Comcast

Technical Program Manager 2, FreeWheel (Reston, VA - Hybrid)

Comcast$100K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree (preferred) or equivalent experience
  • 2-5 years of relevant work experience
  • Familiarity with Agile frameworks and SDLC practices
  • Proficient in Jira, Confluence, and planning tools
  • Basic risk identification and mitigation skills

Responsibilities

  • Manage technical programs ensuring alignment with milestones
  • Drive collaboration with senior staff and cross-functional teams
  • Oversee project plans from inception to completion
  • Track program schedules and adjust tasks as needed
  • Coach teams on Agile maturity and SDLC optimization
  • Maintain program records and manage critical path tasks
  • Facilitate agile ceremonies and backlog refinement

Benefits

  • Comprehensive support for physical, financial, and emotional well-being
  • Personalized options and tools catering to individual needs
  • Expert guidance during major life milestones
  • Flexibility to work variable schedules as necessary
  • Opportunities for mentoring and professional growth
Full Job Description

Job Summary

This job involves managing technical programs, focusing on aligning project milestones with product and business requirements. It requires collaboration with senior staff and cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution. The role emphasizes continuous improvement in engineering processes and effective communication with all stakeholders to achieve program objectives. At this level, you’ll own delivery for one or more teams within a platform area. You’ll facilitate agile ceremonies, manage dependencies, and begin coaching teams on SDLC best practices. You’ll work with moderate guidance and begin contributing to planning and process improvement.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Understanding the scope of technical programs, participating in milestone planning, and driving alignment to these milestones
  • Utilizing technical knowledge to research, plan, and achieve objectives through the program team
  • Collaborating with senior staff to engage cross-functional core team members for program success
  • Overseeing project plans from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to technical specifications
  • Maintaining program records and overseeing the identification and management of critical path tasks
  • Driving the development of program goals, objectives, and success criteria, ensuring stakeholder alignment
  • Recommending improvements to engineering processes to increase efficiency and reduce duplication
  • Tracking program schedules, managing tasks, and making necessary adjustments to meet objectives
  • Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
  • Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.


Key Focus Areas:

  • Drive team-level delivery execution

  • Facilitate agile ceremonies and backlog refinement

  • Track and report on team velocity and capacity

  • Beginidentifyingand addressing delivery inefficiencies

Primary Duties and Responsibilities   

  • Platform Delivery Leadership 

  • Lead delivery across multiple teams or a platform area. 

  • Manage cross-team dependencies and delivery timelines. 

  • Agile SDLC Implementation 

  • Coach teams on agile maturity and SDLC optimization. 

  • Drive consistency in estimation and tracking practices. 

  • Planning & Capacity Management 

  • Lead quarterly planning sessions with Product and Engineering. 

  • Balance capacity across new work, tech debt, and stability.

  • Process Improvement & Coaching

  • Identifysystemic delivery issues and leadresolution efforts.

  • Mentor junior EDMs and team members.

  • Stakeholder Communication & Alignment

  • Communicate delivery status and trade-offs to leadership.

  • Align cross-functional teams on shared goals and timelines.
     

Job Knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s) 

  • Knowledge:

  • Working knowledge of Agile frameworks and SDLC practices

  • Understanding of backlog management and estimation techniques

  • Familiarity with cross-functional team dynamics

  • Skills:

  • Facilitation of agile ceremonies (e.g., standups, retrospectives)

  • Basic risk identification and mitigation

  • Effective use of Jira, Confluence, and planning tools

  • Abilities:

  • Manage delivery for one or more teams

  • Communicate status and risks to stakeholders

  • Begin coaching teams on delivery best practices

Location 

Office Optimal in Chicago, Il 

Working conditions  

Must successfully execute team members located in multiple remote locations and time zones. Working conditions agree with conditions described within FreeWheel’s company handbook unless explicitly noted in this document.  
 


Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills

Agile Methodology, Collaboration, Communication, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Project Management, Results-Oriented, Teamwork

We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality—to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.


Please visit the benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 Years

About Comcast

FreeWheel manages the economics of content for the enterprise class of entertainment, offering technical infrastructure for revenue rights management and business operations, wrapped in advisory services. They offer advertising sales rights, display, video, mobile ad management, contract management, professional content, ad serving, reporting, analytics, technology, services, advisory services, business operations, programmatic advertising, advertising marketplace, and linear, and online advertising.

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