Vice President, Project Management

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox News Media

FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the newly announced platform FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for 20 consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks among the top business channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media reaches 200 million people each month.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Establish and lead an in-house Project Management Office (PMO) that will provide project management support to internal technical teams to execute complex media technology, application development, technical implementation, scenic, critical infrastructure and construction projects from initiation to completion, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. This role is responsible for team leadership, project strategy, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and delivering results within scope, time, and budget constraints.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recruit, hire and lead project managers

• Mentor and guide junior project manager team members, fostering collaboration and professional development

• Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders

• Develop and track schedule critical path, project plans and resource allocations

• Coordinate budget inputs with key stakeholders and FNM finance

• Lead and facilitate meetings to drive decision making

• Ensure cross-functional team alignment and manage project execution

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues

• Communicate project status, risks, and changes to stakeholders and leadership

• Ensure adherence to project management best practices and methodologies

• Oversee bid process and manage outside professionals (architects, MEP, structural, owner’s reps, etc.)

• Partner with sourcing to negotiate contracts

• Ability to manage agile and scrum application development processes

• Track cross functional processes, risks, and dependencies

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Demonstrated experience in developing a PMO team and personally leading and managing complex projects

• Strong verbal, written, presentation and interpersonal skills

• Experience managing complex critical infrastructure and technical projects in the media and entertainment industry

• Deep understanding of project budgeting and financial management

• Ability to align projects with organizational goals and strategies

• Demonstrated experience of delivering successful critical systems, data center and interiors construction projects

• Engineering or equivalent degree preferred

• Proficiency in schedule management platforms (Smartsheets, MS Project)

• Ability to track agile and scrum application development and dev ops processes

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