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Technical Program Mgr II

Technical Program Mgr II

CompanyThe Walt Disney Company
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$114500 – $153500
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelMid Level

Requirements

  • Minimum 3 years practical experience in a technical role, preferably within streaming media
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and/or equivalent work experience
  • Experience working with external Partners across LATAM, EMEA and APAC
  • Proven track record managing complex technical programs in distributed application models with partner devices, such as set top boxes, customer purchasing journeys and content metadata catalog distribution
  • Knowledge of Streaming, Video Playback technology, and API integration
  • Understanding of systems architectures, design and implementation
  • Ability to actively identify dependencies/risks and work with engineering counterparts to mitigate these
  • Ability to interact with a diverse set of technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, written and verbal communication
  • Good understanding of cloud based backend and front-end environment
  • Experience working with QA teams facilitating, removing blockers and reviewing test results readout

Responsibilities

  • Own execution for upcoming Partner launches, driving request intake, issue resolution, and delivery
  • Build strategic and trusted partnerships with our team leads from the Technical Account Management Team, Partner Integration Engineering Teams, and Device & Media Product teams to ensure alignment with business needs
  • Partner with engineering, product and Technical Account Management to translate Partner requests to comprehensive execution plans
  • Work with multiple internal teams to track progress on your programs in a manner easily consumable by all stakeholders
  • Provide escalation management, anticipate and resolve bottlenecks, and balance business needs with technical constraints in order to provide timely updates on project health to a cross-functional executive audience of technical, business, and operations stakeholders
  • Author detailed reports for program status, schedules, task assignments, risks
  • Track and drive the resolution of Partner open issues for any given delivery through clear communication with stakeholders
  • Identify inefficiencies in the processes, and drive better, more efficient processes where needed for programs to deliver optimally and on time

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience using and building Airtable interfaces or similar tool
  • Experience shipping entertainment and media applications on web, mobile platforms, video game consoles, set top boxes, or smart TVs
  • Account management, client service, and/or management consulting experience is a plus
  • Experience in application development kits (ADK) integration is a plus
  • Fluent in Spanish