Technical Project Manager

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Nexstar is seeking a technical project manager to coordinate and manage our data development roadmap, with a focus on creating a single governed data estate that will serve as the foundation for AI agent access to trusted, well-structured data across the business. This role, located in Nexstar’s New York offices, drives execution across a large, multi-phase data platform migration, from initial planning through full cutover and legacy retirement.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-workstream data platform programs
Strong facilitation and influencing skills, with the ability to drive alignment across teams
Prior experience managing large external implementation partners
Familiarity with modern data stack concepts: data governance, medallion architecture, semantic layers, Master Data Management, AI/ML pipelines
Comfortable discussing data pipeline architecture, cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS), and modern data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake) at a technical level, with the ability to follow engineering conversations and ask the right questions across Python-based pipelines, Databricks-native jobs, and BI tools (Looker, Power BI)

Nice To Haves

Media or advertising industry background helpful.

Responsibilities

Own the program plan and keep it current including sequencing, dependencies, risks, and adjustments as priorities shift
Coordinate with technical leads and program managers from other departments, keeping our priorities and deliverables aligned across multiple cross-functional projects
Manage integration partner relationship, holding them to scope, timeline, and quality commitments
Coordinate across workstreams (migration, AI agent development, master data management, and others) and disciplines (data engineering, analytics engineering, agent development, BI)
Coordinate across parallel workstreams (migration, AI agent development, master data management, and others) and disciplines (data engineering, analytics engineering, BI)
Maintain visibility across workstreams operating on independent cadences, and own escalation when drift, priority conflicts, or partner slippage need to be surfaced and resolved
Bridge business and technical teams by working credibly with data engineers on architecture decisions and with business stakeholders on priorities and trade-offs
Keep data migration sequencing on track. Source systems migrate in a priority order driven by business requirements, and this role maintains that sequence and adjusts it when priorities change
Triage incoming requests during the migration, assessing whether new work should be built in current systems or deferred to the new platform