Project Manager (Broadcasting)

Summary

Confidential company is seeking a delivery-focused Project Manager to lead broadcast, distribution, and technology initiatives. The role manages projects from concept through launch and operational handoff, coordinating stakeholders, schedules, budgets, risks, customer onboarding, testing, and post-launch support.

Responsibilities

• Lead broadcast, distribution, and technology initiatives from concept through implementation, launch, and operational handoff
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, RAID logs, and executive status reporting
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, providing regular communication on project status, risks, milestones, and delivery commitments
• Build and maintain strong relationships with distribution partners, customers, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure successful onboarding, launches, and ongoing operational support
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Operations, Product, Customer, and Vendor teams
• Identify project risks, dependencies, customer impacts, and operational challenges and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful outcomes
• Facilitate stakeholder meetings and customer meetings throughout the life of the project
• Manage customer-facing launch activities, including project kickoff, requirements gathering, testing coordination, shadow operational support, issue resolution, and post-launch support to ensure a positive customer experience

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Broadcast Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field — or equivalent practical experience
• 3–5 years of program or project management experience
• Familiarity with broadcast, media, streaming, or content distribution environments. You don't need to be a broadcast engineer, but you should be comfortable speaking the language
• Working understanding of content delivery workflows, including partner onboarding, testing, launch readiness, and ongoing operational support
• Experience managing cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies
• Experience with JIRA, Smartsheet, Confluence, and Microsoft tools
• Experience with sports broadcasting, live event workflows, and Regional Sports Networks (RSNs)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Broadcast Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field — or equivalent practical experience
• 3–5 years of program or project management experience
• Familiarity with broadcast, media, streaming, or content distribution environments. You don't need to be a broadcast engineer, but you should be comfortable speaking the language
• Working understanding of content delivery workflows, including partner onboarding, testing, launch readiness, and ongoing operational support
• Experience managing cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority
• Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies
• Experience with JIRA, Smartsheet, Confluence, and Microsoft tools

Nice to Haves

• Experience with sports broadcasting, live event workflows, and Regional Sports Networks (RSNs)

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement