Senior Technical Program Mgr
Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: New York City
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Posting Title: Senior Technical Program Mgr Req ID: 10138560
Job Description: Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past,
present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product &
Technology is a global organization of engineers, product
developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more –
all working to build and advance the technological backbone for
Disney’s media business globally. The team marries technology with
creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and
drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We
are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders.
Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt
Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological
foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of
people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you’d
love working here: Building the future of Disney’s media: Our
Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms
that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses
for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s
technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans'
connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney. Hulu.
ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and
the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter
to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and
implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape
industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical
problems. The Business Operations team helps guide and articulate
technology strategy and research, and is responsible for driving
the day-to-day operation of the Product & Technology organization,
including: project and portfolio management and tracking;
organization-level capital, space, and resource management and
allocation; process management; technical incident management; and
our administrative and workplace experience support team. This is a
Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) position within the Product
& Technology (P&T) Technology Enablement Alliance (TEA). The
Senior Technical Program Manager will focus on the planning and
execution of programs related to the internal developer platform -
tools and services for scale offered to internal engineers across
P&T. Our TPMs partner with engineering managers and play a
critical role in structuring and executing impactful cross-org
initiatives. TPMs have a high degree of technical literacy and a
desire to learn more, both within their teams’ product space and
across the wider department. Ideal candidates must be highly
proactive, detail-oriented, possess the ability to work through
unknowns, identify paths to success to ensure delivery, and be able
to autonomously work on multiple, critical assignments that span
the department. Responsibilities: Effectively define and represent
projects goals and plan; develop fundamental technical
understanding of the project deliverables Enhance team throughput
by removing roadblocks and leveraging organizational connections
while helping to drive teams towards commitments Track progress
against deliverables and work closely with the team to ensure
on-time delivery Share concise and effective status information
across multiple reporting formats to keep stakeholders informed and
proactively communicate risks, forecasts, and dependencies.
Facilitate technical and stakeholder meetings; follow the
discussions in order to summarize and capture outcomes Foster
cross-team coordination and communication Identify, maintain, and
visualize metrics to guide the project lifecycle Assist with
estimation and planning of team resourcing, in conjunction with
engineering team manager Navigate competing and dynamic priorities,
balance competing requests with agility Qualifications : 5 years of
demonstrable experience managing technical projects in a fast-paced
and dynamic environment, developing and executing project plans and
delivery commitments. Deep rooted passion and proven track record
building motivated and collaborative teams Detail oriented and
excellent communication skills; ability to follow technical
discussions and absorb technical documentation Track record of
creating and growing trusting, lasting professional relationships
with diverse stakeholders, maturing team’s current engagements and
advocating for future work. Experience in leading teams through
improvement via process re-engineering Demonstrated tenacity and
comfortable with ambiguity Tools expertise including Atlassian
Suite (Jira, Confluence), Google Suite, and Slack/MS Teams or
similar Experience working with distributed teams and/or
distributed organizations Working understanding of cloud based
development and a desire to know more Experience as a scrum master
and knowledge of agile methodologies Bachelor’s degree required
Preferred Qualifications Degree in STEM and / or experience as a
software engineer Exposure to modern DevOps and SRE practices
around CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Availability, etc Prior
experience as a software engineer The hiring range for this
position in New York, NY is $135,400 to $181,600 per year, in
Seattle, WA is $135,400 to $181,600 and in Santa Monica, CA is
$129,300 to $173,300 per year. The base pay actually offered will
take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on
the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills,
and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term
incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation
package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial,
and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Job Posting Segment: Business Operations Job Posting Primary
Business: BO - Global Program Management Primary Job Posting
Category: Project Management Tech Employment Type: Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: New York, NY, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted:
2026-01-26
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