Sr Project Manager - Media Supply Chain

LTIMindtreeNew York - New York - USASenior
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Job Title: Sr Project Manager - Media Supply Chain

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Location: New York City, NY

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SummaryThe Senior Project Manager Media Supply Chain MSC will orchestrate work across multiple technology and business workstreams supporting transformation of media supply chain with particular focus on unified workflows and fulfillment workflows The role will manage software development initiatives throughout the full delivery lifecycle including scope resources schedules dependencies risks issues financials testing release readiness and operational transitionThe Senior Project Manager will partner with business and technology leads product owners engineering teams architects operations quality assurance and third-party vendors to deliver project outcomes against agreed milestones The selected candidate will also help improve project documentation workflows toolsets methodologies and operational practices through continuous improvement

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ResponsibilitiesCoordinate and manage activities across multiple MSC technology and business workstreams with emphasis on unified and fulfillment workflowsLead program and project management for software development initiatives from planning through implementation stabilization and operational handoffDevelop and maintain integrated project plans roadmaps schedules milestones resource plans and cross workstream dependency mapsFacilitate core project activities against deadlines and ensure owners priorities decisions and deliverables are clearly understood and trackedPartner with workstream leads to define scope requirements delivery approach success measures and technology solutions that address business and operational needsManage the full delivery lifecycle including discovery requirements design development integration testing User Acceptance Testing UAT deployment and hyper careFacilitate test planning execution defect triage UAT coordination readiness reviews and stakeholder acceptanceIdentify and manage risks issues assumptions decisions and dependencies through mitigation or closure escalate material concerns with clear options and recommendationsCreate and present concise program status executive summaries dashboards and communications for project teams sponsors and steering committeesEstablish and operate effective project governance including recurring team meetings decision forums status cadences action tracking and escalation pathsManage scope and changes through established change control processes evaluating impacts to timeline cost resources quality and operationsApply change management and communication practices that support adoption training process transition and sustained operational useBuild strong relationships with business sponsors key stakeholders technology leads and delivery teams to solve problems build consensus and achieve objectivesCoordinate onshore and offshore internal and external resources clarify roles and responsibilities and secure appropriate capacity to meet planned timeframesAct as a quality control advocate ensuring deliverables are complete accurate traceable to requirements and ready for stakeholder review and approvalManage external software vendors service providers and systems integrators including deliverables dependencies performance and Statement of Work support where applicableTrack project budgets forecasts resource consumption CAPEXOPEX alignment and other required technology finance measuresAdapt to and consistently use project management toolsets and methodologies while identifying practical opportunities for continuous improvementMaintain and improve project documentation delivery workflows and operational practices so that project outcomes are repeatable and sustainableDevelop strategy roadmap and decision presentations in partnership with technology and business leads

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Key DeliverablesIntegrated program plan and milestone schedule covering the end-to-end implementation lifecycleCurrent roadmap resource plan dependency map and prioritized action plan for each workstreamRAID and decision logs with owners due dates mitigations escalation status and closure evidenceExecutive and working team status reports dashboards steering materials and program communicationsScope change control stakeholder communication and organizational change management artifactsTest strategy and plan UAT schedule defect and readiness reporting acceptance tracking and deployment hypercare coordinationComplete project documentation and recommended improvements to MSC workflows toolsets methodologies and operational practices

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