Program Manager

We are looking for a Program Manager to lead complex technical initiatives for a long-term contract opportunity based in Culver City, California. This role is ideal for someone who can coordinate cross-functional engineering efforts in a media, entertainment, or streaming environment while keeping delivery aligned with business goals. The position requires a strong grasp of technical platforms, release processes, and digital media workflows, along with the ability to guide large-scale deployments from planning through execution.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large technical programs, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and risks are actively managed across engineering teams.
• Coordinate closely with software, platform, infrastructure, and DevOps partners to drive execution on platform launches and technical deployment efforts.
• Oversee integration activities between systems and applications, with attention to API connectivity, operational readiness, and scalability.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies, maintain project tracking in Jira, and provide clear status reporting to stakeholders and leadership.
• Support implementation initiatives involving enterprise platforms and cloud-based environments, helping teams stay aligned on scope, timelines, and technical requirements.
• Partner with teams responsible for content intake, media processing, metadata handling, and digital distribution to keep delivery plans on track.
• Identify program risks early, resolve blockers efficiently, and guide teams through issue mitigation and escalation when needed.
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management overseeing complex engineering or platform-focused initiatives.
• Prior work in entertainment, media, or streaming technology environments is required.
• Demonstrated success managing platform rollouts, system integrations, implementation efforts, and technical releases.
• Strong collaboration experience with software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, and infrastructure organizations.
• Working knowledge of system architecture, APIs, CI/CD practices, and cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with digital media workflows, including content ingestion, encoding, metadata management, and distribution processes.
• Experience using Agile delivery methods and project management tools such as Jira; PMP certification is a plus.