Production Technology Project Manager

Finnsteve; London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in content production is seeking a Production Technology Project Manager for an 18-month contract in London. The role involves managing multiple projects, leading cross-functional teams, and ensuring efficient communication between production and technology teams. Ideal candidates will have a strong technical background, extensive project management experience, and a passion for driving innovative solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Technical Project Management.
• 3+ years managing diverse technology projects.
• Experience in a Content Creation/Production environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead project management for multiple shows and technology initiatives.
• Ensure clear reporting of project status and timelines.
• Create workflow diagrams to improve efficiency.

Skills

Technical Project Management

Cross-functional Team Collaboration

Workflow Drawing

Agile Methodology

Waterfall Methodology

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering

Tools

Smartsheet

Jira

Lucidchart

Job description

Production Technology Project Manager

18 Month Contract

Highly Competitive Daily Rate

London

Your Role

Be an integral part of the Project Management and Enabling Technologies team, as the Production Technology Project Manager you will play a critical role as main point of contact for the production teams based in the UK.

Lead calls with productions based on the phase of the show: pre-production, production, and post-production. Assist in communicating needs, break-fixes, and issues that productions have to technology engineers to deliver/fix.

Lead coordination with other project managers and business resources to assign tasks to the Studio Technology engineers in the USA and ensure tasks are completed by production timeline.

Lead multiple shows and concurrent technology initiatives throughout their lifecycle. This includes project intake, use case definition, charter and scope definition, project plan development, capacity allocations, resource assignment, project execution, and post mortems.

Ensure clear reporting of project status from project teams including: timelines, milestone tracking, budget status and issue identification to program management and stakeholders

Create workflow diagrams of production technology processes and identify opportunities to streamline processes or improve efficiency

What you bring?

Bachelor’s degree in Science or Engineering, or related technical discipline

Previous experience working in a Content Creation/Production environment

5+ years of experience in Technical Project Management, utilizing waterfall and agile methodology

3+ years pf experience managing a diverse portfolio of projects reflecting a wide range of technologies, complexities, and duration

Experience working in cross-functional technical teams, including architects, infrastructure and data engineers, software developers, system reliability engineers, storage engineers, audio/visual or post-production engineers to meet expectations for productivity, quality, and goal accomplishment

Project management tools such as Smartsheet and Jira.

Ability to create workflow drawings and process maps utilizing Lucidchart

To Apply

Apply now with your CV and Portfolio to Lee Talson and become the creative force behind the next big trends!

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