Senior Technical Program Manager

Sr. Technical Program Manager Programmatic job responsibilities include:

Type: 12 month Contract (with possible extension)
Location: Burbank, CA / Santa Monica, CA - 3 days a week in one of the following offices, needs local to these locations: Burbank, CA/ Santa Monica, CA.

Experience and Education: 

Note: Candidates from Entertainment or Media domain industry is Nice to have.

Description: 
Working along side the Addressable Data and Business Intelligence team, our Sr. Technical Program Managers are a critical role to the success of our department’s projects. We are often called upon to be the go-between the business and engineering teams, and need to be able to speak the language of each, with ease and complete comprehension.
This role would benefit from previous experience in Ad Technology from any phase of the Ad Lifecycle; including, Order Management, Trafficking, Campaign Management, Ad Serving, Telemetry, Audience Segmentation and Targeting, Measurement and Reporting; previous experience in advertising technologies, include 1p and 3p measurement and ad operations, are a plus.
Candidates typically have a background in the following technologies: Confluence, JIRA, SmartSheet and, of course, Microsoft Office products.
Responsibilities: 
Accountable for driving execution and delivery of extraordinarily high-profile technical, product or software development projects from start to finish. Projects assigned to this level tend to be of the highest complexity and strategic priority.
Performs all other responsibilities of a Technical Program Manager at an expert level, plus:
Forecasts project risks proactively; analyzes and communicates prioritized mitigation plans to stakeholders.
Understands all project domain components, including architecture, tools and deployment practices that development team is employing; can explain the purpose of component decisions at a high level.
Accountable for driving execution and delivery of highly complex technical programs from start to finish.
Performs all other responsibilities of a Program Manager at an expert level, plus:
Assists in triage of other projects or programs and makes recommendations to senior-level leadership.
Serves as subject matter expert and "go to" person for guidance in program management discipline.
May Manage smaller teams of professional employees related to area of focus or expertise.
Defines, optimizes, and manages Agile project management ceremonies and processes at the team-of-teams level.
Required Skills:
Interacts with internal and external peers and management to share highly complex information related to areas of expertise and/or to gain acceptance of new or enhanced technology / business solutions.
Presents issues to and works with management and executive leadership to resolve critical resource conflicts.
Demonstrates expertise in technical project/program domain and able to confidently discuss with project team, neighbors, and stakeholders, including translating technical domain details to executive leadership.
Typically has 8 or more years of progressively complex related experience with 0-3 years management experience.
BA/BS or equivalent experience required.
Expert knowledge and experience with the software development life cycle; experience in streaming media software, broadcast technology, and/or media engineering preferred.
Mastery of project management tools used in business/project area.
Mastery in Agile or Waterfall Project Management methods that may include Scrum, Kanban, and/or Scaled Agile.