflect the true state of progress
• Ensure that projects are executed within specified timeframes and budget in accordance with quality and benefit targets using defined controls and processes
• Collaborate with teams to identify, log, track and resolve principles of professional project management such as Risk, Issue, Dependency, Decision and Change Management, Resource and Capacity Management and leverage these to improve control and visibility 
• Manage escalations either within the team or to sponsors and executives when needing steer
• Manage the complete lifecycle and facilitate the team to transition from phase to phase
• Lead the communication and dissemination of information between all working teams
• Manage meetings and check-ins with teams and leadership, defining and mitigating any issues. 
• Adhere to PMO governance (i.e., project charter, change management, etc.)
• Develop and foster relationships with portfolio leaders, project managers, and external partners
• Facilitate weekly project reviews, including ownership of scheduling, presentations, and capturing meeting notes and action items
• Develop project closeout reports
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, PowerPoint, Project, PowerBI, Smartsheets
• Appropriate sense of urgency and commitment for critical deliverables
• Ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels of the organization, including managing through cross-business area or business unit prioritization discussions
• Ability to synthesize and simplify complex concepts/requirements to the team and stakeholders and tie back to business objectives
• A true collaborator and team player who can encourage and promote one team across groups to meet common goals and add value

Qualifications

• B.S. or B.A. degree in Computer Science/Engineering or related fie