Strategic Program Director

7 days ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada theScore Full time
About the Opportunity

TheScore seeks a seasoned Program Management Lead to join our team. As a key member of our Program Management Office (PMO), you will be responsible for overseeing the successful delivery of high-visibility programs across our ESPN BET, theScore, and Hollywood Casino family of products.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of program managers by providing day-to-day guidance, strategic direction, and best practices to drive execution of our program portfolio.
  • Responsible for owning our program portfolio and scope, including definition of program objectives, roles and functions of team members, and managing program timelines to empower the team to achieve program milestones and objectives.
  • Collaborate with program team and project management leads to identify and implement opportunities for improvement, standardization, automation, and enforcement of project and program governance within the project and program management teams.
  • Ensure a systematic approach to manage and provide visibility into program milestones, deliverables, resources, action items, and timelines.
  • Empower the program management team to drive accountability and ensure projects remain on track by monitoring progress and unblocking the team.
  • Identify dependencies and synergies between programs, making strategic program decisions to drive organizational objectives.
  • Collaborate with and present to leadership teams to proactively set and manage expectations around program objectives, timelines, risks, and overall status.
  • Support the program team as a point of escalation to leadership teams when required, to drive alignment on objectives, de-risk timelines, strategic optionality for program execution, and ensure organizational alignment.
  • Exercise independent judgment and decision-making on complex issues regarding job duties and related tasks, working under minimal supervision.
  • Reflect on lessons learned from projects and programs to continuously improve project and program management practices and methodologies on the project management team.
Requirements
  • 7+ years of experience in technical program management for software teams, including experience leading programs and large-scale projects from start to finish.
  • 5+ years of experience in cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, and business teams.
  • Experience with project management, cross-functional collaboration, leading high-performing teams, and working with a wide range of stakeholders and leadership teams.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work collaboratively with senior leadership to drive successful program outcomes.
  • Extensive knowledge and expertise in program and project management methodologies and tools.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and able to turn incomplete or conflicting inputs into clear plans.
  • Experience identifying and implementing scalable solutions to systemic challenges.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex problems and develop effective solutions.


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