Program Manager

Comcast Advertising • New York City, NY

Company

Comcast Advertising

Location

New York City, NY

Type

Full Time

Job Description

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.

Job Summary

FreeWheel is looking for a Program Manager who will take on the management of moderately complex strategic programs and internal initiatives with the goal of delivering every project on time, within budget and within scope. This can be an in NY office or remote role anywhere in the US. The program manager will drive the complete life cycle of moderately complex programs, including discovery, business planning, execution, and budget management to ensure planned objectives are achieved on time. Program Manager will coordinate the activities of a cross-functional team. The program manager will be able to work with minimum guidance while ensuring high quality delivery of FreeWheel programs.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

  • Serve as the central point of contact (POC) on moderately complex programs containing 1-2 sub-projects/workstreams for strategic internal initiatives.
  • Manage a cross-functional team of internal senior resources to coordinates activities across multiple workstreams, manage dependencies and risks of workstreams to overall program.
  • Creates program and project plans based on business needs and timeline, including critical path, key milestones, and deliverables – adjusting accordingly.
  • Ensure that all initiatives are delivered on-time and within scope & budget.
  • Maintains an awareness of industry trends as well as overall business goals/objectives & strives to arrive at solutions that benefit the business & clients.
  • Maintains an awareness of the broader GPMO portfolio (outside of owned programs) and can connect themes to improve overall delivery.
  • Use formal Project Management processes and tools to manage resources, deliverables, risks, and scope change.
  • Identify project scope, objectives, and stakeholders. Manage changes to project scope and schedule using appropriate verification techniques
  • Maintain communication with stakeholders. Deliver status reports to Directors+, vendors, stakeholders, and resources, tailoring language to audience.
  • Identify and address problems through risk management and contingency planning and present solutions and/or options to executive management.
  • Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
  • Measures and reports on program performance using appropriate tools and techniques
  • Create and maintain comprehensive program documentation throughout the lifecycle of the engagement.
  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
  • Proven work experience in program management in the information technology sector or similar
  • Comfort for ambiguity – able to drive toward clarity and define objective, critical milestones, actionable tasks and owners.
  • Ability to communicate concise, key messages to stakeholders through written and verbal means to create action, awareness, and inform as needed based on audience roles.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities in a quick-delivery environment without losing attention to detail or quality.
  • Exhibits high Program Management skills and best practices.
  • Knowledge of software or product development lifecycles, methodologies, and processes a plus
  • Experience managing project and program budgets.
  • Experience running programs with 1-2 sub projects/workstreams.
  • Exhibits high business acumen outside of owned programs.
  • Ability to proactively identify process improvements and execute on ideas.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint), Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence and project mgmt UIs (Monday, Asana, Workday, etc)
  • Change Management certification a plus
  • PMP/Prince2 MSP certification a plus

Employees at all levels are expected to:

  • Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
  • 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.
  • Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
  • Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
  • 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.
  • Drive results and growth.
  • Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
  • Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

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.

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.


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

5-7 Years


Salary:

Primary Location Pay Range: $103,444.95 - $155,167.42

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.

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Date Posted

11/10/2023

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