• Job Description

  Req#: 6922316002

  At Wizards of the Coast, we connect people around the world through play and imagination. From our genre-defining games like Magic: The Gathering® and Dungeons & Dragons® to our growing multiverse, we continue to innovate and build new ways to foster friendship and connection. That’s where you come in!

  As a Principal Technical Program Manager working on D&D Digital, you will drive product development across teams in the US and Poland to enhance WotC’s official D&D digital toolset and marketplace, D&D Beyond.

  You will create and maintain effective product development processes and track project progress and priorities. All to improve development efficiency, identify project critical paths, and ensure products and features are delivered when expected and to specifications. You will collaborate with senior, product, and technical leadership across D&D, WotC, and Hasbro, engaging in regular communication regarding project status, risks, and change control.

  You will establish a deep understanding of product design, technical design and implementation details and be expected to represent your product and engineering partners in meetings with partners. You will work to get commitments from dependencies, anticipate risks, prevent bottlenecks, and ensure high quality deliveries.

  Strong remote work experience and both written and verbal communication skills are a must. A solid understanding of, and appreciation for, D&D is a plus.

  What You'll Do:

  • Collaborate with multi-functional teams to define and prioritize product and feature requirements.
  • Ensure business and technical partner needs are aligned.
  • Define project scope, goals, and work that support business goals.
  • Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and budgets.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.
  • Manage project risks and proactively identify and resolve issues that impact project delivery.
  • Make sensible trade-offs (e.g., time vs. effort vs. features) to unblock projects.
  • Raise urgent issues appropriately, engaging partner teams as needed, and driving them to closure in a timely manner.
  • Communicate project status, updates, and risks to partners and senior leadership.
  • Drive continuous improvement of business and engineering processes.
  • Take a leading role in yearly roadmap and long-term planning.
  • Understand the D&D Beyond system, its limitations, scaling factors, boundary conditions, and reasons behind architectural decisions.

  What You'll Bring:

  • 7+ years of proven experience working directly with engineering teams.
  • 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
  • 5+ years of software development experience.
  • Experience managing programs across multi-functional teams, building processes, and coordinating release schedules.
  • Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.
  • Experience working with global teams.
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills with an ability to concisely convey project status and risk at all levels of the company.

  Nice to Have:

  • Experience building and evaluating system-level technical designs.
  • Experience managing broad architecture change programs across large number of engineering teams and organizations.
  • 5+ years of project management including scoping, scheduling, budgeting, and measuring quality, along with risk and critical path management experience.
  • Experience running projects across multi-functional teams, building sustainable processes, and coordinating release schedules.
  • Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership.

  We are an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

  The above is intended to describe the general content of and the requirements for satisfactory performance in this position. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of the duties, responsibilities, or requirements of the position.

  We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you are selected to move forward in our application process and need to request an accommodation, please let your recruiter or coordinator know.

  In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation range for this role. The range listed is just one component of Wizards of the Coast’s total compensation package for employees. Employees may also be eligible for annual and long-term incentives. In addition, Wizards of the Coast provides a variety of benefits to employees. Here’s a look at what your benefits package may include: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Paid Vacation Time & Holidays, Generous 401(k) match, Paid Parental Leave, Volunteer Program, Employee Giving & Matching Gifts Programs, Tuition Reimbursement, Product Discounts, and more.

  Compensation Range

  $147,520 — $249,600 USD

• About the company

  Wizards of the Coast LLC is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games.

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