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Program Director, Content Enabling Tech

Condé Nast is a global media company producing the highest quality content with a footprint of more than 1 billion consumers in 32 territories through print, digital, video and social platforms. The company’s portfolio includes many of the world’s most respected and influential media properties including Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour, Self, GQ, The New Yorker, Condé Nast Traveler/Traveller, Allure, AD, Bon Appétit and Wired, among others. Condé Nast Entertainment was launched in 2011 to develop film, television and premium digital video programming.

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Location:

New York, NY

As part of its global transformation, Condé Nast implemented a new operating model for Content/Editorial and IP rights management and is currently rolling out a technology platform & set of shared tools for planning, managing, and sharing content as well as rights to intellectual property. The delivery of these tools and applications span multiple development work streams and business stakeholder groups but operate interdependently in a complex and matrixed environment.

The Program Director for Content Enabling Tech will play a key role in ensuring that the initiative meets CN business objectives by developing a singular, rolled up program view of lower level project plans across all workstreams, ensuring new delivery processes are functioning effectively, sizing releases and creating processes to prioritize work within release planning cycles with business stakeholders, reviewing work stream project plans for interdependencies within the program and other intersecting programs, defining success criteria and target KPIs with business stakeholders and tracking progress against these goals. The Program Director will take a critical role in ensuring the adherence to and refinement of delivery processes and architect new processes with cross functional teams as needs are identified. The Program Director is responsible for all levels of program governance including creation of program/delivery roadmaps, release plans, operating committee reports, and go-live sequencing and strategies. The Program Director will utilize their deep experience with software development best practices to ensure transitions from delivery to BAU processes are defined, agreed, and executed effectively.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

Lead the shift in delivery processes to a new methodology based on SAFe and Scrum frameworks and drive the continued maturity of these processes
Lead all release planning efforts with development teams including user story mapping and sizing, business test case creation, and end to end testing
Oversee and refine scoping processes in conjunction with Product and BA leads as required to ensure proper definition of stakeholder requirements
Work with cross-functional program team and change leads to create comprehensive rollout/release plans including UAT, data/content migration, end user training, business cutover, and hypercare
Communicate concise and regular status with various levels of leadership
Identify risks and prepare risk mitigation tactics; track and report issues
Drive accountability across business stakeholders by tracking and monitoring progress toward key milestones/action items
Create new processes to support intake of stakeholder feedback, transition to BAU engagements with product management leads, intake of new requirements, scope change, and other areas as identified
Create training approach; lead development of end-user training materials; overseeing/conduct training
Define and measure success metrics, adherence to target KPIs, and monitor program progress

Essential Skills & Requirements:

10+ years of experience in project/program management for a large-scale engineering organization or tier 1 consumer facing application
Expert knowledge of project management and software delivery methodologies; PMBOK/PMP principles and SAFe frameworks a plus
Proven ability to manage complex programs and drive cross-functional teams to meet business objectives and influence co-workers while fostering strong working relationships
Deep experience developing and reporting on delivery metrics including pacing and turndown as well as KPIs for business goals, process improvement projects, and program management
Ability to influence and communicate cross functionally with all levels effectively
Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences
Team-player; works well with cross-functional teams to deliver programs
Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
Bias for action, a sense of urgency and willingness to jump in and execute tactically
Base Salary Range : $165,000 - $180,000

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Condé Nast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, familial status and other legally protected characteristics.

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Hybrid, based in London, United Kingdom

DATE POSTED

April 14, 2023