Lead Technical Program Manager

Lead Technical Program Manager

This position is a staff role within the DE&E Product & Technology:
Business Operations – Technical Program Management organization. The Technical Program Manager will focus on the planning and execution of program deliverables within the Advertising alliance, with the potential to facilitate programs that cut across the department and other groups.

• 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, escalating to management as appropriate.
• Facilitate team ceremonies, meetings, and workshops with groups beyond the immediate delivery team; drive workshops to actionable outcomes and 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 and adjust plans to respond to unplanned changes, ensuring programs are progressing to meet business goals.
• Monitor and report on team metrics around delivery.
• Quickly solve complex problems in a challenging, dynamic environment with minimal direction.
• Provide frequent and transparent communication to business and technical senior management, delivery teams, and stakeholders regarding initiative health, issues, and risks.
• Demonstrate solid proficiency of technical project/program domain and discuss confidently with project and partner teams.
• Clearly articulate technical risks without engineering support.
• Analyze and facilitate decisions around technical challenges with some direction.
• Effectively communicate complex or difficult information to both technical and non‑technical audiences, including executives.
• Interact with internal and external peers, initiative stakeholders, and managers to exchange complex information.
• Influence key decision‑makers and stakeholders toward new business processes and technical solutions that best serve the company.

• 7+ 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 communication, presentation, and meeting facilitation skills (especially with senior leadership).

• 5+ years of progressively complex experience as a Scrum Lead with hands‑on Agile/Scrum software development in a highly technical domain.
• 5+ 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.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale and Santa Monica, CA is $155,700 – $208,700 per year. The base pay will take into account internal equity and may vary based on the candidate’s geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, along with a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.