For more than 20 years, AEG has played a pivotal role in transforming sports and live entertainment. Annually, we host more than 160 million guests, promote more than 10,000 shows and present more than 22,000 events around the world. We are committed to innovation, artistry, and community, and leverage the power of our 300 venues, leading sports franchises, marquee music brands, integrated entertainment districts, premier ticketing platform and global sponsorship activations, to create memorable moments that give the world reason to cheer. 

Our business is interwoven with the human mind and heart, and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive company that reflects the artists, athletes, and fans that we host; reach beyond traditional boundaries to support the communities in which we operate; and minimize our impact on the environment by adopting sustainable practices throughout our business operations. 

If you want to be challenged to up your game and make a difference, then join us in giving the world reason to cheer!

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for initiation, planning, coordination, execution, control, and completion of projects within the Global Technology Department, working closely with the other departmental Project Managers, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals. The Project Manager will work closely with the SVP Data, Analytics and Strategy with process improvements and contribute to the maturation of the team's project management and delivery approach.

Essential Functions

• Work closely with project sponsors, project stakeholders and other cross-functional teams to define the scope and objectives of projects and build project timelines with clear and achievable milestones.
• Develop and manage the end-to-end project plans and monitor progress. Effectively manage scope and dependencies; identify risks and issues and proactively resolve/mitigate them with the project teams. Ensure that projects are delivered to time, budget and quality and ensure that any changes to scope are escalated and approved as required.
• Create and maintain all project related documentation and ensure that this is published to relevant stakeholders for review/approval and that it is current.
• Prepare project/program status reports by gathering, analyzing, and summarizing relevant performance information around scope, time, and budget.
• Contribute to strategic planning, status reporting, budgeting and other assigned special projects to continuously improve departmental strategy.
• Lead and manage team stand-ups on a weekly basis, ensuring that project activities are kept on track and all tasks progress to completed.
• Represent projects in required project governance and inter-departmental forums.
• Utilize appropriate project management methodologies to ensure projects maintain velocity and achieve buy-in from all stakeholders.
• Conduct post project reviews including lessons learned and plans for improvement in subsequent projects.

Required Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree (4-year)Business Administration or similar field
• 4-6 yearsRelated work experience
• 4-6 years Experience managing enterprise roll-outs a plus preferred
• 4-6 years Experience managing large-scale cross-functional projects and programs.
• Good understanding of enterprise applications, business processes and business requirement analysis.
• Knowledge of various Project Management methodologies; Waterfall, Agile, Scrum and Kanban
• Proficient in Project Management tools; Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheets and M365 Applications
• Self-directed, proactive, and able to work independently
• Exceptional time management skills with the ability to multi task and identify and manage priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organization and change management skills
• Excellent critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with people of varying roles and seniority
• Understanding of application development, SDLC and data engineering technologies preferred
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)-PMI -PMP Certification preferred

AEG reserves the right to change or modify the employee’s job description whether orally or in writing, at any time during the employment relationship. AEG may require an employee to perform duties outside his/her normal description.