Technical Program Manager responsible for software development deliverables at Disney. Leading Agile project management pathways within the Product & Technology organization.
Responsibilities
Accountable for driving execution and delivery of a set of software development deliverables from start to finish.
Define, optimize, and manage Agile project management ceremonies and processes for large project teams.
Leverage experience with Agile and Scrum to lead teams to successful delivery.
Lead delivery teams through the identification and management of risks and the resolution of issues, and escalating to management as appropriate.
Facilitate team ceremonies.
Facilitate meetings/workshops with groups of people beyond the immediate delivery team.
Facilitate the team through the resolution of complex issues.
Drive workshop/meeting to conclusion and/or actionable outcome.
Ensure group participation.
Identify scope of inputs and outputs as dependencies for technical teams, resolve gaps and create program milestones that ensure work is sequenced across teams.
Identify risks; drive resolutions and communicate prioritized mitigation plans to stakeholders.
Monitor & adjust plans to respond to unplanned changes, ensuring programs are progressing to meet business goals.
Monitor and report on team metrics around delivery.
Able to quickly solve complex problems in a challenging, dynamic environment with minimal direction.
Provide frequent and transparent communication to the business and technical senior management, delivery teams and stakeholders regarding initiative health, issues, and risks.
Demonstrate solid proficiency of technical project/program domain and able to confidently discuss with project team, partner teams, and stakeholders.
Clearly articulate technical risks without the aid of engineering support.
Analyze and facilitate decisions around technical challenges with some direction.
Effectively communicates complex and/or difficult information to both technical and non-technical audiences, including Executives.
Interacts with internal and external peers, initiative stakeholders, and managers to exchange complex information.
Ability to influence key decision-makers / stakeholders towards new business processes and technical solutions that best serve the Company.
Requirements
5+ 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)
Typically has 5 or more years of progressively complex related experience as a Scrum Lead, with hands-on experience with Agile/Scrum developing software applications in a highly-technical domain
Typically has 5 or more years of experience managing formal application software development projects
Formal project management certifications
Experience working in a media technology environment
Advertising technology domain knowledge, or demonstrated aptitude for learning a technology-based engineering domain
BA/BS or equivalent experience required
Benefits
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.
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