Senior Technical Program Manager, Architecture

Job Description

Pluto TV, a Paramount Global company, is the leading free streaming television service in America, delivering 250+ live and original channels and thousands of on-demand movies in partnership with major TV networks, movie studios, publishers, and digital media companies. Pluto TV is available on all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices and millions of viewers tune in each month to watch premium news, TV shows, movies, sports, lifestyle, and trending digital series. Headquartered in West Hollywood, Pluto TV has offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Chicago and Berlin.

Summary

Are you a hardworking, self-motivated, organized, agile Program Manager looking to join a rapidly-expanding PMO? We are seeking an individual with strong technical skills, experience in agile methodologies, and a track record of motivating teams to deeper levels of agility and self-organization.

Individuals should be highly skilled Agile program management professionals, great teammates, lifelong learners, and extraordinary communicators, with a passion for servant-leadership. Your primary responsibility will be providing program management support to the Architecture team and potentially serving as the technical program manager for various initiatives where you'll be partnering closely with Streaming Technology stakeholders across multiple teams and divisions. We are seeking a program management leader with Agile knowledge and skills, a strong sense of accountability and commitment with a keen eye for continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is very comfortable with supporting and/or driving evolving processes, intricate initiatives, and isn't intimidated by a complex technical stack.

Responsibilities:
• Leading projects / programs that span multiple departments with various stakeholders to ensure teams are achieving their commitments.
• Driving effective teamwork, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities
• Participate in quarterly big-room planning, coordinate with the rest of the PMO to account for cross-team dependencies, and coach teams towards responsible quarterly commitments.
• Supporting cross-team communication and transparency by providing accurate and proactive project tracking to the larger organization.
• Actively identifying and removing impediments that may impact team velocity or deliverables.
• Being a servant-leader within the team, using leadership skills to cultivate healthy and productive working relationships.
• Championing the adoption of Agile within your teams and across the organization.
• Actively collaborating with teams to relentlessly improve.

Qualities / Experience We're Seeking
• 5+ years experience as a Agile program management with some experience leading a team.
• 5+ years using Agile to coach teams to higher levels of productivity and efficiency.
• 3+ years working with streaming and/or consumer facing technologies (entertainment, mobile/web, backend infrastructure, etc.)
• 4+ years coaching and mentoring engineers, product managers, testers, and other program managers
• 5+ years working as part of a larger PMO to deliver complex solutions, working through an agile process to call out issues, remove impediments, and manage risks.

Additional Qualifications
• Experience managing competing priorities, negotiating compromises, and interfacing between a technical team and business partners.
• Ability to use critical thinking and creativity to improve processes and bring more efficiency
• Comfortable with making decisions that are thoughtful with limited data and lots of ambiguity
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and implement ideas in a fast-paced creative environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or relevant experience.
• Proficiency in tools: Jira, Confluence, Google Suite, Slack
• Advanced Agile certifications such as PMI-ACP, CSP, or SA are recommended.

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

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