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Immediate Opening: Web Project Manager Who Can Read Chinese
posted on Aug 30 2007


Dear CAST-LA Members,

A major Fortune 500 business has a job open to manage a Web project for itsHong Kong business. The location is Anaheim, California. If you are interested,please contact the executive recruiter immediately

Thanks,
CAST-LA

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 theCreative 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 inproject 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 earlyidentification of potential challenges
•    Manage project scope and execute change control when additional requestsfor 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 ofProduction
•    Remedy live site errors quickly and efficiently, minimizing downtime andguest dissatisfaction.

Communication of Project Tracking/Status
•    Provide “Monday  email” to every project team member that outlineswhat’s on deck for the week, deliverables due, by whom and date due, openissues/announcements”, “meetings for the week”, hours allotted per personfor 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 overallstatus 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 quicklyidentify issues and reach resolution
•    Address issues raised by project team members and make tacticaldecisions 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 toManagement 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 ameeting agenda, making sure a conference room/video conference is set up,insuring necessary attendees will be participating and insuring presentationmaterials are ready and set up  
•    Takes meeting notes and publishes Conference Reports which includesummary of what was discussed, agreements made and next steps
•    Follow up with team members to make sure next steps from meeting areclearly communicated and understood

Communication:
•    Confidently lead, motivate, influence and drive progress
•    Work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a highlevel of productivity
•    Proactively make decisions
•    Must be able to work under tight timetables and pressure situations
•    Develop relationships with business unit representatives at DLRinternational businesses

A. Job required qualifications
•          Years of experience:  Minimum of 4 to 6 years as a web siteproducer or project manager
•          Education:  A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience isrequired.
•          Specialized knowledge / expertise:
•          Experience working on database driven web sites and contentmanagement systems
•          Experience with content entry in large CMS structures
•          Extensive experience with HTML, Flash, audio and video tools
•          Project management experience managing budgets, timelines andpeople 
•          Familiarity with graphic design and multimedia tools (Photoshop,Flash, QuickTime, etc.)
•          Ability to work collaboratively with business unitrepresentatives
•          Ability to read Chinese, simplified or traditional
•          Ability to work well in large cross-functional teams
•          Familiarity with information architecture and user interfacedesign 
•          Familiarity with project management tools, such as MS Project orPrimavera
•          Experience working in a large, corporate environment stronglypreferred.

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