Sr. Technical Program Manager, Broadcast Processing Job at The Walt Disney Compa

Sr. Technical Program Manager, Broadcast Processing

Job ID: 10111882
Location: New York, New York, United States
Business: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
Date posted: Mar. 06, 2025

Job Summary:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while transforming Disney’s media business for the future. This position resides within Engineering Program Management and supports the Media Supply Chain, Media Processing organization responsible for encoding, encapsulating, and publishing live and VOD video, audio, media metadata, subtitles/captions, thumbnails, and ads for delivery to our audiences within Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and other globally prominent streaming products.

The Senior Technical Program Manager is responsible for driving deliverables for the live video Processing team, which develops our proprietary video encoding technology. This involves daily hands-on backlog/roadmap management of technology activities utilizing Agile and Scrum software development practices while balancing priorities and supporting on-time engineering execution. This includes working with multiple technical teams and Product groups to effectively drive building, testing, and deploying cross-functional dependent services.

This role requires a wide range of leadership competencies, technical experience, and communications skills. Responsibilities include:

• Orchestrate team ceremonies and contribute to positive team dynamics.
• Call and run meetings to conclusion and/or actionable outcomes.
• Document decisions/results/notes professionally and in a timely manner.
• Leverage experience with Agile and Scrum to manage releases and balance task priorities across multiple projects.
• Solve complex problems rapidly in a challenging, dynamic environment.
• Partner with engineering leadership on team processes across sprints/projects/programs.
• Communicate with transparency and regularity to senior management and stakeholders regarding project highlights and overall health.
• Deliver quality solutions that meet business goals on-time and within budget.
• Identify scope of technical inputs and outputs as dependencies for other engineering teams.
• Lead engineering teams through the identification and timely management of risks and resolution of issues.
• Collaborate with product partners to help define/scope feature requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5+ years of experience managing software development programs or teams in a global technology organization.
• Talent in leading virtual meetings with distributed groups.
• Expert with project management tools, including Confluence, JIRA, Smartsheets, Airtable.
• Proficiency in Agile Project Management methods, including Scrum and/or Kanban.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Extensive knowledge of distributed application software development life cycle, including microservices deployed into AWS.
• Prior experience with or understanding of media broadcast/transmission and streaming technologies.
• Established experience with back-end streaming media concepts and formats.

Required Education:

• BA/BS or equivalent experience required.

The hiring range for this position in New York is $132,500 to $177,600 per year.

About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney’s media business units while enabling the Company to leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer.

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