Sr Program Manager, Dow Jones

• Preferred a Bachelor's degree (BA or BS) from a four-year college or university
• At least 10+ years of experience managing programs and teams at various levels of maturity
• Demonstrate progressively responsible experience / technical expertise in systems/software including managing multiple projects and teams on large-scale programs
• Excellent team management skills and detailed understanding of product and systems integration issues
• Some applied knowledge of the media industry, software development, web technologies, and user engagement platforms
• Proven ability to produce high levels of customer/stakeholder satisfaction
• Basic media industry knowledge including industry drivers, key players, trends, business processes, and third-party service providers
• Ability to prepare resource and time estimates with a good degree of reliability
• Strong presentation, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Strong strategic interactions skills with senior-level stakeholders
• Demonstrated leadership and team-building experience
• Agile certification (CSM/PSM, PMI-ACP, PMP, SAFe, etc)
• Expert user of Jira/Confluence

• Dow Jones is on a journey to take our products to the next level and we need you to assist in making that happen
• The program management team is key to ensuring that our deliverables are executed as efficiently as possible
• They are also our cultural backbone, team mentor, and give life to the organization
• As a Sr Program Manager on the Digital Experience team within Dow Jones, you will lead the delivery of a digital news teams focused on providing personalized products to Dow Jones subscribers
• You will also assist with agile coaching, with a focus on Scrum or Kanban
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to manage any projects or programs that are a part of your portfolio, eliminate roadblocks, manage expectations, and risk
• Managing resource forecasting, trend analysis, and financial reporting
• Communicating milestones, team progress, and financial status
• Working within cross-functional development teams, reporting to the VP of Project Management, you will have the opportunity to assist with defining program excellence
• You will manage the execution of critical data science programs whilst ensuring the highest level of code quality
• Your prior experience working in a development environment delivering programs and new features will aid you when joining a team that is already making a significant impact across the business
• Managing multiple projects, programs and teams as needed
• Driving the definition, design and delivery of key initiatives
• Coaching the teams to deliver iteratively and with high quality
• Participating in short and long-term planning for the product line
• Leading one or more enterprise initiatives based largely on scrum teams
• Resolve impediments, and partner with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions
• Provide coaching to project managers on team management in order to maximize program delivery, and provide guidance on how to better deliver value to our customer base
• You will drive for results, learn to identify operational improvements, and contribute to a culture of customer service
• Ensuring external project dependencies are properly tracked
• Communicating and reporting status at appropriate frequency and details for each stakeholder
• Assist with technical feasibility, implementation approach, deployment strategies, and QA efforts
• Drive agile ceremonies
• Helping them to construct solid working agreements, guidelines and drive process adherence and improvement
• Optimizing productivity and driving team accountability
• Partnering with the product owner on scope, backlog grooming, stakeholder communications, etc
• Collaboratively defining, documenting, and driving agile adoption
• Foster cross-team coordination and communication
• Motivating, empowering, and improving the team
• Gain a detailed understanding of the products, tools, and practices of the teams
• Knowledge of the technical and business context of the project including related services
• Demonstrable understanding of your product domain and immediate surrounding areas, be able to and confident of discussing this with PMO team members

Dow Jones is a global leader in news and business intelligence, powering a range of well-respected brands, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial News, MarketWatch, and more. The company delivers its content to consumers through a range of formats, such as print, digital, mobile, and live events.