Senior Technical Program Manager at The Walt Disney Company

New York, New York, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Media, Entertainment, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

Technical understanding
Attention to detail
Strong sense of accountability and ownership
Collaboration skills
Experience managing cross workstream teams
Thrives in a collaborative environment
Ability to work on impactful and complex problems
Constantly seeks out new challenges

Responsibilities

Lead multiple, complex technical programs concurrently across multiple engineering teams to launch data platforms products and services in a fast-paced and complex environment
Develop strong partnerships with engineering, product management and analytics leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives
Build strategic relationships with key engineering and business leaders to ensure program success
Drive teams in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs using agile methodologies
Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project blockers, and establish appropriate resolution paths
Fill in gaps across roles and functions as needed, performing as an adaptive problem solver
Develop and execute change management and communication plans and engage with the stakeholders to report progress

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Technical Program ManagementProject ManagementPortfolio ManagementResource ManagementProcess ManagementTechnology StrategyCapital Management

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the employment type for this Senior Technical Program Manager role?

This is a full-time position.

Is this role remote or does it require office work?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What key skills are required for the Senior Technical Program Manager position?

The role requires technical understanding, attention to detail, a strong sense of accountability and ownership, collaboration, and experience managing cross workstream teams.

What is the company culture like at Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology?

The team is collaborative, innovative, and focused on marrying technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability. They describe themselves as Storytellers and Innovators, Creators and Builders, Entertainers and Engineers.

What makes a strong candidate for this Senior Technical Program Manager role?

Strong candidates thrive in collaborative environments, have technical understanding, attention to detail, accountability, ownership, and experience managing cross workstream teams, while partnering with Data Product Management, Data Engineering, and Data Analytics.