Title: Technical Project Manager II

Location: 

Remote (PST hours)

Duration: 12 months

Compensation: 

$46 – $66hr

Work Requirements: US Citizen, Green Card Holders, or Authorized to Work in the U.S.
 

Title: Technical Project Manager II

This role is focused on supporting the end-to-end execution of live and VOD video workflows across digital entertainment platforms. The ideal candidate combines hands-on technical knowledge of broadcast and streaming operations with strong project management, vendor coordination, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support live and VOD event operations from signal planning and vendor onboarding through monitoring, troubleshooting, and post-event analysis.
• Serve as a key point of contact for vendor engagement and event-day technical support.
• Monitor live broadcasts in real time, triage technical issues, and coordinate escalations with production and engineering teams.
• Design and document signal path architectures for platform workflows.
• Validate transcoding configurations, metadata integrity, failover procedures, and QA checkpoints.
• Apply knowledge of streaming infrastructure, including ingest protocols, encoding pipelines, CDN delivery, ABR packaging, and playback workflows.
• Translate operational needs into technical specifications, acceptance criteria, and rollout considerations.
• Create and maintain operational documentation, SOPs, runbooks, and escalation workflows.
• Manage technical projects independently, including scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Support vendor evaluation, integration testing, and platform readiness assessments.
• Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency through automation, scripting, or AI tooling.

Required Qualifications: 

• 3+ years of experience in video content operations, broadcast operations, streaming media, or related technical roles within entertainment or media environments.
• Working knowledge of live broadcast environments, including switching/routing, signal path design, network monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of broadcast contribution and distribution standards such as SMPTE ST 2110/2022, SCTE-35, SEI/KLV metadata, and closed captioning.
• Experience with streaming platform fundamentals, including RTMP, SRT, RIST, transcoding/encoding, HLS, DASH, ABR packaging, and CDN delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple technical projects and priorities from initiation through completion.
• Experience working in fast-paced environments with competing priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with large cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with signal path planning tools, network diagrams, or workflow visualization tools such as Figma, Excalidraw, or Mermaid.
• Hands-on experience with broadcast control systems, video routers, or IP-based media workflows.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability platforms for live video operations.
• Experience developing operational documentation, SOPs, runbooks, or process playbooks.
• Background in platform feature scoping, requirements gathering, or product operations.
• Knowledge of cloud-based media processing pipelines, including transcoding farms and origin servers.
• Experience in a studio, media company, streaming platform, post-production facility, or live event production environment.
• Familiarity with automation and scripting for operational workflows.
• Understanding of content protection, DRM, watermarking, or access control mechanisms in live streaming.
• Experience with VR, immersive media, or next-generation media formats.
• Experience developing AI tools or AI-enabled operational solutions.

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Competitive pay
• 401(k) retirement plan
• …and much more

About INSPYR Solutions

Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients’ business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

INSPYR Solutions provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, INSPYR Solutions complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
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Information collected and processed through your application with INSPYR Solutions (including any job applications you choose to submit) is subject to INSPYR Solutions’ Privacy Policy and INSPYR Solutions’ AI and Automated Employment Decision Tool Policy: https://www.inspyrsolutions.com/policies/. By submitting an application, you are consenting to being contacted by INSPYR Solutions through phone, email, or text.

Information collected and processed through your application with INSPYR Solutions (including any job applications you choose to submit) is subject to INSPYR Solutions’ Privacy Policy and INSPYR Solutions’ AI and Automated Employment Decision Tool Policy: https://www.inspyrsolutions.com/policies/. By submitting an application, you are consenting to being contacted by INSPYR Solutions through phone, email, or text.

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