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Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)
Job Summary
This job code is to be used for internships and co-ops. It is not to be used for temporary or contract workers.
Job Description
The Comcast Cooperative Educational Program (Co-op) immerses students into the daily operations of a contemporary media and technology company while working side-by-side with Comcast’s top innovators. Designed for students whose curriculum allows for a cooperative learning track, the co-op becomes an integral part of the Comcast team working on creative, innovative, and thought-provoking projects within various business units. Throughout the experience, there is opportunity for exposure to mentorship and professional development while having some fun along the way.
The CONNECT Plex mission is to be the chosen global communications service provider, connecting the world through the most desirable, intelligent, impactful solutions. Our Plex vision is to imagine and deliver innovative communications products and tools, empowering customers by expanding the reach and capability of Comcast's network. We achieve this through our people, and a relentless focus on reliability, scalability, and operational excellence. The Plex Product Delivery team is to propel CONNECT Plex and its partners in creating the most desirable, intelligent, impactful solutions through collaborative human-to-human interactions at scale. We orchestrate the delivery of innovative communications products and enterprise tools. We achieve this through servant leadership, creating alignment and clarity at all levels of the org on program deliverables that enable decision making. We do this through relationships building, practiced delivery processes, and technical understanding in service of the defined effort?.
As a Technical Project Manager Co-op, you will specifically work with the technology teams to assist with special projects. You will be part of an active software development team without having to learn to code. Instead, you will be a part of the Delivery team to learn and apply project management principles, Agile tenets, and various business principles to ensure the successful delivery of various features by the technology teams.?
You will try many different aspects of building technology tools that are not directly code or design, such as Project Management and Portfolio Management.
Examples of what you can learn:?
Project Management principles?
Portfolio Management principles?
User testing and feature trial support?
Business principles such as meeting facilitation and project documentation?
Agile and Scrum tenets?
Confluence, and principles of collaborative knowledge sharing tools?
Jira, and principles of task management?
Smartsheet, and principles of project management tools?
Public speaking skills?
Co-op responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Support the quarterly portfolio planning for CONNECT Plex organization
Support the weekly/monthly CONNECT Plex organization accomplishments readout
Support process improvements for CONNECT Plex portfolio reporting
Organizing and maintaining the Delivery team’s collaborative knowledge sharing tool?
Working with software development teams on a day-to-day basis?
Assist project managers and scrum masters in overseeing schedules and milestone management?
Obtaining project status from technology team members?
Learning and using task management and project management software?
Implement and improve the project management and delivery processes.?
Collecting and analyzing project data to provide recurring and adhoc reports with the purpose of measuring progress towards milestones and objectives.?
Strong organizational skills – if you like making a plan for working on a semester-long project, this will be a great fit.?
Strong communication skills – if you enjoy explaining a complex idea in simpler terms, this co-op will be a good fit.?
Collaborative attitude??
Working experience with Microsoft Office products, especially PowerPoint and Excel?
Preferred Majors: Management Information Systems, Information Systems, Business and Engineering
Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree from Drexel University, with a cooperative learning track.
Available to work 40 hours per week for 6 months starting September 23, 2024 through March 28, 2025.
Available to report in-person to the work location provided above.
3.0 minimum cumulative GPA preferred.
Authorized to work in the United States of America
Comcast is an Affirmative Action/EEO employer M/F/D/V
Compensation
Base Pay: $32.00
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The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Education
Certifications (if applicable)
Relative Work Experience
0-2 Years
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