Strategic Tech Program Manager — Ad Platforms

Disney Company

Santa Monica (CA)

On-site

USD 131,000 - 176,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in Santa Monica, CA, is seeking a Sr Technical Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology. You will coordinate planning, execution, and governance for Ad Platforms programs and collaborate with product, engineering, and leadership teams.

Ideal candidates bring 5+ years of large-scale software program management experience, strong communication skills, and expertise in Agile/Waterfall

Qualifications

BA/BS or equivalent experience required.
5+ years of experience managing large-scale, strategic, software development programs in a well-established global technology organization.
Proven ability to facilitate effective communication across disparate teams.
Expertise in Agile or Waterfall program management methods that may include Scrum, Kanban, and/or Scaled Agile.
Evidence of strong planning, delivery, and problem-solving skills.
Superb written and verbal communications, presentation skills, and meeting facilitation skills (especially when working with senior leadership).

Responsibilities

Drive activities for large, strategic, technically complex, priority programs.
Develop plans and timelines, accounting for all dependencies.
Ensure transparency of progress and issues/risks; proactively drive risk mitigation.
Communicate status, updates, and program summaries via presentations, email, and direct communication with key stakeholders and executive leadership.
Ensure that all involved parties understand and accept their roles and responsibilities and are held accountable to their deliverables.
Facilitate all build activities (including QA), as per plan.
Proactively drive, track, and report on budgets.
Perform capacity planning for teams.
Collaborate with other program management colleagues to coordinate activities across multiple technology teams.
Strong understanding of most program domain technical components, including architecture, tools and deployment practices.
Track and report key program metrics, informing stakeholders as appropriate.
Independently manage activities and resolve conflict within associated teams, with minimal influence from management.
Effortlessly sift through “noise” and facilitate discussions and activities with a laser focus towards results.
Navigate the TWDC to effectively drive progress, even when the scope of responsibilities may be unclear.
Exemplify leadership characteristics through collaboration, work ethic, and creative thinking. Strive to inspire others and deliver the best possible outputs.
Coordinate with external vendors, where applicable
May manage Agile ceremonies and processes at the team-of-teams level