Senior Technical Program Manager, UTA
Talent & entertainment agency
Posted today
Talent & entertainment agency
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
To shape talent, build careers, and tell stories.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate brings deep program management expertise, strong technical fluency, and a proven ability to operate in ambiguity while influencing both engineering teams and executive leadership
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years of experience in program or project management, including at least 4 years in a dedicated Technical Program Manager role
- Strong technical background with the ability to understand system architecture, data flows, integration patterns, and engineering trade-offs
- Proven track record delivering large, cross-functional initiatives in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Demonstrated experience working closely with software engineering and product teams; familiarity with SDLC, Agile methodologies, and modern collaboration/tooling
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and drive alignment at all levels of the organization, including executives
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort using data and metrics to inform decisions and prioritize work
- Bias for action and ownership; operates as a driver of outcomes rather than a coordinator of tasks
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and modern data systems (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka)
- Ability to present to executive audiences with clarity and confidence, tailoring the depth of technical detail to the audience
- Exposure to AI/ML or enterprise data initiatives is preferred
- Experience in media, entertainment, or similarly fast-moving industries is preferred
What the job involves
- UTA seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional technology programs that support UTA’s rapidly evolving business
- In this role, you will partner with senior stakeholders across Technology, Product, Finance, and Operations to deliver large-scale initiatives that drive efficiency, scale, and innovation across the agency
- Lead the end-to-end planning and execution of large-scale, multi-phase technology programs, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals and on-time delivery
- Partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to define scope, success criteria, and program roadmaps across multiple workstreams
- Establish and drive program governance, including status reporting, dependency and risk tracking, and stakeholder communication
- Proactively identify and resolve cross-team dependencies, ensuring accountability, alignment, and efficient decision-making across business units
- Translate complex technical concepts and trade-offs into clear business impacts and recommendations for non-technical stakeholders
- Anticipate, surface, and mitigate risks, escalating when needed while driving solutions independently and decisively
- Define, track, and communicate key program metrics to measure progress, velocity, quality, and outcomes
- Provide clear, executive-ready communication and reporting to senior and C-level stakeholders
- Roll up your sleeves when necessary—diving into technical details, clarifying requirements, and removing blockers to maintain momentum
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Founded in 1991, UTA represents some of the world’s most acclaimed and recognised figures - from actors and athletes to writers and digital influencers. These include Lizzo, The Coen Brothers, Bad Bunny and Timothee Chalamet.
The entertainment landscape is in a permanent state of flux, but the boom of digital and social media has brought rise to new kinds of talent. To remain on the cultural pulse, UTA has expanded its business into gaming, digital media and influencers, as younger consumers spend more time playing games or watching social content over traditional media.
With the acquisitions of Fletcher & Company and Curtis Brown, UTA took on the estates of esteemed literary figures like John le Carré and Ian Fleming. This reflects a larger competition between agencies to acquire intellectual property to develop into content. In doing so, UTA hopes to find competitive edge over other dominant agencies, WME and CAA.
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Insights
10% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Beverly Hills, CA
Leadership
Jeremy Zimmer
(Co-Founder & CEO)Has served as CEO for UTA since 1991.
Jim Berkus
(Co-Founder & Chair)Served as a partner at Leading Artists Agency, which merged with Bauer-Benedek Agency to form UTA.
Peter Benedek
(Co-Founder & Owner)Also served as a partner at Bauer-Benedek Agency.
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