Software Resources has an immediate job opportunity for a Technical Program Manager with a major corporation in Seattle, WA.



Duration: 12 month(s)



Description:



The Data Platforms Team is looking for a Technical Program Manager to drive business-critical initiatives across multiple teams within the Data Platforms organization and across the Entertainment & Sports Network landscape. This role will partner with Product Management and Engineering to translate business value into actionable plans and execute on the delivery of strategic data initiatives.



The main focus of this role is driving delivery of data products that provide our partners with a horizontal view of the health and reliability of critical data pipelines. This role is responsible for driving strategic initiatives including building operational production health dashboards for data reliability and production health and delivery of a unified incident management system that enables predictability & reliability for incident management across the org.



This role requires technical understanding, attention to detail, a strong sense of accountability and ownership, collaboration, and experience managing cross workstream teams. If you are someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, jumps at the opportunity to work on impactful and complex problems, and constantly seeks out new challenges, then this is a great role for you.



Lead multiple programs across multiple engineering teams to deliver their products, and objectives in a fast-paced and complex environment



Develop strong partnerships with engineering, product management and analytics leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives



Build strategic relationships with key engineering and business leaders to ensure program success



Drive teams in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs



Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project blockers, and establish appropriate resolution paths



Fill in gaps across roles and functions as needed, performing as an adaptive problem solver



Develop and execute change management and communication plans and engage with the stakeholders to report progress and raise issues



Create a collaborative work environment that cultivates shared understanding, transparency, mastery, autonomy, innovation and continuous learning



Exhibit a high tolerance for context switching and interruptions while remaining productive and able to provide effective guidance



Basic Qualifications:



5+ years of experience in technical program management, preferably with a focus on data analytics, business intelligence, relational databases, or big-data technology



Experience with large-scale organizational change efforts



Experience in building broad, large-scale communications plans on all active initiatives and programs



Love and interest for Data while taking chaos and turning it into something actionable



High sense of ownership and focus on building fast with awareness of limitations



Experience in Agile software development with expertise in Scrum methodology and practices to be able to establish a healthy link between data analytics and data engineering teams



Good understanding of SQL, ETL processing, Data Warehousing, and familiarity with BI Visualization tools such as Looker and Tableau



Working knowledge of modern program management, analysis, tracking, and reporting tools such as Jira/Confluence, Airtable, G-Suite (Google: Docs, Sheets, Slides), and MS Office



Knowledge of software development life cycle (SDLC), data analytics, data engineering, and data modeling



Experience operationalizing incident management systems, dashboards and processes at scale



Required Education:



Bachelors Degree