Job Description

Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you’ll find more than a job. You’ll find a fast-paced, high-performance team of incredible colleagues that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. We work hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.

As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us. We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.

The Playback Services team is responsible for video streaming and delivering content to our customers and is a key part of Peacock’s technology, success, and future. The Associate Project Manager, Playback Services, will be responsible for the successful delivery of enterprise level projects supporting video engineering technology delivery. This position requires effective communication, influencing, and project management skills, along with a keen ability to understand technology principles and agile delivery. Also important is the ability to establish and maintain key relationships within business and technology groups, as well as interact with diverse stakeholders and partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and own work intake, and the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of playback services projects.
• Partner with other PMOs and Delivery teams to ensure consistent and accurate definition of project scope, expectations, level of effort estimates, and timelines.
• Partner with engineering leaders to develop, maintain, and deliver committed roadmaps.
• Assist engineering leaders in capacity planning, prioritization, and delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans to monitor and track progress, effectively prioritizing critical path activities to ensure on-time delivery.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies and develop plans to escalate and mitigate them.
• Facilitate change requests to ensure that all parties are informed of the impacts to the schedule.
• Partner with engineering leaders to identify and report against critical project milestones, and report on challenges, supporting stakeholder communications and delivery status.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, dashboards, and reports.
• Establish, foster, and manage strong working relationships with stakeholders and teams.
• Drive continuous improvement, retrospectives and lessons learned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or related field.

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in leading complex technology focused projects.

• Knowledge of project management, communication skills, and attention to detail.

• Proficiency with various project management scheduling tools, Agile methodologies, and Agile management tools.

• Understanding of the software/product development lifecycles, and release management.

Desired characteristics

• Highly collaborative, able to build strong relationships with internal and external teams.
• Adaptable performer who can lead effectively under pressure and through meaningful change.
• Results-oriented with initiative to work until job is complete.
• Passion for technology, streaming and digital media.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $80,000 - $105,000

Additional Information

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