Staff Agile Technical Program Manager

$120,000 - $160,000/Yr

NBC - Los Angeles, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Los Angeles, CA

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The Staff Agile Technical Program Manager at NBC Universal is responsible for leading and managing technology-focused projects and programs that enhance the delivery of content through the company's pipeline and support its service architecture and tools. This role involves overseeing complex technical projects from planning through delivery, ensuring effective communication, and fostering collaboration among various stakeholders to achieve project goals.

Responsibilities

• Drive creation and implementation of program management 'ways of working' through intentional problem assessment and outcome-focused review.
• Support the Sr. Manager, ATPM in ensuring consistent use and implementation of those 'ways of working' across the Agile Technical Program Management (ATPM) team.
• Partner with necessary stakeholders & delivery team(s) to drive program roadmap, features, prioritization, and releases for assigned vertical.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and dependencies and develop plans to escalate and mitigate them.
• Provide clear and consistent communication of program and project status for cross-functional teams, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Develop and validate business cases with measurable benefit, influencing and interacting with multiple business cross-functional stakeholders, vendors, and internal operations and engineering teams.
• Collaborate with shared services teams, including security and audit, to ensure alignment and integration of standards within all program initiatives and management of cross-functional dependencies.
• Translate engineering strategy and technical requirements into a comprehensive and engaging Walking Deck, fostering a shared understanding of program goals and outcomes among all stakeholders.
• Define KPIs, integrate usability studies, industry research, and analyze metrics to inform the success of products used within programs.
• Utilize enterprise project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence and other applications to manage the program and deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Software Development, IT/IS Management, Engineering, or equivalent experience required.
• 6+ years' experience in a role demonstrating strong technical, operational, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience completing projects using agile technical project management principles.
• Expertise in Agile methodologies and the full software lifecycle: application development and deployment.
• Experience creating user stories, personas, and journey maps for both end users and internal stakeholders.
• Extensive experience in Atlassian tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Proficient in creating visually engaging and informative 'walking' decks and communicating complex ideas to stakeholders.
• Technical knowledge to contribute to technical design discussions.
• Comfortable working with all levels of the organization including senior executives.
• Proven ability to influence seniors and peers without direct authority.

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Scrum Master
• Certified Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agilist
• Experience with Power BI or similar data visualization tools.
• 5+ years program, product, related management experience in development management.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Variety of other discounts and perks