Senior Program Manager, Roku
Themed Experiences
$280-310k
+ Equity
More information about location
4-5 days a week in office
Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
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Convenient & affordable TV streaming players
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$280-310k
+ Equity
More information about location
4-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide its users with a more convenient and cost effective way of watching the programs they love.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a seasoned program leader who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments, earns trust through decisive action, and brings recommendations on AI-driven automations and methodologies to optimize program execution
- 10+ years of program management experience in technology, media, entertainment, or consumer products
- Demonstrated success managing
- Experience driving programs from concept through launch in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Strong ability to earn trust and influence without direct authority across engineering, product, design, and creative teams
- Proficiency with project management and product discovery tools such as Jira, Asana, and similar platforms
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to synthesize information for diverse audiences
- Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones
- Familiarity with consumer-facing product development, home screen or platform experiences, or content-driven product surfaces
- Track record of identifying and implementing process efficiencies, including the use of AI tools and automation
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities
What the job involves
- Roku is seeking a Senior Program Manager, Themed Experiences to join the Viewer Product team and help bring to life a new, high-visibility surface on the Roku Home Screen. This is a highly visible, leadership-level program
- This role will drive the program toward launch, coordinating across engineering, product management, advertising, personalization, and creative teams to deliver a differentiated Roku experience
- The Senior Program Manager will build and maintain program structure, manage cross-functional dependencies spanning multiple time zones, and ensure the team hits critical milestones on an ambitious timeline
- This person will also partner with stakeholders to develop tooling and scheduling workflows for content creators, enabling a sustainable and scalable production process
- Drive end-to-end program management for a new home screen experience from development through launch and ongoing operations
- Coordinate cross-functional workstreams across product, engineering, design, advertising, personalization, and creative teams
- Build and maintain detailed program plans, timelines, and dependency maps across globally distributed teams spanning multiple time zones
- Establish and run program governance including status reporting, risk identification, escalation paths, and decision-making frameworks
- Partner with product management to translate vision into actionable milestones and deliverables
- Develop tooling requirements and scheduling workflows for content creators to enable scalable production
- Drive alignment across senior stakeholders, ensuring clarity of roles, responsibilities, and priorities
- Identify and implement process improvements, including AI-powered automations and methodologies, to accelerate program delivery
- Manage competing priorities and make timely trade-off decisions to keep the program on track
- Leverage project management tools such as Jira, Jira Product Discovery, and Asana to maintain program visibility and accountability
Our take
According to Nielsen data, the average streamer spends over seven minutes searching for something to watch. Streaming services use customers' viewing history to make suggestions, but these are limited to programs licensed for that particular service.
Roku provides an integrated streaming service that offers TV channels, movies and third-party streaming services, resulting in an all-in-one streaming platform. The service can be accessed through a variety of customized subscription packages and fees.
Roku stands out in the streaming industry by bringing many competitors together in one package. The startup provides further innovative services such as a weekly TV series named 'Roku Recommends' which uses first-party data to recommend essential viewing to users.
Alongside funding filmmakers through its "Change Makers Program", Roku also acquired its own original library of shows through its acquisition of now-defunct Quibi's library. Then, after successful collaborations with TCL and Hisense, the first in-house "Roku Television" was released. In 2026, it was announced that media giant FOX would acquire Roku, which the companies say will create the third largest player in US TV by share of viewing.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jan 2016
$45.5m
LATE VC
Nov 2015
$45.5m
SERIES H
Total funding: $247.8m
Company benefits
- Medical, wellness and financial benefits
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Free snacks and access to the company fitness center
Company HQ
Newhall, San Jose, CA
Leadership
Anthony Wood
(Founder & CEO)Studied Engineering at Texas A&M before founding their first company in 1986. They held VP roles at both Adobe and Netflix.
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