Program Manager - TV Platforms

Job description / Role

Overview

MBC is looking for a program manager to oversee new development initiatives for its TV platforms. The Program Manger will create and maintain project plans, evaluate resource availability, anticipate bottlenecks, provide management escalation, recommend tradeoffs, balance the business needs versus technical constraints and champion AGILE project management practices.

Key responsibilities and accountabilities

- Coach cross-functional team members in program and project management best practices.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Guide, lead, escalate and clear impediments blocking progress toward team goals.
- Identify and manage dependencies, interactions, and deliverables within and across multiple teams.
- Work with the Project / Delivery Managers to build and scale operational best practices to align multiple teams and individuals with the company's overall objectives and priorities.
- Ability to undertake, lead and oversee Incident Management, Problem Management, and Change Management process design, and adherence.
- Anticipate Operational risks and work out identification, tracking, assessment, and mitigation strategies.
- Work with business stakeholders and with multiple Tech stakeholders to address business concerns, launch projects, track deliverables to business, and work towards the overall technical, operation, and process stability across tech platforms.
- Work closely with business planning to undertake detailed cost-benefit-analysis (CBA) for prioritization and reprioritization of projects.

- Holder of a degree from a highly reputed University, preferably in Computer Science.
- 8+ years of experience or equivalent expertise in product delivery or a relevant domain area.
- Fluency in AGILE project methodologies is a must.
- Proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, JIRA, Confluence.
- Proven track record of managing large-scale delivery teams.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent project management and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Experience with software or an online product is highly desired. However, previous experience of delivering Video on Demand / VOD related technology projects would be a distinct advantage.
- Strong understanding of streaming media and the related technologies such as digital rights management, content delivery networks among others.
- Strong team player, able to develop strong working relationships and good organizational awareness.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and communication skills- verbal and written
- Ability to work independently in a change driven environment.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure.

Unfortunately, due to the high number of responses we receive we are unable to provide feedback to all applicants. If you have not been contacted within 5-7 days, please assume that at this stage your application has been unsuccessful.

About the Company

MBC GROUP is the largest media company in the Middle East & North Africa region that enriches people’s lives through information, interaction and entertainment. In 2002, nearly a decade after the launch of MBC1 in London, in 1991, MBC GROUP moved its headquarters to Dubai Media City, United Arab Emirates.

Today, MBC GROUP includes over 17 leading TV channels: MBC1 (general family entertainment); MBC2 & MBC MAX (24-hour western movies); MBC3 (children’s edutainment with a mix of both local productions and western acquisitions); MBC4 (entertainment for young families with a female-focus); MBC ACTION (an indigenous adrenaline-packed channel targeting young males with local and homegrown productions); MBC VARIETY (Western films and general entertainment with uninterrupted broadcasting); MBC DRAMA (24/7 Arabic drama) & MBC+ DRAMA (a joint pay-TV channel between MBC and OSN); MBC PERSIA (general family entertainment dubbed and subtitled in Farsi); WANASAH (24-hour Arabic music channel); MBC MASR & MBC MASR2 (general family entertainment geared towards the Egyptian family); MBC BOLLYWOOD (delivering the freshest in Bollywood content geared towards the region via an Arabized interface); MBC USA (on “Dish Network” in the US); MBC IRAQ (a premium channel aimed at the entire Iraqi family), MBC5 (new satellite channel dedicated to the Maghreb); all of them benefit from MBC STUDIOS which produces the region’s most compelling premium content for cinema, television and on-demand platforms. MBC GROUP also includes two FM radio stations: MBC FM (Gulf music) and Panorama FM (contemporary Arabic hit music).

Furthermore, part of MBC GROUP is Shahid and its premium subscription-based service Shahid VIP, the world’s leading Arabic streaming platform, home to highly rated original productions from the Arab world, a wide range of exclusive movies and premieres, as well as the top watched live Arab TV channels.