Senior Technical Program Manager, Advertising
We're looking for entrepreneurial, innovative individuals who thrive on solving tough problems. We are investing in a deep technical team to pursue a transformation opportunity around advertising identity. The successful candidate will build upon technical skills and core program management successes.A Technical Program Manager (TPM) will partner with engineers, other TPMs, Product Managers and senior management to help create world-class solutions. We're looking for people who are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, demonstrate a high degree of product ownership, and want to have fun while they make history. The ideal TPM is a creative, demonstrated leader with superior analytical abilities and an expeditious drive to deliver results. This opportunity requires deep technical, problem-solving and communication skills.Key job responsibilities- Engineering execution - drive crisp and timely execution based on customer impact and business opportunity- Priority management - manage diverse requests and dependencies from world-wide teams- Process improvements – define, implement and continuously improve delivery and operational efficiency- Stakeholder management – interface with and influence your stakeholders, balancing business needs vs. technical constraints and driving clarity in ambiguous situations- Operational Excellence – monitor metrics and program health, anticipate and clear blockers, manage escalationsA day in the lifeYou organize a design review with a partner engineering team and ask probing questions to ensure the design meets customer needs. At the conclusion of that meeting, you ensure everyone understands what are the follow up action items, who owns them, and what are the expected delivery dates. You write a 1-pager to ask senior leadership for their guidance on a project issue that has bubbled up and could block the team. You prepare a bi-weekly program summary keeping senior leadership and other interested teams aware of progress toward goals.BASIC QUALIFICATIONS- 5+ years of technical product or program management experience- 3+ years of software development experience- 5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience- Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules- Experience building and evaluating system-level technical design- Experience developing and executing/delivering product and technical roadmaps ...