About the job
Major League Baseball is looking for Technical Project Managers who are passionate about bringing out the best in our teams, fostering innovation, and delivering world class experiences to baseball fans around the world. At MLB, we deliver the most sophisticated products and services in professional sports. Since our inception in 2001, the technical arm of Major League Baseball has led the sports industry in its unprecedented technical depth and breadth. From ballparks to mobile phones to gaming platforms and broadcast media tools, MLB has created and delivered industry-leading experiences that baseball fans love--and we're just getting started!
As a Technical Project Manager, you will work in an agile setting with world-class product owners, designers, researchers and engineers to bring our incredible experiences to market. MLB is looking for skilled Agilest who understand what it takes for teams to deliver high-visibility, high-quality products in a complex, fast-paced environment.
We’ve built a passionate community of program managers who love thinking about what it means to “be,” rather than “do” agile, who work closely together to craft environments where our teams can grow and thrive.
Core Responsibilities
- Coach your team to further maturity and development excellence
- Effectively execute software development iterations throughout the life of your assigned teams by managing activities, sequence, dependencies, work effort, duration and associated resource requirements
- Establish processes that enable teams to deliver reliably, quickly, and efficiently
- Work with other TPMs to make sure external project dependencies are properly managed
- Manage project communications, ensuring effective exchange of project information and deliverables to internal and external stakeholders
- Identify, analyze, and communicate project risks
Required
Qualifications
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies
- Effectively communicates with both technical and non-technical participants
- Passionate about continually improving processes
- Passionate about making teams as successful as possible
Preferred
- Hands-on experience with leading development teams through agile transformations
- Agile Scrum Master certification
- Degree in either Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, MIS
Why MLB?
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of opportunity, collaboration, and professionalism. The professionals who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify and solve problems, put the team first, and work collaboratively. For those who are ready to join the “Major Leagues” of their careers, MLB takes the same approach as they do with their players: striving to empower their own “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are ready to step up to the plate and continue transforming America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.
MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment.
With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.
MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!
Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!
All in-office and ballpark-based positions are subject to MLB's mandatory Covid-19 vaccine policy
