Project Manager - Control System Upgrades

Evertz is hiring a Project Manager to lead software upgrade (regression) projects for large-scale broadcast and media systems, including SDVN / MAGNUM environments. You will drive each project from request intake through in-house regression testing to a successful customer upgrade, delivered to an agreed specification and timeline.

You will be the main point of contact between the customer, the Regression team, MAGNUM engineering and Service groups for every aspect of the project: scope, quoting, schedule, resources, risk and communication.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Capture the definition of project scope, goals and deliverables during the quoting process
• Develop full project plans covering timeline, tasks and resource requirements across intake, migration testing, emulation testing, hardware device testing, documentation, upgrade deployment and acceptance

• Track and own each regression request; confirm all customer configuration files / system documentation are submitted and audited
• Coordinate kick-off, wrap-up and upgrade sync calls with the Regression, Product and Support teams
• Track production and shipping of any project equipment
• Create the Notice of Work (NOW) from supplied upgrade instructions for internal / customer review
• Coordinate on-site and remote resources for the upgrade window and keep on-call support current on dates, times and site changes
• Coordinate pre-upgrade checklist prior to project deployment

• Track deliverables, blocking bugs and priorities using internal tools
• Own quality assurance / manage project changes and interventions to hit agreed outputs
• Monitor progress / report status, problems and solutions to all stakeholders

• Coordinate project documentation and acceptance as required
• Run project evaluations and feed lessons learned back into the regression process

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• Education in Project Management and/or Electronics, Electrical, Computers, Broadcasting or a related field
• Project management certification such as PMP
• Experience with software upgrade deployment, regression or acceptance testing
• Experience managing large-scale, complex technology development and deployment projects
• Successful project delivery in a broadcast software or IT/network infrastructure environment
• Experience with project management tools and processes (MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred

• Working knowledge of broadcast orchestration and control, media workflows and their standards