Senior Program Manager

Roku•San Jose, CA

11d•$148,000 - $350,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Program Manager, The Roku Channel (Cross-Platform), you will drive execution for The Roku Channel across Roku OS, web, third-party connected TV platforms, and mobile/tablet experiences. You’ll be the operational leader who turns strategy into predictable delivery, aligning teams, managing dependencies, establishing program cadence, and ensuring launch readiness across a complex set of stakeholders. In this role, you’ll lead two core pillars: Cross-Platform Roku Channel Program Leadership: Orchestrate delivery across client teams and platforms, aligning work to shared milestones, launch goals, and customer outcomes. Operating Cadence & Launch Excellence: Build repeatable mechanisms for planning, dependency management, quality readiness, and executive visibility, bringing structure without unnecessary process. The Roku Channel requires coordination across client teams (Product, Engineering, UX, QA, Data/Analytics) and contributing organizations (including personalization/recommendations and content strategy/operations). This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings structure without bureaucracy, and can influence across multiple organizations to ship customer-facing experiences at scale. This position is based in San Jose and reports to the Director of Product Consumer Apps.

Requirements

8+ years of program management (or technical program management) experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in consumer software, media/streaming, or platform products
Proven ability to deliver multi-team, multi-workstream programs with high dependency complexity and multiple stakeholder groups
Experience working closely with engineering teams and technical systems (client/server integration, APIs, experimentation, analytics, release processes)
Strong execution discipline: critical path planning, risk management, escalation, and crisp stakeholder communication
Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving alignment without authority across diverse organizations
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field (or equivalent experience)

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with streaming concepts (AVOD/SVOD/FAST/LIVE), discovery and personalization/recommendations, and content operations is a plus
Experience with multi-platform product delivery (CTV, web, mobile) and the realities of differing release trains and quality requirements is a plus

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end program planning and execution for The Roku Channel initiatives spanning Roku OS, web, third-party connected TV platforms, and mobile/tablet
Run quarterly and continuous planning across The Roku Channel workstreams; drive re-plans as priorities shift, and dependencies change
Build and maintain integrated delivery plans across multiple teams (milestones, critical paths, risks, decision points, and launch readiness criteria)
Establish and run operating mechanisms that improve predictability: weekly program reviews, dependency forums, release readiness checkpoints, and post-launch retrospectives
Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Engineering, UX, QA, Data/Analytics, and operational partners to ensure clarity on scope, ownership, and timelines
Orchestrate dependencies with contributing teams such as personalization/recommendations, content operations, and platform experience stakeholders impacting discovery, navigation, content mix, and monetization flows
Drive RACI-style clarity for cross-team initiatives; ensure healthy scope and ownership boundaries across platforms and partner teams
Forecast capacity and identify gaps early across Engineering, UX, QA, Data, and partner teams to support planning and delivery commitments
Publish and maintain program reporting and executive-facing communication: status, risks, tradeoffs, decisions needed, and mitigations—keeping teams aligned and unblocked
Partner with engineering leadership to improve delivery hygiene and quality readiness, supporting cross-platform consistency while respecting platform-specific constraints
Support program scaling as The Roku Channel grows, helping define tooling, templates, and future program management needs