Senior Manager - Program & Project Management

Nearshore Program Manager Scrum Manager

Location LATAM Mexico Costa Rica Colombia Argentina Brazil Chile Uruguay Peru or other LATAM countries

Work Hours Pacific Standard Time PST

Engagement Model Fulltime

Client Disney Music Group DMG

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Nearshore Program Manager Scrum Manager to lead and coordinate multiple Data Analytics initiatives within the Disney Music Group DMG portfolio The ideal candidate will act as the primary delivery and operational lead across crossfunctional data engineering analytics product and business teams while ensuring successful execution of roadmap commitments sprint objectives and program outcomes

This role requires a strong blend of Agile leadership stakeholder management delivery governance and data platform experience The candidate will be responsible for driving planning execution reporting risk management and continuous improvement across multiple concurrent workstreams

The role requires working closely with Disney business stakeholders and global teams during Pacific Time Zone PST business hours

Key Responsibilities

Program Delivery Management

Manage multiple DMG Data Analytics initiatives simultaneously

Develop and maintain integrated program plans schedules milestones and dependencies

Drive endtoend execution from requirements through deployment and hypercare

Track and report program status budget risks issues and mitigation plans

Establish delivery governance and ensure adherence to LTIMindtree and client standards

Coordinate across product data engineering BI QA support and business teams

Agile Scrum Leadership

Serve as Scrum ManagerScrum Master for one or more Agile teams

Facilitate Sprint Planning Daily Standups Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives

Monitor sprint health velocity burndown metrics and release readiness

Remove delivery roadblocks and resolve team dependencies

Drive Agile best practices and continuous improvement initiatives

Support Product Owners in backlog refinement and prioritization

Stakeholder Management

Act as the primary point of contact for business and technology stakeholders

Conduct weekly and monthly program governance reviews

Prepare executive dashboards and management reports

Communicate delivery progress risks and strategic recommendations

Drive alignment between business objectives and technology delivery

Resource Vendor Management

Manage distributed nearshore and offshore delivery teams

Track resource utilization capacity planning and demand management

Coordinate onboarding transitions and knowledge transfer activities

Work with partner teams and vendors to ensure delivery commitments are met

Operational Excellence

Ensure adherence to SLA KPI and quality targets

Drive proactive risk identification and issue resolution

Support release planning production deployments and postrelease reviews

Promote automation efficiency and process optimization initiatives

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or related discipline

10 years of overall IT experience

5 years in Program Management Delivery Management or Scrum Leadership roles

Proven experience managing medium to large Data Analytics programs

Strong understanding of AgileScrum methodologies

Experience managing globally distributed teams

Demonstrated success in clientfacing delivery leadership roles

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work effectively during PST business hours

Preferred Technical Experience

Experience with one or more of

Snowflake

Databricks

AWS Data Services

Azure Data Platform

SQL Server

ETLELT Pipelines

Data Warehousing

Data Lake Lakehouse Architectures

Power BI

Tableau

MicroStrategy

DBT

Matillion

AWS Glue

Preferred Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Desired Certifications

PMP

PMIACP

Certified Scrum Master CSM

SAFe Scrum Master

SAFe Agilist

PRINCE2 Practitioner

Success Criteria

The candidate will be measured on

Program delivery predictability

Sprint execution effectiveness

Stakeholder satisfaction

Ontime milestone completion

Risk and issue management effectiveness

Resource utilization and team productivity

Quality and operational stability

Continuous improvement and Agile maturity growth

Preferred Candidate Profile

Based in LATAM region

Strong clientfacing presence

Experienced in Media Entertainment Publishing Music or Digital Content domains

Comfortable leading distributed teams across LATAM US and India

Capable of independently running executive governance forums and delivery reviews

Able to operate as both a strategic Program Manager and handson Scrum Leader