Technical Product Manager
3 days ago
Watford
Allegis Global Solutions is recruiting for a contract position, and the assignment will be at Warner Bros. Discovery Job Title: Product Manager Department Group: Global Monetization and Studio Technology Business Areas: Studios & Experiences Technology Location: Leavesden Type: Contract Who are the Studios & Experiences Technology team? Studios & Experiences Technology are part of the Warner Bros. Discovery Technology group and are responsible for the software and hardware solutions which run physical operations, globally. Their area of focus encompasses four main pillars: • Tours & Retail, • Studio Operations, • Physical Security, • Global Real Estate This role sits within the Studio Operations pillar, supporting the business applications used throughout Leavesden Studios to manage the day-to-day operation of the site. The Role The Product Manager for the Studios & Experiences portfolio is responsible for the successful delivery of applications, from inception and planning through to design, build, delivery and ultimately transition to support. Other core responsibilities include leading and collaborating with project teams, 3rd party implementation partners, and technical teams on a diverse range of major capital projects and smaller initiatives. To the business stakeholders, your role will be that of a trusted partner; To the technology teams, you will be a motivating project lead, providing structure and strong guidance throughout project lifecycles. The role requires a range of skills, involving technical understanding, business analysis concepts and workstream management. This is a great opportunity to excel in a fast-paced environment, encompassing a varied range of applications. You will have the chance to focus on initiatives within numerous business areas across the studio. This opportunity is for one year of maternity cover for the role. Key Responsibilities • Oversee and manage full project lifecycles, within agreed delivery timelines and budget, • Champion business change in alignment to project strategy, to enable high solution adoption, • Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to the project roadmap and backlog for our portfolio, • Contribute to business process & gap analysis exercises, in preparation for project formation, • Work with the business teams to identify key capability needs and identify potential issues, • Excellent stakeholder management and sustainment of outstanding business partner relationships, • Assertively manage challenging conversations, maintaining transparency and trust with high-demanding business leaders, • Maintain understanding of changing business needs and the subsequent impact on process or technology Prior Experience • Proven prior experience of successfully implementing and managing technology projects is crucial to this role., • A solid understanding of complex application ecosystems with dependencies on system integrations is highly desirable. About You • Energetic and meticulously organized, you are expected to have impeccable communications skills and be able to balance multiple concurrent and/or conflicting priorities., • Motivated to deliver effective projects that realize business benefits and achieve positive adoption., • Passionate about your work and problem solving, flexible, resilient, driven and committed. Exhibiting a strong team orientation, with an innately proactive and not reactive approach to work., • Available to work flexible hours between geographies to accommodate cross-time zone collaboration, as well as responding during off-hours to lead decision-making of critical issues., • Highly self-motivated, reliable & able to work with limited supervision. What Else? • Able to develop an in-depth understanding of the business and effectively apply that knowledge to project planning and analysis, • Understand Business Processes & Requirements in-depth and effectively apply them to appropriate technical solutions, • Drive gap-analysis exercises where necessary and develop process flows for to-be state, • Develop the end-to-end project plan, across multiple business units, • Develop cost estimates, capturing underlying assumptions, • Track project spend against budget, across workstreams, • Track consolidated Risk, Issues, and Action Items logs, • Responsible for BU Stakeholder Management and comms throughout project phases, • Ensure team readiness and manage the execution of integration, cutover and roll-back activities, • Ensure projects adhere to WBD Compliance, Cyber Security and Data Privacy policies, • Assist in 3rd party vendor contract (e.g. SOW and MSA) reviews, • Assist in preparation of executive communications, • Assist with review of current technology Service Desk/Help Desk support systems and determine requirements for Support Transition, • Miscellaneous: manage project documentation and file repositories; document lessons-learned and best practices; provide meeting minutes, as well as manage the action item follow up Education & Qualifications • Undergraduate degree -- preferred, • PM Diplomas / Certifications -- preferred, • BA Diplomas / Certifications – preferred