Sr. Manager, Technical Program Management

R362603
Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, helps local, regional and national advertisers use the best of digital with the power of TV to grow their business. It provides multi-screen marketing solutions to make advertising campaigns more effective and easier to execute. Headquartered in New York with offices throughout the country, Effectv has a presence in 66 markets with nearly 35 million owned and represented subscribers. We’re dedicated to helping our clients meet their business goals by connecting them with their customers through multiscreen television advertising. Working with companies from local startups to nationwide corporations, we provide support to help each business reach its target customers. By applying data to television advertising in new ways, we’re able to bring our clients the best of digital media, coupled with the power of TV. To learn more, check out www.effectv.com.
Job Summary
Responsible for oversight and management of Program Managers and the Program Management Office (PMO.) Effectively oversees Program Management Office in delivering programs on time and on budget, including resource allocation. Develops financial and operational objectives. May have department budget responsibilities. Ensures operational plans are aligned with business objectives. Contributes to functional strategy development. Has a greater degree of impact on business results and typically manages one or more groups of professional employees.

Core Responsibilities

• Keeps abreast of new developments in project management methodologies, agile practices, best practices and industry standards.
• Provides leadership and management to the Program Management team. Possesses staffing accountability, including recruitment and retention, hiring & performance management and leadership and professional development.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Trains, hires and develops PMO staff. Has performance management responsibilities. Responsible for staff performance and salary and bonus administration.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Report weekly (or as necessary) on any risks/issues.
• Identify and manage critical path and risk areas and create risk response and mitigation plans.
• Communicate updates on major milestones, escalations and status to lead engineer and lead project manager.
• Facilitate bug triage, manage bug lists across vendors, track issue resolution with lead engineer.
• Manage and drive test organization activities.
• Lead change request generation and tracking.
• Lead and track tasks and milestones across all parties, including vendors. Lead, facilitate and drive programs. Share responsibility and accountability for programs.
• Work with other project managers to track and manage inter-project dependencies.
• Lead scoping and architecture review activities for initiated programs and follow process for program approval at architecture initiation board.
• Create and track end to end project plan in conjunction with the lead engineer.
• Recommends and implements corrective action with the Program Management Office (PMO,) as necessary, to improve performance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
• Provides support for corporate budgeting and budget tracking.
• Escalate as required to unblock open issues.
• Develops and maintains performance metrics to makes informed recommendations for strategic decision making.
• Make project's scheduling decisions in conjunction with the lead engineer or to facilitate conversations necessary for decision making.
• Report on project's progress as required by product engineering management.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Drive results and growth.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

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Certifications
Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI)
Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
7-10 Years
Salary:
National Pay Range: $85,665.16 USD-$200,777.73 USD
Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.