Are you ready to take your career to new heights and be a part of a dynamic team at Rogers Sports & Media? We believe in creativity, innovation, and collaboration in everything we do, and we are looking for people who share this mindset to join us. With a monthly reach of 30 million Canadians, you can help shape the future of sports, news, e-commerce, and entertainment. At Rogers, we value diversity and inclusivity and believe that every voice matters. Join us today and be a part of a team that is redefining the future of media.
Senior Project Manager – Media Technology
Who we're looking for:
We are looking for a strong leader to join the Broadcast Engineering team within Rogers as a Sr. Project Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering project management excellence on key strategic initiatives through disciplined execution. The breadth and complexity of these projects cannot be understated. The successful candidate should be able to oversee the impacts, interdependencies and timelines between functional teams and work to ensure project initiatives meet the goals and objectives set forth by the senior and executive leadership teams.
What you'll do:
- Manage infrastructure-related deployments, upgrades, and strategic technology initiatives from planning through execution.
- Manage project funding, including Capital Authorization (CA) requests, budget development, forecasting, financial tracking, and variance reporting.
- Developed business cases, procurement documentation, and financial approvals required to support project delivery.
- Participate in vendor evaluation and selection processes, including RFP development, proposal reviews, and recommendation activities.
- Manage vendor relationships and holding vendors accountable for contractual obligations, milestones, deliverables, schedules, and project outcomes.
- Coordinate and facilitating workshops, discovery sessions, design reviews, and planning meetings with vendors and internal stakeholders.
- Partner with stakeholders to evaluate requirements, scope changes, project impacts, and resource needs.
- Developed and maintaining project plans, schedules, RAID logs, action registers, and project documentation.
- Provide regular project status updates, executive summaries, dashboards, and governance reporting to stakeholders and leadership teams.
- Identify risks, dependencies, issues, and constraints early, and proactively driving mitigation and resolution plans.
- Lead steering committee, governance, and stakeholder discussions to support informed decision-making and project alignment.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure deliverables are completed on time, dependencies are managed, and project momentum is maintained.
- Conduct analysis and providing recommendations to support operational, financial, and technology decisions.
- Ensure alignment between project delivery, financial objectives, strategic priorities, and operational goals.
- Drive accountability across project teams by tracking commitments, following up on actions, removing roadblocks, and ensuring successful execution of key initiatives.
What you bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Broadcast Technology, or a related field or experience would be an asset.
- PMP certification preferred; Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and SAFe certification considered assets.
- 7+ years of project management experience, preferably leading complex technology, infrastructure, media asset management, broadcast engineering, or digital media transformation projects.
- Experience delivering projects within a broadcast, media, content production, streaming, or digital media environment.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including Agile, SAFe, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches.
- Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and technology deployment lifecycles.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, programs, and cross-functional workstreams.
- Experience with Media Asset Management (MAM), Digital Asset Management (DAM), content workflows, video content management systems, or related broadcast technologies.
- Proven experience managing project budgets, capital funding, forecasting, financial reporting, and cost controls.
- Experience developing business cases, Capital Authorization (CA) submissions, procurement documentation, and vendor statements of work.
- Demonstrated experience participating in vendor selection processes, RFP evaluations, contract negotiations, and vendor governance activities.
- Proven ability to manage vendor performance, track deliverables, facilitate workshops, and ensure contractual commitments are achieved.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with experience presenting project status, risks, financials, and recommendations to senior leadership and steering committees.
- Advanced experience using Microsoft Project, Microsoft 365 applications, and project reporting tools.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, and other Atlassian tools considered an asset.
- Strong financial, analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, negotiation, and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to identify risks, manage dependencies, resolve issues, and drive projects to successful completion.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while balancing changing priorities and competing business objectives.
- A commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility, helping create an environment where everyone feels welcomed, valued, and supported.
What's in it for you?
We believe in investing in our people and helping them reach their potential as valuable members of our team. As part of our team, you’ll have access to a wide range of incredible resources, growth opportunities, discounts, and perks, including:
- Competitive salary & annual bonus.
- Competitive & flexible health and dental benefits, pension plan, RRSP, TFSA, and Stock matching programs.
- Discounts: Enjoy up to 50% off Rogers Services and Blue Jays Tickets, 25% off TSC items, and a 20% discount on all wireless accessories sold in Rogers stores.
- Paid time off for volunteering.
- Company matching contributions to charities you support.
Growth & Development Opportunities
- Self-driven career development programs
- Rogers First: priority in applying to internal roles of interest
Wellness Programs
- Employee & family assistance program
- Virtual Healthcare
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Low or no-cost fitness membership
Our commitment to diversity:
- An inclusive and diverse workplace where you can bring your whole self to work.
To protect our people, brand and assets, a pre-employment background check will be conducted. As part of our selection process, all candidates must clear a criminal background check. Additionally, a credit check and drivers abstract may be required depending on the role.
Schedule: Full time Shift: Day Length of Contract: Not Applicable (Regular Position) Work Location: 1 Mount Pleasant (083), Toronto, ON Travel Requirements: Up to 10% Background Check(s) Required: Canadian Criminal Record Check Posting Category/Function: Project Management & Broadcasting Requisition ID: 344479
To support career growth, collaboration, and high-performing teams, all Corporate Employees are expected to work onsite. We believe that in-person connection strengthens our culture and drives industry-leading performance.
At Rogers, we believe the key to a strong business, is a diverse workforce where equity and inclusion are core to making everyone feel like they belong. We do this by embracing our diversity, celebrating our different perspectives, and working towards creating environments that empower our people to bring their whre that they have what they need to be at their best. Please reach out to our recruiters and hiring managers to begin a conversation abouole selves to work. Everyone who applies for a job will be considered. We recognize the business value in creating a workplace where each team member has the tools to reach their full potential by removing any barriers for equal participation. We work with our candidates who are experiencing a disability throughout the recruitment process to ensut how we can ensure that you deliver your best work. You matter to us! For any questions, please visit the Recruitment Process FAQ.
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