Lead Technical Program Mgr

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walt disneyGlendale (CA)

Project Management Specialists Software Publishers

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Manager

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$155,700 - $208,700 per year

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About the role

Lead Technical Program Manager Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC Newsand many more. These products and brands and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Job Summary: 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 Commerce, 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. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Lead execution and delivery of highly complex and strategically prioritized programs with cross-functional and organizational impact.
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 and program summaries via presentations/dashboards, 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
Perform capacity planning for teams
Collaborate with other program management colleagues to coordinate activities across multiple technology teams
Deep 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
Partner with Product to facilitate advancement of intake pipeline, sometimes helping to triage programs to make recommendations to senior leadership
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
Define, optimize, and manage ceremonies and processes at the team-of-teams level
Act as a trusted advisor to executives, providing input on program feasibility, risks, prioritization, and the delivery trade-offs associated with key decisions
Influence and align cross-functional and external partners without direct authority, resolving conflicts and driving program outcomes with minimal escalation
Leverage AI-driven tools to design and continuously improve scalable delivery processes, governance models, and reporting frameworks tailored to organizational needs, eliminating inefficiencies and supporting excellence at scale
Proactively drive, track, and report on budgets
Coordinate with external vendors, where applicable
Mentor other TPMs, elevating the overall maturity of program management practices across the organization
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications:

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)
Experience with:
Experience working in a media technology environment
Ad tech domain knowledge, or demonstrated aptitude for learning a technology-based engineering domain

Required Education: BA/BS or equivalent experience required Formal project management certifications preferred The base salary for this position in Glendale and Santa Monica, CA is $155,700 - $208,700. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

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