Technical Project Manager – Broadcast & Media Infrastructure
4 days ago
New York
Job Title: Technical Project Manager – Broadcast & Media Infrastructure Location: New York City, NY (Midtown) — Local candidates only Schedule: Hybrid (3–5 days onsite depending on project needs) Duration: 12+ month contract with strong potential for multi-year extension and permanent) Pay Rate: $70–75/hr + Benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision) Hours: Full-time, Monday–Friday (9:00 AM – 6:00 PM) About the Role Our client is seeking a Technical Project Manager with broadcast/media industry experience to support large-scale broadcast technology and media infrastructure initiatives. This role is focused on managing technical projects within broadcast/media environments, including infrastructure upgrades, system implementations, technology rollouts, and cross-functional engineering coordination. The ideal candidate brings a combination of: • Strong technical project management fundamentals, • Experience working within broadcast, media, streaming, or entertainment environments, • Ability to manage technical infrastructure projects involving engineering, vendors, and enterprise stakeholders This is not a content production or creative PM role. The focus is on technology delivery, infrastructure coordination, systems implementation, and enterprise project execution within media/broadcast operations. Key Responsibilities • Lead end-to-end delivery of technical projects within broadcast/media technology environments, • Manage project plans, timelines, milestones, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communication across multiple workstreams, • Coordinate closely with engineering, infrastructure, operations, broadcast technology, and vendor teams, • Support implementations, migrations, upgrades, and rollouts involving broadcast systems, media infrastructure, or enterprise technology platforms, • Run status meetings, project reviews, stakeholder updates, and executive reporting, • Identify project risks, blockers, and dependencies while driving mitigation plans and issue resolution, • Track project scope, timelines, documentation, budgets, and delivery milestones, • Ensure strong project governance, reporting accuracy, and communication across technical and non-technical teams, • Support fast-moving, high-visibility initiatives across multiple concurrent projects Required Qualifications • 5–10 years of Technical Project Management experience supporting infrastructure, systems, or enterprise technology projects, • Must have prior experience within broadcast, media, streaming, or entertainment technology environments, • Proven experience managing technical implementations, infrastructure projects, migrations, or enterprise systems rollouts, • Strong experience working directly with engineering and technical teams, • Experience managing projects involving broadcast systems, media infrastructure, or technical operations environments, • Strong understanding of project management fundamentals, including planning, risk management, dependency tracking, scope management, budgets, and delivery execution, • Experience using project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, Asana, or similar platforms, • Strong proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, reporting dashboards, and executive-level updates, • Ability to manage multiple stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional technical teams, • Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear project plans and updates, • Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment with multiple concurrent initiatives, • Must be local to New York City and able to work onsite 3–5 days per week Preferred Qualifications • Experience supporting broadcast technology transformations or enterprise media infrastructure upgrades, • Exposure to video delivery platforms, broadcast operations, media asset workflows, or streaming technologies, • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, storage systems, networking, or media workflows, • PMP, Agile, Scrum, or related project management certifications, • Experience supporting large enterprise organizations or consulting-driven environments Additional Information • This role requires a combination of both technical project management experience and broadcast/media industry exposure, • Candidates coming strictly from general IT PM backgrounds without media/broadcast experience will likely not be the right fit, • Candidates coming from broadcast/media operations without strong technical PM experience will also not be the right fit, • Ideal candidates have managed technical infrastructure or systems projects specifically within broadcast, media, streaming, or entertainment organizations