Job Description
Job
Technical Project Manager
Description
As the world’s leading multidisciplinary service provider, Deluxe underpins the media and entertainment industry, servicing content creators and distributors including Netflix, WarnerMedia, The Walt Disney Company, Amazon, Apple, Viacom, NBCU, Google, AT&T and many others, by providing Global Content Distribution, Localization, Accessibility and Mastering while leading end-to-end innovation with unparalleled scale and agility across the Streaming, Theatrical, Broadcast and Mobile landscapes. With headquarters in Los Angeles and offices around the globe, the company employs over 4,000 of the most talented and experienced industry individuals worldwide. For more information, please visit
www.bydeluxe.com
Location: London, UK (hybrid working)
Contract: 12 months fixed term
We are currently looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our Cinema business unit. Deluxe Cinema is responsible for the mastering and distribution of all digital content to theaters on behalf of major cinema studio clients. These responsibilities are inclusive of a variety of content services including digital cinema mastering, 2D and 3D subtitling, format validation, and social media transcoding and fulfillment.
The Technical Project Manager is primarily responsible for managing the technical project frameworks for worldwide Mastering and/or Distribution development programs. This includes but may not be limited to organizing and leading project meetings, following up on action holders, building out and updating project trackers, and otherwise facilitating interfaces between all varieties of project stakeholders. The project portfolio for this role will focus on the global realignment of mastering operations in our UK and US offices. This project will oversee planning, testing, and training globally aligned workflows, the design and buildout of common infrastructure and application toolsets in all regions, and the transition of workforce and workloads between offices. However, the exact portfolio will likely vary across mastering technology programs and regions to some extent which may include aspects of product development, infrastructure development, and/or technical operations development.
Role and Responsibilities
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Own, evolve, and maintain the technical project management framework for the given portfolio
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Manage requests/approvals: identifying stakeholders, outlining scope and requirements, defining business justifications, and building effort and timeline estimates
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Manage regular project meetings: schedule and lead meetings, take and distribute meeting minutes, record and follow-up on action items
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Manage project reporting: track progress from scoping to rollout while reporting status to operational and executive stakeholders
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Manage operational rollout: help organize operational training and assist with documentation
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Build a depth and breadth of knowledge across cinema workflows and systems to assist in technical project roadmap and architecture discussion
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Proven experience within either technical project management, technical operations, product development, or engineering
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Understanding of different project/product management frameworks: phasing, roles and responsibilities of stakeholder, status tracking and review
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Technical documentation and training experience
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An interest in entertainment postproduction and digital cinema mastering/distribution is a plus
Deluxe is committed to inclusivity, fostering an environment where every employee feels comfortable bringing their full selves to work. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against, based on race, colour, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.