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Project Manager – Station Digital MediaLocation: Long Beach, CA (Onsite)Employment Type: Full-TimeAbout StationStation Digital Media builds connected-product ecosystems for leading automotive, marine, medical, and industrial brands. Our Interchange platform powers mobile applications, cloud services, data orchestration, analytics, and AI-driven interactions across millions of devices globally. We operate in complex, multi-layered environments where clarity, alignment, and disciplined execution determine success.We are hiring a Project Manager who can operate with structure, foresight, and strong stakeholder leadership across multi-phase digital programs.Position SummaryThe Project Manager leads cross-functional delivery across mobile apps, cloud services, IoT integrations, data pipelines, and AI/automation features. This role requires someone who can bring order to ambiguous problem spaces, guide stakeholders toward informed decisions, and ensure the team moves with predictable momentum.You will work directly with engineering, design, product, analytics, and client teams to plan, execute, and deliver multi-workstream programs using Station’s Interchange platform. This is a high-visibility role that demands strong judgment, structured thinking, and the ability to align people who naturally operate with different incentives, constraints, and priorities.Key ResponsibilitiesProject & Program DeliveryDevelop clear work plans, timelines, and work breakdown structures from incomplete or evolving requirements.Drive day-to-day execution across engineering, design, QA, and product teams, ensuring dependencies are resolved before they become blockers.Maintain detailed project documentation, acceptance criteria, decision logs, and RAID tracking.Oversee sprint activities and backlog quality; ensure delivery aligns with timelines, scope, and commitments.Coordinate multi-phase lifecycle execution from discovery through production release.Stakeholder Alignment & LeadershipBuild alignment across internal team members, executives, and client partners by framing decisions, tradeoffs, and implications succinctly.Anticipate areas of misalignment early and address them proactively before they surface as issues.Escalate risks or constraints with structured reasoning and recommended actions.Facilitate effective meetings that produce decisions, not just discussion.Risk & Dependency ManagementIdentify integration, compliance, data, and cross-system risks early in the planning cycle.Develop mitigation paths and ensure they are owned and tracked.Construct realistic testing and UAT plans that reflect actual user and system behavior.Ensure release planning includes readiness checks, support planning, and operational continuity.Communication & ReportingProduce concise and executive-ready updates that focus on implications, tradeoffs, and required decisions.Tailor communication style for engineering, design, product leadership, and external partners.Provide structured summaries of progress, risks, and options avoiding verbose or reactive reporting.Business & Technical FluencyUnderstand how project decisions affect cost, licensing, resourcing, and long-term maintainability.Partner with product and engineering on SOW creation, LOE estimation, and roadmap refinement.Develop working knowledge of Station’s Interchange modules (data ingestion, orchestration, identity, chat/AI, analytics, mobile) to guide planning and risk assessment.Requirement GatheringLead structured requirement-gathering sessions with internal teams and client stakeholders to define scope, functionality, constraints, and success criteria.Translate business objectives into clear technical requirements, user flows, data needs, and integration points.Decompose high-level concepts into actionable specifications that engineering, design, and QA can execute against.Identify edge cases, operational considerations, and downstream impacts to ensure requirements are complete and grounded in real-world usage.Maintain traceability between requirements, acceptance criteria, and project deliverables to ensure alignment throughout the lifecycle.Testing & Quality ValidationPartner with engineering and QA to develop comprehensive test plans, UAT scenarios, and measurable acceptance criteria.Ensure requirements are testable, unambiguous, and aligned with expected system behavior before development begins.Coordinate UAT cycles, consolidate feedback, drive defect triage, and communicate resolution paths to all stakeholders.Validate that completed features and integrations meet documented requirements, quality standards, and operational readiness.Oversee release readiness by ensuring test coverage, signoffs, support planning, and post-launch monitoring expectations are met.QualificationsRequired4–7 years of experience managing digital product or platform projects (mobile, cloud, IoT, or comparable complexity).Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous requirements into structured plans and clear decisions.Strong capability in cross-functional coordination across engineering, design, product, QA, and data teams.Experience with API-driven systems, data schemas, integration workflows, or cloud services.Excellent written and verbal communication skills with an emphasis on clarity and framing.Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and modern agile practices.PreferredExperience with connected devices, IoT platforms, or telematics programs.Background in multi-layered digital ecosystems (apps services data identity).Exposure to AI/ML-enabled products or automated customer workflows.Experience supporting enterprise/OEM clients with complex operational and compliance requirements.What Success Looks LikeYou create structure and momentum where others see ambiguity.Teams consistently know what to do next and why it matters.Risks are surfaced early, not discovered late.Cross-org stakeholders trust your framing and rely on your judgment.Delivery is predictable, calm, and well-orchestrated—even when the environment isn’t.Why Join StationYou’ll operate at the intersection of mobile apps, connected devices, data systems, and next-generation AI use cases. The work is fast-moving, meaningful, and deeply collaborative across industries undergoing rapid digital transformation.What We OfferGroup health insurance (Medical PPO/HMO, Dental PPO, Vision, Life, and various voluntary plans).401(k) retirement plan with employer match up to 4%.Paid time off: 10 vacation days, and 7 paid sick days.Paid holidays: 11 days per year plus year-end and new year closure.Professional development support
Salary : $71,000 - $90,000