Audio Project Manager Job at ZipRecruiter in Redmond

Job Description

About Ascendion

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.

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• Build the coolest tech for world’s leading brands
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About the Role:

Job Title: Audio Project Manager

Summary:

The Team brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of virtual and augmented reality, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today. Just as personal computers have done over the past 4-5 years, AR and VR will ultimately change everything about how we work, play, and connect. We are developing all the technologies needed to enable breakthrough AR glasses and VR headsets, including optics and displays, computer vision, audio, graphics, brain-computer interfaces, haptic interaction, eye/hand/face/body tracking, perception science, and true telepresence. In particular, the Audio team is focused on two goals; creating virtual sounds that are perceptually indistinguishable from reality, and redefining human hearing. See more about our work here. These two initiatives will allow us to connect people by allowing them to feel together despite being physically apart, and allow them to converse in even the most difficult listening environments.

We are seeking a contract project manager to help us advance an ambitious research project aiming to develop technologies that will augment human capabilities and enable effortless communication in acoustically challenging environments. We are accepting applications from individuals with proven project management experience in scientific research or technology development. An ideal candidate would have familiarity with some or all of the following areas of research:

Audio signal processing

Machine learning and computer vision

Hearing sciences

Product Development (Hardware & Software Integration)

Duties:

• Oversee designated projects and provide the team with direction and support, including:
• Managing project goals and timeline
• Creating documentation
• Coordinating technology development
• Assigning and tracking tasks
• Managing timelines and resources
• Monitor problems, facilitate resolution, and implement changes as necessary to keep project on track
• Regularly report on project progress, dependencies, and risks to stakeholders
• Take meeting notes that capture decisions and action items
• Develop request for proposal (RFP) and statement of work (SOW) documents
• Willingness to "roll up your sleeves" and take on operational tasks in support of the team's goals
• Typically requires on-site field work in overseeing project and will report to a Technical Program Manager

Skills:

• Work experience in project management with a demonstrated track record of successful project completion
• Proven project management, interpersonal, and communication skills, with strong attention to detail
• Must be proactive, with proven ability to execute on multiple tasks simultaneously
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally with team members and individuals throughout the broader organization
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Experience working in a fast-paced research and/or product development environment

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in computer science, engineering, management or business.

Top 3 must-have HARD skills:

1. Project planning and execution by this I mean quick prioritization, risk assessment and organization of medium term (up to 3 month) goals. They will work closely with multiple technical leads to prioritize and execute the ongoing work. Taking ownership of the priorities and communicating them as needed is expected. If their workstream(s) were unsure what the priorities are with the information available to ensure necessary conversations take place or escalate if needed.

2. Strong communication skills they need to be able to concisely convey the priorities within the workstreams that they work for and to projects or workstreams that support their goals. A technical background will be needed to understand and communicate the goals. Audio background is highly desirable but a different technical background with the ability to learn quickly has worked very well.

3. Task management and tracking they will directly oversee the task management and tracking of goals with their technical leads.

4. Some Agile experience.

Nice to haves:

technical Audio experience

Machine Learning experience

computer vision experience

end to end software project management experience.

Interview Process/Format:

Initial screening interview (questions asked about their interests, CV and how they might tackle hypothetical scenarios).

Followed by second round of interviews

Behavioral, Program Sense and Technical Sense interviews.

Location: Redmond, WA.

Salary Range: The salary for this position is between $70/Hr – $80/Hr. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term insurance] [short-term insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year] [Ascendion Learning Management System]

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