Program Manager – AV Engineering
Netflix
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $100,000 - $300,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Lead strategic planning and execution for a complex global AV engineering, operations, events, and experiential initiatives.
- Oversee and coordinate AV programs, ensuring alignment with business objectives and operational strategies.
- Communicate program status, progress, and performance to stakeholders and senior leadership, providing the transparency needed for informed decision-making.
- Directly manage multiple projects; develop and maintain effective project plans and timelines, and execute against them.
- Strategize, implement, and maintain program efforts that align with N-Tech AV priorities—enabling engineering leaders to focus on technical excellence.
- Foster strong relationships and influence stakeholders, Product leadership, and engineering management to adopt improved workflows, practices, and delivery frameworks.
- Orchestrate work across multiple cross-functional teams, creating a collaborative and transparent environment for all stakeholders.
- Identify and execute opportunities to create efficiencies, optimize workflows, and establish quality standards across AV Engineering.
- Analyze and quantify AV Engineering challenges, risks, and opportunities, developing initiatives to increase productivity and reduce friction for team leads.
- Establish a reliable and visible cadence for portfolio reviews, prioritization, and resource management, ensuring improvements are measurable and have high impact.
- Identify essential requirements, resourcing, and budget needs for cross-functional and internally driven projects.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in project and program management; experience in both strongly preferred.
- Background in management consulting or an MBA is a plus.
- Knowledge and experience in the various AV Engineering processes (Live Events, shared spaces, conference room construction and design, Support and Operations, and Specialty space construction)
- Experience with techniques and tools that drive process efficiency and continuous improvement (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean thinking, Scrum).
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to socialize, explain, and “sell” new and complex strategies, practices, and workflows.
- Ability to quickly grasp concepts related to innovative technology (e.g., Generative AI, automation, remote observability).
- Experience and ability to respectfully and confidently engage with executives and operational colleagues.
- Ability to manage and operate in ambiguous situations and think on your feet to solve challenges and problems.
- Knowledge of the product development workflow is strongly preferred (e.g., project management, user acceptance testing, functional documentation development).
- Knowledge and experience of the content creation process is a plus (e.g., on-set production, post-production services, associated workflows, and metadata).
- Experience owning program strategies with a focus on end-to-end delivery.
- Thrives in a fast-paced and demanding environment, possesses a high level of intellectual curiosity, and demonstrates strong judgment in the face of ambiguity.
Benefits
- You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementprogram managementAV Engineering processesSix SigmaLean thinkingScrumGenerative AIautomationuser acceptance testingcontent creation process
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsstrategic planningproblem-solvinginfluencing skillscollaborationadaptabilityintellectual curiosityjudgmentstakeholder engagement
Certifications
MBA