Job Posting Title:
Lead Technical Program Mgr
Req ID:
Job Description:
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.
Job Summary:
- This is a staff position within the DE&E Product & Technology: Business Operations - Technical Program Management organization.
- This role will focus on cross-functional strategic initiatives outside the core product roadmap, such as Value Stream Management (VSM) and Architecture Forums, ensuring these efforts have dedicated ownership rather than being treated as side-of-desk priorities.
- They may also own the planning and execution of programs of highest complexity and priority across its Alliance, DEEPT, and TWDC.
- This position requires expert experience in program management, serving as a subject matter expert for guidance in the discipline.
- Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, and able to autonomously work on multiple assignments.
- They must be capable of influencing Senior Leadership on strategic decisions, technical trade-offs, and long-term delivery strategy.
- They must be capable of attaining expertise in domain details and clearly communicate schedules, risks, status, and processes to a variety of business and technical audiences.
- They must be able to partner closely with other technical program managers and technical leads to coordinate schedules and deliverables.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
- Lead adoption of Value Stream Management (VSM) and drive program lifecycle and operating model improvements as a dedicated owner of cross-functional strategic initiatives
- Drive activities for our largest, most strategic, technical programs of the highest complexity, risk, and priority
- Expertise building and scaling services or platforms within a Data Platforms organization
- Accountable for driving execution and delivery of extraordinarily highprofile technical, product or software development projects from start to finish in a fast-paced and complex environment. Programs assigned to this level are the highest complexity and strategic priority.
- Performs all other responsibilities of a Program Manager at an expert level, plus:
- Develop strong partnerships with engineering, product management and analytics leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives
- Understands all project domain components, including architecture, tools and deployment practices that development team is employing; can explain the purpose of component decisions at a high level
- Forecasts project risks proactively; analyzes and drives resolution of key project blockers
- Develop and execute change management and communication plans and engage with stakeholders to report progress and raise issues
- Document and communicate key decisions, accomplishments, problems, changes to plan, and go forward plans for assigned deliverable(s) to internal and external executive stakeholders
- Ability to lead technical discussions at the organizational level to drive decisions and next steps
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate technical and delivery concepts for a Sr Executive level audience
- Assists in triage of other projects or programs and makes recommendations to senior-level leadership
- Serves as subject matter expert and "go to" person for guidance in program management discipline
- May manage smaller teams of professional employees related to area of focus or expertise
- Defines, optimizes, and manages Agile project management processes at the team-of-teams level
- Solid grasp of team-of-teams level agile software development lifecycle methodologies, principles, and practices
- Manage capacity across team-of-teams to balance delivery priorities (business, technical, maintenance, etc.,)
- Fill in gaps across roles and functions as needed, performing as an adaptive problem solver
- Create a collaborative work environment that cultivates shared understanding, transparency, mastery, autonomy, innovation and continuous learning
- Exhibit a high tolerance for context switching and interruptions while remaining productive and able to provide effective guidance
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
Basic Qualifications
- 7+ years of relevant experience
- Proven ability to facilitate effective communication across disparate teams
- 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)
Preferred Qualifications
- Formal project management certifications
Experience with:
- Experience working in a media technology environment
- Technology domain knowledge, or demonstrated aptitude for learning a technology-based engineering domain
Required Education
- BA/BS or equivalent experience required
The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $163,100 - $218,700 per year and in Glendale, CA is $155,700 - $208,700 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.
Job Posting Segment:
Business Operations
Job Posting Primary Business:
BO - Global Program Management
Primary Job Posting Category:
Project Management Tech
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Seattle, WA, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - CA - 2450 Broadway
Date Posted:
2026-09-09
