Manager, Technical Program Manager

Skydance; New York (NY); On-site; USD 124,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous paid time off

Free streaming subscriptions

Job summary

Skydance is seeking a Manager, Technical Program Management to serve as the SME on core technical architecture, collaborating directly with engineers and cross-functional partners across engineering, product and business units. This role leads a team of Project Managers, aligning work with architectural priorities and MVP delivery.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of TPM experience in a complex, matrixed environment, strong Jira/Confluence skills, and a background in architecture reviews and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical program management in a complex, matrixed engineering organization.
• Experience managing or mentoring other program/project managers with people-management responsibility.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and reason about system architecture with engineers, not just track them.
• Experience running architecture review processes to drive cross-team alignment on technical direction.
• Experience managing platform or infrastructure work with dependencies across multiple engineering teams and SRE.
• Strong judgment on when to escalate, push back, or let teams self-direct.
• High proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and technical documentation; strong written and verbal communication with engineers and leadership.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on core technical architecture, working with engineers on implementation and risk.
• Manage and develop a team of Project Managers, overseeing workload and growth.
• Guide requirements gathering toward an MVP for large architectural initiatives.
• Lead tiger teams to execute isolated architectural changes without disrupting the broader platform.
• Run Architecture Intake with engineering leads across teams, reviewing RFCs before roadmaps.
• Triage daily requests and escalations from feature teams across Paramount Streaming platforms.
• Communicate program health, risk, and roadmap status to engineering leadership and stakeholders.

Skills

Technical program management

People management

Architecture knowledge

Jira & Confluence

Effective communication

Risk assessment

Structured reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.

Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.

Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.

If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!

Brand/Division Overview:

We are the PMO at Paramount Streaming, that boasts unparalleled insight into transforming Agile Teams at Scale. Our program managers, release managers, project managers and scrum masters bring passion to iterative delivery and process while keeping our eyes on the goal and motivating one another to do the same! Our team blends program management, technical architecture, and engineering leadership to keep our platforms stable while continuously evolving them.

Role Details:

We're seeking a Manager, Technical Program Management who can operate as the subject matter expert on our technical architecture, working directly with engineers on implementation, risk, and scope, while coordinating across engineering, product, and business requests. This isn't a role that runs on status updates and timelines; it requires enough technical fluency to catch flawed scoping and surface dependencies before they become rework. This role also leads a team of Project Managers, responsible for their day-to-day workload, growth, and development, and ensuring the team's work stays aligned to architectural priorities.

Your Day-to-Day:

• Serve as the subject matter expert on core technical architecture, working directly with engineers on how architectural changes get implemented, what they touch, and where they introduce risk.
• Manage and develop a team of Project Managers, overseeing workload distribution, prioritization across their portfolios, and their growth as program/project managers.
• Guide requirements-gathering on large architectural initiatives toward an agreed MVP, managing scope creep as multiple teams propose competing approaches.
• Stand up and lead focused working groups (tiger teams) to execute isolated architectural changes without disrupting the broader platform.
• Run and facilitate Architecture Intake, a standing forum with engineering leads across architecture and feature teams, reviewing new RFCs before they're committed to the roadmap.
• Triage daily requests and escalations from feature teams across Paramount Streaming's platforms that depend on shared architecture systems, distinguishing routine asks from signals of deeper dependency issues.
• Communicate program health, risk, and architectural roadmap status to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of technical program management experience in a complex, matrixed engineering organization, ideally supporting platform or architecture teams rather than feature delivery teams.
• Prior experience managing or mentoring other program/project managers, with direct people-management responsibility (performance, growth, workload balancing).
• Demonstrated ability to understand and reason about system architecture deeply enough to evaluate engineering estimates, scoping, and technical tradeoffs directly with engineers, not just track them.
• Experience running structured technical review processes (e.g., architecture review boards, RFC processes) to drive cross-team alignment on technical direction.
• Experience managing platform or infrastructure work with dependencies across multiple engineering teams and SRE.
• Strong judgment on when to escalation, when to push back, and when to let engineering teams self-direct.
• High proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and technical documentation; strong written and verbal communication with both engineers and leadership.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Next.js, Module Federation, micro-frontend architectures, or similar web platform technologies.
• Experience in direct-to-consumer streaming, media, or high-traffic web platforms.
• Background as a software engineer or technical lead prior to moving into program management.

About Skydance

Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.

Additional Information

Hiring Salary Range: $124,000.00 - 186,000.00.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing compensation, or a range thereof, for roles where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, external market data, internal equity, skill set, experience, training, education, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of our total compensation package. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.

This position is bonus eligible.

What We Offer

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here.
• Generous paid time off.
• Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance streaming services and digital news products.
• Robust employee engagement opportunities, including access to exclusive screenings and events, speaker series, volunteer activities and more.

Skydance is an equal opportunity employer (EOE)

We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law.

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