Technical Project Manager

Role Objective:

The Media Cloud Technical Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the successful delivery of cloud-based media solutions, coordinating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring projects meet customer requirements and deadlines. This role involves managing resources, timelines, and budgets while maintaining high standards of quality and service.

Key Responsibilities:

Project Management: Lead and manage end-to-end project delivery, including planning, execution, monitoring, and closure of media cloud projects.

Stakeholder Coordination:Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, vendors, and internal teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment on project goals.

Technical Oversight: Collaborate with engineering and technical teams to define project scope ,technical requirements, and deliverables. Provide guidance on cloud-based solutions, including deployment, scaling, and optimization.

Risk Management :Identify potential risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies, and proactively resolve challenges to ensure project success.

Resource Allocation: Manage project resources, including personnel and budget, to optimize project delivery and efficiency.

Documentation and Reporting :Maintain detailed project documentation, including project plans, timelines ,status reports, and post-project evaluations.

Customer Engagement: Act as a customer advocate, ensuring their needs are met and expectations exceeded. Provide regular updates and manage client feedback.

Quality Assurance :Ensure all projects adhere to industry standards and best practices for cloudinfrastructure, security, and compliance.

Key Skills and Proficiencies:

Project Management: Strong background in project management methodologies (Agile, Waterfall), with proven experience managing technical projects from inception to delivery.

Cloud Technologies: Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP), virtualization, and media streaming solutions. Experience with cloud resource management and optimization.

Media and Streaming: Knowledge of video streaming technologies, protocols (HLS, RTMP, MPEG-DASH),and video compression standards.

Technical Acumen: Ability to understand complex technical concepts and communicate them effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with experience presenting to clients and executive stakeholders.

Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills and the ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues quickly and effectively.

Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams, motivate staff, and drive project success.

Qualification & Experience:

Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; PMP or similar certification preferred.

5+ years of experience in project management, preferably in media, cloud computing, or a related industry.

Familiarity with cloud media services, live video production, and OTT platforms is highly desirable.

Proficiency in project management tools(e.g., JIRA, MS Project) and cloud service platforms.

Availability for occasional travel and flexible hours to accommodate project needs, including live events.

Experience with streaming solutions such as Wowzah, Adobe Flash Media Server, and nginx-rtmp, knowledge of video streaming protocols such as HLS, RTSP, RTMP, MPEG-DASH, and HDS. Additionally, experience in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting video streaming services such as YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook Live.

Skills- Video Encoding, Video Compression, Network Protocols, Streaming Technologies, Cloud Computing, Video Analytics, Quality Assurance.

Understanding audio, visual and caption format standards (AVC, HEVC, AAC, ATMOS, WebVTT, IMSC, HDR/SDR, etc)

Knowledge of associated media file formats standards (ISO base media file format, CMAF, fMP4, MPEG-2 TS)

Experience in the field of video streaming, including commonly used streaming protocols such as HLS, DASH etc

Knowledge of streaming network protocols such as SRT, RIST, RTP, UDP etc

Experience with software performance optimization

Experience using the Core Foundation ,AV Foundation and/or CoreMedia frameworks or equivalent technologies

Worked with Open Source multimedia projects (FFMPEG, gstreamer)

Experience deploying software on elastic platforms such as Kubernetes, EC2, etc