Principal Technical Program Manager

Principal Technical Program ManagerDisney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Drive activities for large, strategic, technical programs of the highest complexity, risk, and strategic priority Develop plans and timelines, accounting for all dependencies Forecast and ensure transparency of progress and issues/risks. Proactively drive risk mitigation and contingency planning, along with issue resolution Communicate status, updates, and program summaries via presentations, email, and direct communication with key stakeholders and executive leadership Ensure that all involved parties understand and accept their roles and responsibilities and are held accountable to their deliverables Facilitate all build activities (including QA), as per plan Own and proactively drive, track, and report on budgets Collaborate with other program management colleagues to coordinate activities across multiple technology teams Strong understanding of all program domain technical components, including architecture, tools and deployment practices that development team is employing, including cross-system interactions and dependencies Perform capacity planning for teams Track and report key program metrics, informing stakeholders as appropriate Partner with Product to facilitate advancement of intake pipeline, helping to triage programs to make recommendations to senior leadership Serve as subject matter expert and "go to" person for guidance in program management discipline Independently manage activities and resolve conflict within associated teams, with minimal influence from management Effortlessly sift through "noise" and facilitate discussions and activities with a laser focus towards results Navigate the TWDC to effectively drive progress, even when the scope of responsibilities may be unclear Exemplify leadership characteristics through collaboration, work ethic, and creative thinking. Strive to inspire others and deliver the best possible outputs Coordinate with external vendors, where applicable May manage smaller teams of professional employees related to area of focus or expertise Define, optimize, and manage Agile ceremonies and processes at the team-of-teams levelRequired Education, Experience/Skills/Training:Basic Qualifications 10+ 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)Preferred Qualifications Formal project management certificationsExperience with: Experience working in a media technology environment User access and authentication technology domain knowledge, or demonstrated aptitude for learning a technology-based engineering domainRequired Education BA/BS or equivalent experience requiredThe hiring range for this position in San Francisco is $187,900 to $252,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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.