Lead Technical Program Mgr

Walt Disney Co.•New York, NY

39d•$155,700 - $218,700

About The Position

This is a staff position within DEEP&T's: Business Operations - Global Program Management organization. The Lead Technical Program Manager will focus on the planning and execution of complex programs that may span several areas of Ad Platforms, or may cut across the department and other DEEP&T groups. They may also assist with the triage of other programs to help form recommendations to senior leadership. This position requires proven experience in program management. Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, and able to autonomously work on multiple assignments. They must be capable of attaining a strong understanding of technical details and clearly communicating schedules, risks, status, and processes to a variety of business and technical audiences. They must be able to partner with closely with project managers and technical leads to coordinate schedules and deliverables.

Requirements

7+ 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)
BA/BS or equivalent experience required

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a media technology environment
Ad tech domain knowledge, or demonstrated aptitude for learning a technology-based engineering domain
Formal project management certifications preferred

Responsibilities

Drive activities for large, strategic, technically complex, high-priority programs
Develop plans and timelines, accounting for all dependencies
Ensure transparency of progress and issues/risks. Proactively drive risk mitigation and contingency planning, along with issue resolution
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 that development team is employing, including cross-system interactions and dependencies
Track and report key program metrics, informing stakeholders as appropriate
Partner with Product to facilitate advancement of intake pipeline, sometimes helping to triage programs to make recommendations to senior leadership
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 smaller teams of professional employees related to area of focus or expertise
Define, optimize, and manage Agile ceremonies and processes at the team-of-teams level