Learfield
Project Manager
Dallas, TX
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 25 days ago
AzureDevOpsProduct ManagementProject ManagementAgileJiraLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- This role reports to the Vice President, Data & Analytics.
- Learfield is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
- Maintain a well-structured, prioritized backlog in close collaboration with Product Managers, ensuring the team always has a clear and ready queue of work
- Partner with Product Managers and engineering to enforce consistent story pointing standards
- Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure initiatives and epics are translated into well-defined, actionable stories at the appropriate time
- Maintain forward visibility into upcoming work, flagging when stories are not sprint-ready or when dependencies remain unresolved
- Participate in initiative-level planning conversations alongside Product Managers and leadership, helping to document outcomes, owners, and timelines
- Collaborate with other Project Managers to align on process standards, share best practices, and coordinate cross-team dependencies
- Support leadership in tracking the work of external engineering partners within Azure DevOps, ensuring their contributions are story pointed, sprint-tracked, and visible across the team
- Maintain a retrospective log each sprint in coordination with Product Managers, documenting what slipped, root causes, and corrective actions
- As a Project Manager on Learfield's Data Strategy & Analytics team, you will serve as the operational backbone of a high-performing team building Fanbase - our proprietary data and analytics platform that delivers strategic fan insights across the enterprise.
- Fanbase aggregates data spanning ticketing, sponsorship, digital and social channels, commerce, and beyond, enabling our organization and school partners to more deeply understand fan engagement with college athletics - and to translate that understanding into stronger marketing efficiency, expanded commercial opportunities, and more meaningful fan relationships.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience in a project coordination, project management, or operations role
- Experience with project management or work tracking platforms such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Asana, or equivalent
- Ability to sit or stand at a desk for majority of day.
- Ability to use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, keyboard and mouse.
- Ability to talk, hear and communicate clearly in person and via phone/video conferencing.
Nice to have
- Exposure to product road mapping tools such as Aha or similar platforms is a plus
- Background in sports or collegiate athletics is a plus, though not required
Compensation
- Learfield offers a full spectrum of benefits for eligible employees including Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance and Other Insurance Plans, Flexible Paid Time Off (minimum 10+ days annually), including Parental
Benefits
- Leave benefits are consistent with state and local laws, including the Colorado Health Families and Workplaces Act.
- Own the day-to-day health of the Data Products sprint board in Azure DevOps, ensuring tickets are current, clearly described, and accurately pointed
Visa & Work Authorization
- Fanbase aggregates data spanning ticketing, sponsorship, digital and social channels, commerce, and beyond, enabling our organization and school partners to more deeply understand fan engagement with college athletics — and to translate tha
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