Project Manager
Location: Glendale , CA
Employment Type: Contract
Job ID: 140828
Date Added: 06/03/2025
Location: Glendale, CA – Onsite 4 days a week
The Company
Headquartered in Los Angeles, this leader in the Entertainment & Media space is focused on delivering world-class stories and experiences to it's global audience. To offer the best entertainment experiences, their technology teams focus on continued innovation and utilization of cutting edge technology.
Compensation Expectation: $50 – 70/hr
What You'll Do As an Agile Project Manager:
- Responsible for on-time, in-scope and in-budget delivery of projects and leading multiple project teams
- Manage the day-to-day operational aspects of the project including scope, schedule, resources
- Perform in the role of a scrum master across one or more project teams
- Conduct daily stand-up meetings, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demo and sprint retrospectives
- Work with the product development team to understand and manage project requirements, scope, timelines and budget
- Provide clear reporting of project status across all projects including timelines, milestone tracking, issue identification, and resource management
- Identify and communicates resource constraints and potential priority conflicts to assist the organization in evaluating and reprioritizing deadlines
- Prepare for project reviews and quality assurance procedures
- Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately
Qualifications:
You could be a great fit if you have:
- 5+ years’ experience as a project manager using Agile/Scrum with a proven track record in organizing, prioritizing, planning, and executing large-scale technology projects from definition through implementation, involving internal personnel and consultants
- Knowledgeable in project management methodologies (e.g. Agile, Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
- Attention to detail to ensure high quality deliverables
- Proactive and possess a hands-on, collaborative working style
- Strong conflict resolution & negotiation skills adaptable to shifting priorities and sensitive to cross-functional team needs
- Demonstrate experience using scheduling and collaboration tools within the project management discipline
- Ability to communicate with all levels of organization (Technical leads, Executives, External Vendors)
- Facilitate team and client meetings effectively
- Deliver engaging, informative, well-organized presentations
- Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion
- Must be an excellent and inclusive team player
- Will act with a can-do, positive, and collaborative mindset
- Preferred Experience working in media, entertainment, or production environments.
This client requires that a background check be completed. A background check is required to protect our company/client and its stakeholders by ensuring that we hire individuals with a trustworthy history, which helps maintain a safe and secure workplace. This proactive measure minimizes potential risks and promotes a culture of integrity within the organization.
Benefits Offered:
Employer provides access to:
- 3 levels of medical insurance for you and your family
- Dental insurance for you and your family
- 401k
- Overtime
- California has the following sick leave policy: accrue 1 hour for every 30 hours worked up to 48 hours. If you are based in a different state, please inquire about that state’s sick leave policy.