Lead Technical Project Manager

04 Aug 2024

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The Services & Data Engineering (SDE) Strategic Planning Team is seeking a Lead Technical Program Manager, Strategic Operations to help manage a portfolio of complex software development initiatives at the core of Disney Streaming's platforms that power Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star+. Our organization is currently navigating the new challenge of blending teams and processes, and this person will play a key role in defining how our teams work together and with other Engineering, Product, and Program Management teams to rationalize strategic roadmaps and dependencies while providing easy to understand, transparent reporting to leadership during the planning and delivery of quality, large scale, and highly performant services.

This position is a part of a new team within Disney Streaming's SDE organization of 650 engineers and technical project managers and will help our teams develop strategic roadmaps that balance competing goals of building a unified platform that will serve all of our product verticals, and continuing to deliver features to grow and engage our subscriber base. The Lead Technical Program Manager will be responsible for understanding Product and Business stakeholders' requirements and delivery dates and work with TPMs and engineering leaders from supporting scrum teams to identify path forward and impact to committed work. They will need to synthesize inputs around desired scope, delivery schedules, and cross-team dependencies to articulate the impact on the overall SDE organization, and will report on SDE's progress towards key milestones, escalating risk to delivery plans as needed. The Lead Program Manager will also drive continuous improvement for the program management function within the SDE organization. They will work with TPM leaders across SDE to define and implement process consistency in how we ticket and track our work in Jira, Confluence, and other tools to drive transparency around project status and risk. A successful candidate will have technical project management and process development experience, and will be highly collaborative in order to navigate our highly matrixed organization.#DISNEYTECH

Responsibilities :
  • Develop and continuously improve the program management and planning processes for effective throughput across scrum teams and broader Workstreams in close collaboration with project and program leaders in SDE, Enterprise Program Management, and sister organizations. Establish project execution and risk reporting best practices for the SDE organization, driving alignment around tooling, standards of excellence, and automation.
  • Define and maintain Services & Data Engineering roadmaps in collaboration with stakeholders across Engineering, Product and Program Management. Identify dependencies and evaluate trade-offs between project size, complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and business value while maintaining quality.
  • Meet with leaders throughout the SDE organization to craft and execute a strategic vision for enabling organizational program efficiency in an Agile software development lifecycle.
  • Influence key decision-makers / stakeholders to adopt new business processes and solutions that best serve Disney Streaming. Drive alignment across teams, with different processes and goals, and manage change and sustainability of new programs throughout the organization (within and outside of SDE).
  • Provide frequent and transparent communication to a wide range of stakeholders regarding project health, issues, and risks across a portfolio of projects; effectively communicate complex and/or difficult information to both technical and non-technical audiences, including Executives.
  • Ability to identify a solution path for multiple competing priorities and stakeholder preferences. Cultivate relationships across engineering and technical teams to drive progress forward, influence negotiations, and advocate for desired outcomes that best serve our teams.
  • Quickly solve complex problems in a challenging, dynamic environment with minimal direction. Hone skills where needed and leverage new information to constantly improve performance.

Basic Qualifications :
  • 8+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a related industry, managing multiple concurrent software development initiatives.
  • Ability to effectively collaborate with multiple departments while maintaining tact and diplomacy.
  • Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams to deliver complex initiatives to completion.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, a professional demeanor, thought leadership, flexibility, and the ability to handle the uncertainties associated with a fast-paced environment. Able to see the big picture and influence initiatives accordingly.
  • Strong business acumen, financial skills, and analytical abilities.
  • Ability and willingness to problem solve, prioritize, negotiate and juggle changing deadlines.
  • Excellent communication skills - written and oral.
  • Experience developing and iterating process development, and change management to drive adoption within large organizations.
  • Experience with industry-standard project management tools such as Jira as well as collaboration tools such as Confluence and Slack.
  • Experience executing both Lean and Agile software development methodologies.
  • Ability to work in a dynamic, and geographically dispersed environment.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience working with highly performant and experienced software development engineers.
  • PMI Certification or CSM / CSP Certification preferred with thorough understanding of Project Management Methodologies & Techniques and thorough understanding of Scrum Agile Methodologies.

Required Education : B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

  • ID: #44589235
  • State: New York New york city 10001 New york city USA
  • City: New york city
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-08-04
  • Deadline: 2022-10-02
  • Category: Et cetera