Senior Program Manager - Santa Monica, United States - Akube Inc.

Description

Job DescriptionCity:
Santa Monica, CAOnsite/ Hybrid/ Remote: Onsite, 3 days a weekDuration: 16 months

Rate Range:
$100/hr on W2 depending on experience (no C2C or 1099 or sub-contract)

Work Authorization:
GC, USC, All valid EADs except H1bDescription:Within the Business Operations organization the Sr.

Technical Program Manager for Advertising Platforms is responsible for managing small through large-scale, complex projects in the Advertising Platforms area from initiation through closure.

These initiatives involve daily hands-on management of technology activities utilizing Agile and Scrum based software development practices; and includes working cross-functionally with multiple technical teams to effectively deliver business solutions.

This role requires leadership competencies, technical (PM) experience, and communications skills. The Sr.

Technical Program Manager is responsible for managing projects using processes, tools and methodologies; this includes the development of the scope of work and the management of time, work-breakdown, cost, risk, and communications.

Basic Qualifications:
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

Program Manager Accountabilities:

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 levelCommunications / Interactions: 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 leadershipTypically 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 AgileMust haves:1.

Agile Experience - 2+ years2. JIRA Experience - 2+ years

• Must be able to work in Jira3.

Advertising or Technology Experience - 2+ yearsIn addition:We need a Senior Program Manager that can run a program on their own; if they come from a FANG or Media Entertainment that would be great.

Because they are going to be working on our Programmatic Analytics program, it is VERY technical and they will need to have a basic understanding of how Programmatic and Advertising works, or they will get lost very quickly.

Must have some ability to write SQL, know about database, Snowflake, Microstrategy, Tableau - in the sense that this person will be working in sprints, roadmaps, schedules and dealing with the technical teams so must be able to interpret requirements and operationalize into sprints, create user stories, etc.

Someone from the following background who went into Program Management would be good- QA, Product Mrg, developer turned PM ,again as this is very technical#J-18808-Ljbffr