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At Netflix, our mission is to entertain the world. Together, we are writing the next episode - pushing the boundaries of storytelling, global fandom and making the unimaginable a reality. We are a dream team obsessed with the uncomfortable excitement of discovering what happens when you merge creativity, intuition and cutting-edge technology. Come be a part of what’s next.

Content Promotion and Distribution (CPD) sits at the intersection of the consumer experience and the Netflix Studio. Our team is integral to making the Netflix experience feel personal and relevant by developing innovative approaches to how we catalog, promote, localize, and distribute content.

The Content Promotion and Distribution (CPD) Engineering Organization creates technology to set up, promote, localize, and launch content on the Netflix service and off-service on social channels. We build products and services that manage a global entertainment catalog and enable our members to discover, choose, and talk about the content they can watch or play.

This is a senior (L6) role. You will own CPD's most ambiguous cross-team programs, shape the longer-term technical strategy for your area, and act as a trusted advisor to product and engineering leaders on how technical decisions affect members and the business.

Responsibilities

• Own open-ended, ambiguous programs that span multiple teams and organizations, in collaboration with product, engineering, design, and data science, and that deliver significant business and technical impact.
• Drive the longer-term technical strategy for your area, partnering with product and engineering leadership to co-define roadmaps that balance product velocity, technical quality, and business impact.
• Break down ambiguous problems into strategies and execution plans with measurable milestones, orchestrate decisions on cross-team dependencies and trade-offs, and proactively manage risk.
• Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.
• Identify technical gaps and opportunities across teams and systems, including systems to consolidate or decommission, and drive them to resolution.
• Define and improve program management practices, and mentor and grow TPMs and partners across the organization.

Requirements

• 8+ years of technical program management experience, including leading programs that span multiple teams or organizations
• Proven track record defining and delivering multi-quarter technical programs with measurable business or technical impact at the department or organization level
• Experience resolving conflict and negotiating priorities and roadmaps across teams and organizations
• Deep knowledge of one or more technical domains, with the systems design understanding to influence architecture and technical strategy (coding is not required)
• Strong product sense: understands user and business needs well enough to influence both product and technical roadmaps, not only engineering decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate business impact and technical constraints tailored to the audience, including senior leadership
• Exemplify the Netflix culture by understanding, advocating, and demonstrating its values, and reinforce those values and foster inclusion across the organization.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with software development or engineering
• Industry experience in business domains of consumer products or marketing
• Experience mentoring TPMs or defining program management practices across an organization

Generally, our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top of market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $420,000.00 - $630,000.00.

Netflix provides comprehensive benefits including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs. Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off. Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off. See more details about our Benefits here .

Netflix is a unique culture and environment. Learn more here .

Inclusion is a Netflix value and we strive to host a meaningful interview experience for all candidates. If you want an accommodation/adjustment for a disability or any other reason during the hiring process, please send a request to your recruiting partner.

We are an equal-opportunity employer and celebrate diversity, recognizing that diversity builds stronger teams. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.