Manager, Strategic Process

Job Description

The Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.

Responsibilities

• Tracking Financials: Develop and manage tracking for all workforce spend including vendor contracts, team engagement, and travel. Report on actuals and forecasts, identify potential overspend, and make budget recommendations.
• Managing Vendors: Vet vendors with Procurement and Legal teams, set up vendors in internal systems, process contracts and renewals, coordinate contract signatures, invoice approvals, and payments. Occasional negotiations required.
• Improving Processes: Develop and document processes for effective program management to support our workforce in the headcount and vendor space.
• Managing Risk: Assess cross-project risks and actively mitigate them through VP-level stakeholder partnerships. Anticipate and prevent problems and roadblocks before they occur.
• Handling Communication: Improve communication channels between teams. Be an exemplary model for optimism, bringing solutions to surfaced problems, and coaching others to do the same.
• Maintaining Independence and Accountability: Operate independently, take responsibility for decisions affecting the team, and make choices that advance the organization.
• Managing People: Support and grow a global team through shared capacity planning across time zones, soft skills development, and documentation between separate HRIS.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (5-8 years) in vendor management or financial portfolio management
• High proficiency in Excel and other financial tracking tools like Monday.com or Smartsheet.
• Experience managing direct reports in a small team.
• Experience working with global teams in various time zones.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• 2+ years of experience in a technical role, team, or company.
• Strong preference for experience working alongside, or within, video engineering or a relevant engineering field.