Technical Program Manager

The Walt Disney Company; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Bengaluru is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to drive complex, high-profile technical programs from initiation to delivery. You will design and optimise Agile ceremonies, align multiple teams, and create program milestones to ensure cohesive progress across the organization.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of progressively complex experience, formal PM certifications, and a strong ability to communicate with senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Evidence of strong communication across teams.
• Proven planning, delivery and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, especially with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Drive execution and delivery of high-profile technical projects from start to finish.
• Define, optimise and manage Agile project management ceremonies for large teams.
• Develop program plans with parallel projects producing significant business impact.
• Identify dependencies, milestones and sequence work across teams.
• Identify risks and communicate mitigation plans to stakeholders.
• Monitor and adjust plans to meet business goals.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Program delivery

Agile ceremonies

Planning & risk management

Leadership capabilities

Education

BA/BS or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for driving execution and delivery of multiple high-profile technical projects from start to finish; projects assigned to this level tend to be highly complex and strategically prioritised.
• Define, optimise, and manage Agile project management ceremonies and processes for large project teams.
• Develop program plans comprised of parallel projects that collectively produce work that has significant business impact.
• Identify scope of inputs and outputs as dependencies for technical teams, resolve gaps and create program milestones that ensure work is sequenced across teams.
• Identify project risks; drive resolutions and communicate prioritised mitigation plans to stakeholders.
• Monitor and adjust program plans to respond to unplanned changes, ensuring programs are progressing to meet business goals.

Requirements:

• Minimum and Preferred. Inclusive of Licenses/Certs (include functional experience as well as behavioural attributes and/or leadership capabilities).
• Proven ability to facilitate effective communication across disparate teams.
• Evidence of strong planning, delivery, and problem-solving skills.
• Superb written and verbal communication, presentation skills, and meeting facilitation skills (especially when working with senior leadership).
• Typically has 5 or more years of progressively complex related experience.
• Formal project management certifications.
• Experience working in a media technology environment.
• Technology domain knowledge, or demonstrated aptitude for learning a technology-based engineering domain.
• BA/BS or equivalent experience required.