posted on Aug 30 2007
Dear PUAASC Members,
A major Fortune 500 business has a job open to manage a Web project for its Hong Kong business. The location is Anaheim, California. If you are interested, please contact the executive recruiter immediately
Thanks,
PUAASC
Please submit resumes to:
Susy Urquiza
Email: urquizas@superior-sdc.com
Phone: 714 – 376- 5092
ALT WORK SCHED: 11AM – 8PM
REQUIRED: Read Chinese, simplified or traditional
PREFERRED: Speak Chinese, Cantonese or Mandarin
LOCATION: Anaheim, CA
Responsible for leading the project:
• Coordinate the process and the execution of the project across the Creative Development & Production, Technology, and Business Development teams
• Coordinate all efforts across the three areas (CD&P, Tech, and Bus Dev)
• Document the scope of work with help from functional leads
• Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget
• Develop the project plan and schedule
• Ensure every necessary step to complete project is accounted for in project plan
• Clearly organize and forecast deliverables and dependencies
• Ensure proactive scheduling of all aspects of the production
• Manage the full life cycle of projects from requirements through launch
• Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads
• Manage day-to-day tasks and have in-depth involvement to allow for early identification of potential challenges
• Manage project scope and execute change control when additional requests for features or functionality are made
• Elevate situations that may require Executive intervention
• Maintain Disney quality
• Insure on-time project deliverables
• Provide weekly status reports and regular updates to the Director of Production
• Remedy live site errors quickly and efficiently, minimizing downtime and guest dissatisfaction.
Communication of Project Tracking/Status
• Provide “Monday email†to every project team member that outlines what’s on deck for the week, deliverables due, by whom and date due, open issues/announcementsâ€, “meetings for the weekâ€, hours allotted per person for the week, key project milestones, total project budget and cost-to-date
• Clearly communicate deadlines to project team members
• Provide weekly status of your project every Friday including overall status and any issues requiring resolution and the planned course of action
Conflict Identification and Resolution:
• Proactively identify any risk or conflicts based upon creative, technology or business factors
• Facilitate negotiation among all parties involved in order to quickly identify issues and reach resolution
• Address issues raised by project team members and make tactical decisions to resolve issue and move project forward
Responsible for managing project budget:
• Set up project in TeamPlay/MS Project
• Communicate to team members where to bill their time
• Insure team member time sheets are submitted every week
• Verify and approve time on a weekly basis
• Provide project status including cost-to-date/cost-to-complete to Management every week
• Accountable for delivering project within budget
Responsible for project administration:
• Work with team members to set up necessary meetings
• Facilitate meeting logistics including preparing and distributing a meeting agenda, making sure a conference room/video conference is set up, insuring necessary attendees will be participating and insuring presentation materials are ready and set up
• Takes meeting notes and publishes Conference Reports which include summary of what was discussed, agreements made and next steps
• Follow up with team members to make sure next steps from meeting are clearly communicated and understood
Communication:
• Confidently lead, motivate, influence and drive progress
• Work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a high level of productivity
• Proactively make decisions
• Must be able to work under tight timetables and pressure situations
• Develop relationships with business unit representatives at DLR international businesses
A. Job required qualifications
• Years of experience: Minimum of 4 to 6 years as a web site producer or project manager
• Education: A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required.
• Specialized knowledge / expertise:
• Experience working on database driven web sites and content management systems
• Experience with content entry in large CMS structures
• Extensive experience with HTML, Flash, audio and video tools
• Project management experience managing budgets, timelines and people
• Familiarity with graphic design and multimedia tools (Photoshop, Flash, QuickTime, etc.)
• Ability to work collaboratively with business unit representatives
• Ability to read Chinese, simplified or traditional
• Ability to work well in large cross-functional teams
• Familiarity with information architecture and user interface design
• Familiarity with project management tools, such as MS Project or Primavera
• Experience working in a large, corporate environment strongly preferred.
B. Desired qualifications
• Able to work in a fluid, fast-paced environment.
• Highly motivated self-starter
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to speak Chinese, Cantonese or Mandarin dialects
• Good leadership skills
• Ability to communicate with diplomacy and tact
• A focus on Guest service and problem solving; solutions oriented
• Ability to delegate tasks, as appropriate
• Willingness to accept accountability
