Sr. Technical Project Manager

Job Description

Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from Paramount Global, combines live sports, breaking news, and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world's biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the US in addition to the ability to stream Paramount Streaming's other live channels: CBSN for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.

BRAND/DIVISION OVERVIEW

We are the PMO for Paramount+ at Paramount Streaming, that boasts unparalleled insight into transforming Agile Teams at Scale. Our program managers, release managers, and scrum masters bring passion to iterative delivery and process while keeping our eyes on the goal and motivating one another to do the same!

ROLE DETAILS

We are looking for a Sr Scrum Master for the PMO team on CBS Interactive's software development teams. The ideal candidate keeps their eyes on the delivery goal while coaching their teams and leading several distributed project teams from start to finish. We want someone who loves the Scrum Master role, embedded with up to 2 cross-functional scrum teams (allocated across the U.S and Europe), and can make things happen! This position knows what it takes to manage complex projects, involving multiple partners with a diverse team of collaborators. Apple, Android or Roku domain knowledge and architecture is highly desirable.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY
• Manage the multiple scrum teams throughout the whole software development lifecycle
• Scrum Master of software development cross-functional teams, consisting of onsite / offsite engineers, QA, and an engineering manager
• Scrum Master for Roku, Apple, Android apps and front end project teams including work with Infrastructure/SRE and API teams on backend technical roadmap initiatives
• Manage mobile releases across several teams by tracking fix versions in Jira and working with technical leads for deployments
• Collaborate with Engineering Core engineers and various partners to prioritize and coordinate development efforts to deliver on schedule
• Coach, facilitate and maintain a steady and beneficial Agile process methodologies for the teams, driving process and transparency
• Communicate with the business around teams velocity and projects health while supporting the PMO in reporting on all teams' status
• Prepare and lead project plans, documentation, risk mitigation and resource management as needed for cross-team initiatives and large projects/programs
• Resolve urgent issues and remove impediments for the team
• Additional other duties and responsibilities, as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS
• Scrum Master certification with deep understanding of all things Agile (Scrum, Kanban and other methodologies)
• 5+ years multi-project management experience in a technical (SDLC) environment
• Experience working in Mobile Applications and OTT development teams in technologies such as HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, iOS, ANDROID
• Deep knowledge of agile and traditional frameworks
• Extensive experience road mapping, planning, gantt as well as fostering iterative processes and feedback milestones in the SDLC
• Experience with Bitbucket, GitHub and Jenkins
• Proficiency in tools: Jira, Confluence, Google Suite, Slack
• Good interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate ideas in a fast-paced creative environment
• Able to travel occasionally to San Francisco and Los Angeles offices
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

You might also have –
• SAFe Agilist certification in addition to ScrumMaster
• Expert Admin JIRA user
• Experience with Content Management Systems, Subscription or Membership sites, Publishing Systems, Digital Media sites development, and streaming video
• 3+ years experience developing and maintaining Mobile applications
• Knowledge of advertising concepts (traditional and/or online)
• Knowledge of responsive design experience on Mobile, Desktop and Large TV screens
• Moderate to high proficiency with standard development software

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gxv7qo-3-14-70-203-42 in your application.