Manager, Technical Program Manager

Paramount Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous paid time off

On-site & virtual engagement events

Comprehensive benefits package

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Paramount Pictures in New York City seeks a Manager, Technical Program Management to act as SME on core technical architecture, collaborating with engineers on implementation, risk, and scope while aligning engineering, product, and business requests.

You will lead and grow a team of Project Managers, shepherd large architectural initiatives toward an MVP, run RFCs and architecture intake, and keep the platform on a steady, scalable path in a hybrid on-site/remote environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of technical program management in a complex, matrixed engineering organization.
• Experience mentoring other program/project managers with people-management responsibility.
• Ability to understand system architecture deeply and discuss tradeoffs with engineers.
• Experience running architecture review processes to drive cross-team alignment.
• Experience managing platform/infrastructure work with dependencies across multiple teams and SRE.
• Good judgment on when to push back and empower engineering teams.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and technical documentation; strong written and verbal communication.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Serve as SME on core technical architecture with engineers on changes, risks, and touchpoints.
• Manage and develop a team of Project Managers, overseeing workload and growth.
• Guide requirements gathering toward an MVP and manage scope creep across teams.
• Lead tiger teams to execute architectural changes without disrupting the platform.
• Run Architecture Intake and review RFCs with engineering leads across teams.
• Triage daily requests from feature teams and identify deeper dependencies across platforms.
• Communicate program health, risk, and roadmap status to leadership.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Team Leadership

Architecture Understanding

Stakeholder Communication

Cross-functional Collaboration

Engineering Collaboration

People Management

Jira

Confluence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

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#WeAreParamount on a mission to unleash the power of content… you in?
We’ve got the brands, we’ve got the stars, we’ve got thepowerto achieve our mission to entertain the planet – now all we’re missing is… YOU! Becoming a part of Paramount means joining a team of passionate people who not only recognize the power of content but also enjoy a touch of fun and uniqueness. Together, we co-create moments that matter – both for our audiences and our employees – and aim to leave a positive mark on culture.

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 escape, 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.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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

The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York City, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement.This position is bonus eligible.

What We Offer

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
• Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

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