Sr Mgr Technical Project Management

Job-Zusammenfassung:

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and 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 News…and 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. 

The Business Operations team helps guide and articulate technology strategy and research, and is responsible for driving the day-to-day operation of the Product & Technology organization, including: project and portfolio management and tracking; organization-level capital, space, and resource management and allocation; process management; technical incident management; and our administrative and workplace experience support team.

The Global Program Management team for the Streaming Alliance is partnering with the product, engineering, design and engineering services teams to invent unparalleled and inspirational digital experiences that entertain and deeply connect consumers to the world’s greatest storytelling and events.

Job Summary:

The Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, will lead a subset of the Streaming Alliance TPM team including back end and front end services teams. This role will lead a multi-tiered team of 20+ TPMs. This position requires proven experience driving program strategy, leading teams in large cross functional programs, managing a team of professional employees and in program management and interfacing with executive leadership. Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, and work on multiple assignments that may span the department autonomously. They must be capable of clearly communicating schedules, risks, status, and processes to various business and technical audiences. They must partner with program and project managers and technical leads outside their area to coordinate schedules and deliverables.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads program management strategy and operations
• Works with senior leadership, stakeholders, partners and delivery teams to track and maintain a program-level view of initiatives
• Develops delivery plans of complex projects and programs
• Ensures key roles and responsibilities are defined and holds functional managers accountable for their teams’ deliverables
• Identifies and manages program-level issues and risks and drives decision making and escalations
• Communicates program and roadmap status, schedule updates, and ensure all aligns to program financials
• Manages and mentors a team of Technical Program Managers

Basic Qualifications

• Typically 10+ years of technical program management experience, including 4+ years of people
• leadership.
• BA/BS required; advanced degree or certifications (PMP, SAFe, PgMP) preferred.
• Expertise in scaled Agile frameworks, portfolio management tools, and organizational change management.
• Skilled at designing and implementing team operating models, performance frameworks, and reporting structures

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $206,400.00 to $276,700.00 per year and in Seattle, WA is $197,400.00 to $264,700.00 to per year and in Los Angeles, CA is $188,400.00 to $252,000.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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.