Technical Program Manager
October 25
Description
• WMG is looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) who owns the planning and execution of programs across engineering, product, design, and business. • This position sits within the artist and fan engagement segment of the business. • You will be helping drive new and innovative ways to foster stronger relationships between WMG artists and the fans who listen to their music. • Collaborating with engineering, product management, UX design, cybersecurity, and vendors to define requirements, set priorities, and establish scope. • Developing and owning a communication strategy to proactively communicate program status, issues, and risks to stakeholders and leadership. • Driving projects to completion, with clear, measurable impact to the business. • Owning processes such as the annual and quarterly OKR planning process. • Ensuring that all product teams are driving toward measurable goals. • Identifying roadblocks and reporting status back to leadership. • Managing cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources accordingly. • Driving internal and external process improvements across multiple teams and functions including reducing the manual efforts through automation. • Driving the team to stay on plan and within budget. • Tracking issues and aggressively working with the team to close issues.
Requirements
• You have an undergraduate or master’s degree in Computer Science • Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle. • Experience with shipping consumer facing software. • Ability to work with peers and stakeholders to develop a strategic roadmap that contributes towards company wide objectives. • Able to identify, communicate, and mitigate technical and non-technical project risks • Strong written and verbal skills, and can develop effective and efficient organizational mechanisms. • Is able to develop and implement metrics and KPIs to measure success of a program or project. • 6+ years of experience in a technical role. • Has shipped iOS applications and understands best practices for deployments and releases. • Has effectively run an operational excellence and/or incident management program for heavy traffic software applications.
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