Sr Manager, Program Management (Streaming media, Apps)

Job Description

• 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 and schedule updates
• Manages and mentors a small team of Program Managers

• A minimum of 9 years of digital program management, software application development or related experience
• Demonstrated management experience
• Demonstrated ability to define at scale a structure for efficient delivery of complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives forward to completion through collaboration and consensus across functional areas
• Must be capable of managing, tracking and troubleshooting multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment with cross-functional teams, vendors and partners
• Self-starter that can autonomously drive multiple work streams inter-departmentally
• Ability to develop program schedules, communicate deadlines, and enforce budgets and project milestones
• Proficient in use of project management and documentation tools
• High tolerance for ambiguity and working in a matrixed organization
• Able to analyze scheduling, budgetary and resourcing data to develop contingency and risk mitigation plans
• Agile experience
• CSM / CSP Certification preferred with thorough understanding of Scrum Agile Methodologies
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence
• Experience in the media industry is a plus
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent related experience

The Program Management team for Consumer Product Development is focused on delivery of a diverse portfolio of digital products for Disney’s Direct to Consumer & International segment. Our product portfolio consists of TVE/streaming media, games, interactive experiences, news, and editorial products across diverse Disney brands including ABC, ABC News, DisneyNOW, ESPN, Freeform, Fox/FX, Lucasfilm, Marvel, and National Geographic. Our products are global in nature and are developed both domestically and internationally across a broad digital ecosystem that includes mobile, web, and OTT devices. For those that love project management with a focus on delivering consumer facing digital products, it’s an exciting place to be.
Within the Consumer Product Development Program Management organization, the Senior Manager, Program Management position will be responsible for the program management of key initiatives for Entertainment Product Development. The products that fall into this area include TVE/streaming media offerings for ABC TV, Fox/FX, Freeform, and NatGeo. This position requires proven experience with program and portfolio management (including prioritizing, scheduling, budgeting and resourcing multiple projects and cross-functional teams) as well as a strong familiarity with digital media. Successful candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, and able to autonomously work on concurrent complex implementations across matrixed teams both inside and outside the Direct-To-Consumer-International (DTCI) Technology department. They must be capable of clearly communicating schedules, risks, issues, and processes to a variety of business, creative, and technical audiences.
Required Education :

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent related experience

Preferred Education :

• A minimum of 9 years of digital program management, software application development or related experience
• Demonstrated management experience
• Demonstrated ability to define at scale a structure for efficient delivery of complex projects
• Demonstrated ability to drive initiatives forward to completion through collaboration and consensus across functional areas
• Must be capable of managing, tracking and troubleshooting multiple projects in a deadline-driven environment with cross-functional teams, vendors and partners
• Self-starter that can autonomously drive multiple work streams inter-departmentally
• Ability to develop program schedules, communicate deadlines, and enforce budgets and project milestones
• Proficient in use of project management and documentation tools
• High tolerance for ambiguity and working in a matrixed organization
• Able to analyze scheduling, budgetary and resourcing data to develop contingency and risk mitigation plans
• Agile experience

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