Senior Technical Program Manager

Leads execution of CNN's Connected TV roadmap, translating product goals into certified, high-quality experiences on every device and growing engagement on the platform. It works day to day with CTV engineers (BrightScript, TypeScript/JS, Swift), Backend, Product Managers and Designers, platform partner and certification contacts (Roku, Amazon, Apple, Samsung, Comcast), and Mission leadership. This is a newly created position.

• Own end-to-end delivery planning for CNN's CTV roadmap from intake through certified release across major platforms including Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung, Android TV, Comcast and others.
• Partner with Product, Design and Engineering leads to align timelines, scope and expectations across teams and platform partners.
• Identify dependencies across Platform, Backend, Editorial and partner platform teams, acting as the requester and coordinator for platform and certification needs.
• Surface delivery and certification risks early with clear mitigation paths to keep delivery predictable and avoid material late surprises.
• Coordinate shared codebase development for common features using TypeScript/JS, BrightScript and Swift.
• Partner with engineering on performance tuning across low-powered CTV devices.
• Track and report on engagement KPIs for CTV experiences.
• Communicate progress, tradeoffs and certification timelines to stakeholders.
• Ship releases on time that clear platform certification with minimal resubmission, delivering a consistent CNN experience across every platform.

• Genuine curiosity about how things work and pride of workmanship, with enjoyment in tinkering and building outside of work.
• Customer focused, with a strong problem-solving mindset and the ability to reduce ambiguous problems into manageable chunks and find creative technical approaches to delivery.
• Proven ability to own roadmaps, manage dependencies and drive cross-functional execution, with skilled release planning, risk management and status reporting up and down the organisation.
• Strong understanding of system architecture, APIs and integrations, with the ability to discuss technical design with engineers and identify technical and non-technical risks early.
• Working familiarity with CTV platform ecosystems and languages (TypeScript/JS, BrightScript, Swift), plus data flows, content pipelines and media formats (video, audio, metadata).
• Clear communicator who can translate user needs into technical requirements and vice versa, making tradeoffs explicit (time, scope, quality) to secure stakeholder buy-in.
• Uses quantitative metrics (usage, latency, uptime, KPIs) and qualitative feedback to inform decisions.
• Influences without authority, with strong facilitation skills to align editorial, product, design and engineering stakeholders across departments.

• Experience navigating store submission and certification cycles is a strong plus.
• High adaptability in fast-paced, shifting news cycles.
• Comfortable reading and writing basic queries and building or interpreting dashboards, analytics and reporting to track programme health.

• Health insurance coverage
• Employee wellness programme
• Life and disability insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays and sick time and vacation
• Annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and programme-specific awards may be offered