Senior Project Manager
Senior Project Manager
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Are you ready to lead the charge on groundbreaking projects As a Senior Project Manager youll be the driving force behind complex crossfunctional business and technology initiatives. Your mission: deliver projects on time within scope and on budget. Youll be the glue that holds together relationships with stakeholders executive leaders vendors and external partners. With your mastery of project management methodologies and KPIs youll inspire your team to reach new heights of success.
Heres some of what you will be doing:
- As a Project Portfolio Management team member contributes to long term planning and vision implementation.
- Works closely with the Project Portfolio Manager and other seniorlevel Project Managers to continuously enhance improve and put into practice the best delivery of project management practices for the ministry effectively implementing solutions that deliver business value.
- Partners with Business Architects and Business Analysts to evaluate complex business and technology problems and questions.
- Partners with leadership and team members to help them achieve their goals through project scoping monitoring milestones removing roadblocks and addressing needed decisions.
- Partners with Data Science Technology and team members to evaluate select and engage vendors to accomplish project work including preparing Request for Proposals (RFP) Statement of Work (SOW) and other related documents.
- Demonstrates an ability to move between single projects and holistic organizationwide connections; applies foresight when connecting concepts to enterprise components.
- Proactively helps to expand project management lifecycle concepts and best practices; utilizes best practices for selecting a communication method; and proactively drives adoption of tools templates and processes.
- Drives change through facilitating stakeholder collaboration smoothing communication barriers when they exist.
- Uses relationship building and influencing skills to effectively manage the direction of projects to successful completion.
- Manages stakeholder expectations across key project constraints including budget time quality resources and scope.
- Develops comprehensive project deliverables including project plans project strategy/vision charter goals and objectives scope schedule and resource requirements (i.e. budget people and tools).
- Creates project risk and issue management plans and develops appropriate mitigation and contingency plans.
- Provides project updates to leadership project teams and key stakeholders on a regular basis including report on project issues and risks.
- Uses appropriate communication techniques based on the audience to ensure successful outcomes.
- Leads project team to ensure appropriate stakeholders are involved in all aspects of the project.
- Thinks outside of the box to remove roadblocks and support the project team to achieve results.
- Effectively utilizes Project Management Life Cycle (PMLC) methodologies and incorporates best practices into daily work practices.
- Consults and collaborates with various levels of management and project stakeholders to create review and approve project proposals.
- Manages multiple moderate to complex and nonroutine projects simultaneously.
- Directs and coordinates the activities of project team members including less experienced project managers team leads team members subject matter experts (SMEs) and other project stakeholders.
- Holds project team members accountable for completing project work on time in scope and within budget meeting customer expectations.
- Identifies assesses and recommends innovative solutions that improve ministry operations and the ability to serve our customers.
- Takes full responsibility for own work and tasks and that of others where applicable.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Heres some experiencewe are seeking:
- Bachelors degree or combination of education/training with relevant experience.
- PMI PMP certification required.
- 47 years of experience working as a Project Manager on moderate to complex projects with multiple business sponsors timelines and dependencies.
- Extensive experience successfully planning organizing leading directing and managing projects.
- Experience with Project Management Life Cycle methodologies (e.g. PMI PMBOK).
- Proficiency with MS Project and MS Office products (Word Excel PowerPoint Access Visio Outlook).
- Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate with leadership business and technical staff.
- Proven ability to use influence and conflict resolution skills to effectively manage the direction of projects to successful completion with measurable results.
- Employ a collaborative and flexible style with strong service mentality. Must be a team player and leader.
- Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop sincere business/ministry relationships. Exhibit emotional intelligence.
- Persuasive and patient manner with the demonstrated ability to bring calm to chaos.
- Strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate with leadership business and technical staff.
- Strong technical documenting skills; particularly with using Microsoft Word Excel Visio and cloud based collaboration tools.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Possess the ability to adapt to new organizational areas quickly and easily.
- Experienced with the software development lifecycle and ability to understand technology to understand the impacts technology has on achieving business outcomes.
- Exercise judgment and business/ministry acumen in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Decisions and solutions may impact current/future design and strategy of ministry offerings technologies and/or operational practices.
What can we offer you
- Industry leading Medical Dental & Vision coverage
- Short/long term disability and life insurance
- Robust 401K with company match
- Parental leave with Baby Bonding pay
- Generous PTO holidayand sick pay
- Unique company culture that includes exclusive access to concerts movie premieres media industry events and more
- Leadership and Career Development Programs including free access to LinkedIn Learning platform
Why work for Educational Media Foundation KLOVE/Air1
Educational Media Foundation (EMF) is a nonprofit multiplatform media company on a mission to draw people closer to Christ. Founded in 1982 in Santa Rosa CA with a single radio station EMF today owns and operates the nations two largest Christian music radio networks (KLOVE and Air1 with over 1000 broadcast signals across all 50 states and beyond streaming audio reaching around the world and a growing family of media ministries including podcasts books films concerts and events. EMF employs nearly 500 team members between its offices in Nashville TN Rocklin CA and field locations around the country. You can view our mission and values hereMission Beliefs & Values.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer EMF makes employment decisions based on merit and other legitimate reasons. The Company is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment and the promotion of equal employment opportunities regardless of protected class characteristic or status. However EMF is also a religious nonprofit organization where all team members contribute to the Companys mission of encouraging our audiences to have a meaningful relationship with Christ.Thereforepursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Section 702 42 U.S.C. 2000e I(a) EMF has the right to hire only candidates who agree with the Companys Statement of Faith. Also as a religious nonprofit organization the Company is not governed by the CA Fair Employment and Housing Act.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
