Technical Program Manager, International Analytics
Company: Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
Location: Simi Valley
Posted on: June 21, 2022
Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager to
join our International Analytics team. This role requires acute
attention to detail, a strong sense of accountability,
collaboration, communication, technical understanding and
experience managing cross workstream technology initiatives. In
this role you will directly contribute to the success of our
analytics teams by holding regular planning sessions, managing
stakeholders, outlining strategic project deliverables and
coordinating directly with other analytics leaders across Disney
Streaming. At Disney Streaming, data is central to measuring all
aspects of the business, and critical to its operations and growth.
International Analytics works closely with the Regional Analytics
teams across The Walt Disney Company to provide analytical insights
to drive regional business strategy across the globe. The Technical
Program Manager will function as the interface between analytics,
product, operations, and engineering teams, participating in
coordination, alignment, roadmapping and overall seamless delivery
of best-in-class consumer applications. Responsibilities :
- Liaise between central D.A.T.A. Analytics teams and Regional
Analytics teams (based in APAC, LATAM, EMEA).
- Connecting operational and technical teams, translating
high-level requirements from business stakeholders to granular,
well-defined tasks for Data Analysts to deliver on.
- Serves as an information radiator, ensuring successful regional
expansions, content releases, and data model updates are well
communicated and planned throughout the greater org and Regional
Analytics teams.
- Aid in prioritization of required engineering and analytics
work for high visibility initiatives and projects across the
globe
- Build strong relationships with partnered analytics teams;
running multiple concurrent projects with separate stakeholders
simultaneously; cultivating relationships between technical and
business teams while serving directly as the end-to-end liaison in
product development
- Take initiative and take a proactive approach at finding ways
to remove barriers to move a project forward, accurately
forecasting risks and mitigating exposure to accomplishing
projects
- Assist teams in story writing, backlog maintenance and
prioritization and planning. Facilitating creation and
prioritization of program-level features and backlogs
- Aids the team in prioritization and capacity management by
facilitating regular backlog refinement, sprint planning,
prioritization, and estimation ceremonies with the core team and
stakeholders
- Facilitate planning events and other ad-hoc meetings for teams,
including story mapping, assigning of tickets, strategic planning
sessions and scrum of scrums
- Performs all other responsibilities of a Program Manager at a
proficient levelBasic Qualifications :
- 2-4 years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Project
Manager or Scrum Master for a technology team that was diligently
applying Scrum principles, practices, and theory
- Background in Data Analytics, or history of working within an
Analytics team strongly preferred
- Experience collaborating in matrix-organizations with various
horizontal and vertical teams
- Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts
- Good skills and knowledge of servant leadership, facilitation,
situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement,
empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Working knowledge of modern program management, analysis,
tracking, and reporting tools such as Jira, Confluence, G-Suite
(Google: Docs, Sheets, Slides) , and MS Office
- Experience in Scrum Master and scaled Agile or transformation
roles in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes,
different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs.
distributed, etc.)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Able to
communicate anywhere from the team level to C-level
executivesRequired Education :
- Bachelor's degree in business management, computer science, or
another related field Additional Information : DISNEYTECH
Keywords: Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, Simi Valley , Technical Program Manager, International Analytics, Executive , Simi Valley, California
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