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Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance. Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled. Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day. If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO! Senior Director, Technical Program Management AI/ML 45961 Overview and Responsibilities Job Summary: The Senior Director of Technical Program Management (AI) collaborates with engineering management. They lead the development and growth of AI-driven platforms and systems. Enhance capabilities within the Consumer AI organization. This role sits at the intersection of technology, product, and business strategy translating AI concepts into scalable, production-grade systems that deliver measurable impact. The ideal candidate brings deep systems thinking, deep technical judgment, hands-on experience building AI solutions, and the adaptability to lead in fast-pace, experimental AI environments. They will oversee a portfolio of AI/ML investments, lead a team of senior program management leaders, and serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders. Key Responsibilities Strategic AI Portfolio Leadership Own PMO oversight of the end-to-end AI/ML portfolio, including long-range we plan and select where to invest. We also measure the results based on specific goals. Enable software product operating models that support high-volume experimentation, rapid learning cycles, and continuous improvement. As the team and AI / ML products scale, introduce the correct level of lean process, while still supporting innovation and autonomy. Establish planning rhythms, reviews, and metrics. Ensuring accountability and give senior management visibility. Drive clarity on priorities and tradeoffs across AI investments to maximize long-term leverage and impact. Establish and track portfolio-level success metrics connecting model performance, adoption, and business outcomes. Serve as a key contributor on the PMO AI solutions team, actively collaborating in the ideation, design, and build of AI-generated tools and automation workflows to impact productivity, efficiency, and project/people data insights. Program Management: Risk, Dependencies, and Go-to-Market Integration Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate technical, delivery, and systemic risks along with recommended mitigation strategies and decision points. Own dependency management across multiple teams, platforms, and product surfaces, ensuring sequencing, interfaces, and handoffs are clearly understood and actively managed. Drive issue resolution for complex, cross-team challenges by facilitating rapid root-cause analysis, aligning stakeholders on tradeoffs, and ensuring timely, durable outcomes. Partner closely with adjacent engineering, platform, and product teams to ensure AI/ML capabilities are production-ready, scalable, and aligned to go-to-market timelines. Synthesize and communicate clear, data-driven insights on program health, risks, and strategic tradeoffs to engineering management and executive stakeholders. Lead executive-level discussions on program health, delivery progress, and measurable outcomes across AI initiatives. Basic Qualifications: 12 + years of experience in Technical Program Management, or similar roles. Proven experience leading AI / ML specific portfolio-level programs spanning multiple teams and product areas, with a focus on consumer- facing capabilities and business growth. Deep knowledge of agile, lean, and iterative delivery models, with the ability to adapt them to non-traditional workflows. You should have remarkable communication skills. You need to be proficient in managing stakeholders. You must be able to work well with others.People management skills, including experience managing managers. Relevant technical certifications such as cloud platforms, AI/MLfoundations, Generative AI, Technical Program/Product Management, or Technical/Engineering. Demonstrated hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools, low-code/no- code, for prototyping, automation, and analysis. Additional Qualifications: Knowledge with the end-to-end ML lifecycle: data sourcing, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring. Experience with experimentation frameworks including A/B and multivariate testing, offline vs. online evaluation, and model iteration loops. Knowledge of model performance metrics and tradeoffs (accuracy, latency, bias, explainability). Experience supporting applied ML use cases such as personalization and recommendation systems, search and ranking, content knowledge, or generative AI for text, image, or video. Paramount Streaming, a division within Paramount Global, is the home to the company's direct-to-consumer services spanning free and paid in the form of Pluto TV and Paramount+. Pluto TV is the global leader in free ad-supported TV, delivering more than 1,400 global channels and an extensive library of streaming content, including live and original channels. Paramount+, digital subscription video-on-demand and live streaming service, combines live sports, breaking news, and A Mountain of Entertainment™. Paramount+ features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including SHOWTIME®. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Hiring Salary Range: $156,800.00 - 235,200.00. The hiring salary range for this position applies to New York, California, Colorado, Washington state, and most other geographies. Starting pay for the successful applicant depends on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education. The benefits available for this position include medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan, life insurance coverage, disability benefits, tuition assistance program and PTO or, if applicable, as otherwise dictated by the appropriate Collective Bargaining Agreement. This position is bonus eligible. What We Offer : • Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here . • Generous paid time off. • Complimentary subscriptions to HBO Max, Paramount+, and other Skydance streaming services and digital news products. • Robust employee engagement opportunities, including access to exclusive screenings and events, speaker series, volunteer activities and more. Skydance is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law. If you are a qualified individual with a disability, you may request a reasonable accommodation during the job application and/or recruitment process. You can request reasonable accommodations by calling 212.846.5500 or by sending an email to paramountaccommodations@paramount.com. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned.

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Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.
If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!
Senior Director, Technical Program Management AI/ML
Overview and Responsibilities
This role sits at the intersection of technology, product, and business strategy translating AI concepts into scalable, production-grade systems that deliver measurable impact.
The ideal candidate brings deep systems thinking, deep technical judgment, hands-on experience building AI solutions, and the adaptability to lead in fast-pace, experimental AI environments.
They will oversee a portfolio of AI/ML investments, lead a team of senior program management leaders, and serve as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders.
Strategic AI Portfolio Leadership
Own PMO oversight of the end-to-end AI/ML portfolio, including long-range we plan and select where to invest. We also measure the results based on specific goals.
Enable software product operating models that support high-volume experimentation, rapid learning cycles, and continuous improvement.
As the team and AI / ML products scale, introduce the correct level of lean process, while still supporting innovation and autonomy.
Establish planning rhythms, reviews, and metrics. Ensuring accountability and give senior management visibility.
Drive clarity on priorities and tradeoffs across AI investments to maximize long-term leverage and impact.
Establish and track portfolio-level success metrics connecting model performance, adoption, and business outcomes.
Program Management: Risk, Dependencies, and Go-to-Market Integration
Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate technical, delivery, and systemic risks along with recommended mitigation strategies and decision points.
Own dependency management across multiple teams, platforms, and product surfaces, ensuring sequencing, interfaces, and handoffs are clearly understood and actively managed.
Drive issue resolution for complex, cross-team challenges by facilitating rapid root-cause analysis, aligning stakeholders on tradeoffs, and ensuring timely, durable outcomes.
Partner closely with adjacent engineering, platform, and product teams to ensure AI/ML capabilities are production-ready, scalable, and aligned to go-to-market timelines.
Synthesize and communicate clear, data-driven insights on program health, risks, and strategic tradeoffs to engineering management and executive stakeholders.
Lead executive-level discussions on program health, delivery progress, and measurable outcomes across AI initiatives.
12 + years of experience in Technical Program Management, or similar roles.
Proven experience leading AI / ML specific portfolio-level programs spanning multiple teams and product areas, with a focus on consumer- facing capabilities and business growth.
Deep knowledge of agile, lean, and iterative delivery models, with the ability to adapt them to non-traditional workflows.

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