Technical Program Manager 3, FreeWheel Reston, VA - Hybrid - comcast

Job Summary

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Understanding technical program scopes, driving key planning milestones, and ensuring alignment with product and business requirements
• Leveraging technical expertise to research, plan, and achieve program objectives through effective team collaboration
• Coordinating with senior staff to secure participation from cross-functional core team members, including matrixed project managers
• Overseeing project execution from start to finish, ensuring technical specifications and program plans are followed
• Collaborating with core team and senior staff to schedule work and manage critical path tasks within program scope
• Assisting in the development of program goals, objectives, and success criteria, ensuring alignment with technical strategies
• Identifying and analyzing complex technical risks and issues, providing resolutions, and supporting budget and resource forecasting
• Monitoring program deliverables for quality, working with senior staff to manage changes, and ensuring program objectives are met
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Key Focus Areas:

Lead execution of cross-team initiatives

Coach teams on agile and SDLC maturity

Own delivery metrics and reporting

Proactively manage risks and blockers

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Platform Delivery Leadership

Support a single team’s delivery execution under guidance.

Track progress and surface blockers to senior EDMs.

Agile SDLC Implementation

Assist in scheduling and documenting agile ceremonies.

Learn and apply FreeWheel’s SDLC practices.

Planning & Capacity Management

Help maintain Jira boards and sprint plans.

Track team availability and flag inconsistencies.

Process Improvement & Coaching

Observe team workflows and suggest minor improvements.

Participate in retrospectives and document action items.

Stakeholder Communication & Alignment

Share basic status updates with internal team.

Escalate issues to senior team members as needed.

Job Knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA’s)

Knowledge:

Deep understanding of Agile delivery models and metrics (velocity, cycle time)

Strong grasp of cross-team dependency management

Knowledge of platform or domain-specific delivery challenges

Skills:

Advanced facilitation and conflict resolution

Data-driven decision-making and reporting

Coaching and mentoring junior team members

Abilities:

Lead delivery across multiple teams or initiatives

Influence prioritization and planning decisions