The Walt Disney Company

Sr Technical Program Mgr

The Walt Disney Company$129K — $173K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years managing large-scale, strategic software development programs in a global technology organization.
  • Proven ability to facilitate effective communication across disparate teams.
  • Expertise in Agile (Scrum, Kanban) and Waterfall project management methodologies.
  • Strong planning, delivery, and problem-solving skills demonstrated in past roles.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, particularly with senior leadership.

Responsibilities

  • Drive activities for large, strategically important, technically complex projects.
  • Develop comprehensive plans and timelines while managing dependencies.
  • Ensure transparency regarding progress, issues, and risks, driving mitigation strategies proactively.
  • Communicate project status and updates to stakeholders and executive leadership.
  • Facilitate adherence to capabilities and responsibilities among involved parties and hold them accountable.
  • Oversee all project build activities, including quality assurance processes.
  • Manage and track program budgets effectively.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical coverage options.
  • Retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Flexible working hours and potential for remote work.
  • Professional development opportunities in program management.
  • Access to wellness and mental health resources.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Title:
Sr Technical Program Mgr

Req ID:


Job Description:

Job Summary:

This is a position within the DE&E Technology: Business Operations - Global Program Management organization, supporting our Ad Platforms technology group. The Technical Program Manager will focus on the planning and execution of complex programs that may span several areas of Ad Platforms, or may cut across the department and other DEE Technology groups.

This position requires proven experience in program management. Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, and able to autonomously work on multiple assignments. They must be capable of attaining a strong understanding of technical details and clearly communicating schedules, risks, status, and processes to a variety of business and technical audiences. They must be able to partner with closely with project managers and technical leads to coordinate schedules, deliverables, and dependencies.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
  • Drive activities for large, strategic, technically complex, priority programs
  • 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, updates, and program summaries via presentations, 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
  • Facilitate all build activities (including QA), as per plan
  • Proactively drive, track, and report on budgets
  • Perform capacity planning for teams
  • Collaborate with other program management colleagues to coordinate activities across multiple technology teams
  • Strong 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, informing stakeholders as appropriate
  • Independently manage activities and resolve conflict within associated teams, with minimal influence from management
  • 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
  • Coordinate with external vendors, where applicable
  • May manage Agile ceremonies and processes at the team-of-teams level


Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications
  • 5+ 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)


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working in a media technology environment
  • Ad tech domain knowledge, or demonstrated aptitude for learning a technology-based engineering domain
  • Formal project management certifications


Required Education
  • BA/BS or equivalent experience required
The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $129,300 - $173,300 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:
Santa Monica, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave

Date Posted:
2026-08-05

About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows. Using the company's portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services, and consumer products, Walt Disney seeks to develop creative, innovative, and profitable entertainment experiences and related products.

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Learn more about The Walt Disney Company
Size
190,000 employees
Market Cap
$155.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$4.9 billion
Founded
1923
5 Year Trend
+3.9%
Revenue
$60.7 billion
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