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Job Title: Senior Staff Technical Program Manager
Location: Non-remote, Bangalore
Job Summary:
We are hiring a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager. Our experiences are backed by multiple distributed services scaling to serve 150+ million users. Our services are multi-tenant, allowing us to operate in multiple countries seamlessly. We innovate on behalf of the customer through experimentation
and data-backed decisions.
As a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, you will independently lead programs, influencing the roadmap priorities and technical direction for the teams. Your responsibilities will include overseeing all aspects of the program, from communicating risks to tracking progress toward the goal. You will guide the team on technical solutions and make necessary trade-off decisions. You will drive the adoption of program management best practices within the team and mentor others to ensure effective program delivery.
Reporting to : Executive Director, Engineering
Key Responsibilities:
As a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager,
You will independently lead critical programs within the organization
You will guide the team toward technical solutions and make essential trade-off decisions for those programs. Working closely with the tech team, you will define and execute the technical plan for these programs.
You will work with the stakeholders to influence the roadmap priorities for the teams
You will effectively convey all aspects of the program, including surfacing risks, tracking progress toward goals, and driving decisions to propel us forward
You will drive program management best practices within the team and mentor others to effectively deliver their programs
You will work with business and technical teams to bring together a strong business and technical vision
Skills & Attributes for Success:
Proven experience in setting clear goals, constructing comprehensive roadmaps, and effectively driving delivery across various businesses and engineering teams
Demonstrated ability to collaborate with product managers to define project requirements, and with engineers to suggest technical and business approaches
Sound understanding of software development processes, with a track record of successfully delivering projects on schedule
Ability to prioritize across multiple competing projects and drive decision-making across teams
Experience building solutions for web services or mobile devices
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate ideas clearly and concisely to stakeholders at different levels of leadership
Proficiency in influencing outcomes even in the absence of formal authority
Preferred Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related discipline
10+ years of overall experience, with 3+ years of relevant work experience in Technical Program/project management in highly distributed development and business environments
About Us:
Disney+ Hotstar is India’s leading streaming platform that has changed the way Indians watch their entertainment - from their favorite TV shows and movies to sporting extravaganzas. With the widest range of content in India, Disney+ Hotstar offers more than 100,000 hours of TV Shows and Movies in 18 languages and coverage of major global sporting events.
As a mission-driven organization with a relentless focus on our users, we are dedicated to attracting and retaining world-class talent to drive our success.
