About the Company:
The company is a high profile, well-funded startup that is supported by some of the top names in the media industry, including The Lenfest Institute, Mike Bloomberg and Stewart Bainum Jr.

Solely focused on the Baltimore area, they are creating a new paradigm for digital-first, cross-channel local media. Their content will extend across web, mobile (app), radio (terrestrial and satellite) and video (TV and digital). Their vision is to be the leading provider of news and lifestyle content in the Baltimore area.

About the Job:
This is a newly created and exciting opportunity to join a startup media company. We are looking to add Project Managers at the mid and senior-levels across the organization. These roles are all client facing. They are responsible for planning and overseeing projects to ensure they are completed in a timely fashion and within budget.

As part of the Project Management team, you will have an opportunity to Independently manage project activities, information, and resources all while building strong client relationships within an Agile framework. You will manage changes to the project group and be responsible for the business stakeholder communications.

Responsibilities Include:

Clear, concise, timely, and accurate communications (both written and verbal) with the right audience. Drives business and technical discussions.

Effective end-to-end delivery of projects and programs. Ensures the right plans are developed, the right connections are made, the right actions taken, and ultimately, the right technical solution is delivered with quality.

Mitigates risks effectively balancing short term decisions with long term consequences when delivering projects. Escalates with good judgment. Is proactive.

Works independently to build consensus, secure commitments, and negotiate positive outcomes on engineering processes, team alignment, and delivery across teams.

Collaborate with engineering teams to drive product roadmaps.

Address bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.

Partner with multiple teams across multiple locations with varying sets of priorities to ensure a timely delivery of products or solutions.

Clarify and drive project commitments as well as establish and maintain clear chains of accountability.

Coordinate meetings with internal and external project team members to identify and resolve issues

Establishing effective project communication plans and ensuring their execution

Analyze business situations, create processes, and demonstrate problem solving and analytical thinking skills for the success of the project

Generate reports to track the progress of projects and deliverables

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience

At least 5 years project management experience

Ability to make good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward

Ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders

Agile Project Management Professional certification and hands-on, real world expertise