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FreeWheel
Principal Technical Program Manager - FreeWheel
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Key details
Salary
Not specified
Employment type
Full-time
Seniority
Senior
Years experience
10+
Location
Philadelphia, United States
Full job description
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, seeks a Principal Technical Program Manager, Optimization & Intelligence. This senior individual contributor role requires 10+ years of experience in technical program management, data analytics, or related fields. Responsibilities include building and refining an enterprise optimization portfolio, identifying opportunities to improve platform and operational performance, leading complex multi-team technical programs, applying advanced analytical methods, developing business cases, deploying AI and large language model capabilities, and managing change strategies. The role demands strong quantitative problem-solving skills, expertise in business intelligence tools, excellent communication, and deep change-management experience. Preferred experience includes advertising technology, digital media, and cloud systems. The position is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Regular attendance and flexibility for variable schedules are required.
What you'll do
Build and refine an enterprise optimization portfolio combining quantitative analysis, operational intelligence, stakeholder input, and strategic priorities
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Requirements
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Operations Research, Economics, Business Analytics, or related technical or quantitative field
10+ years of relevant experience in technical program management, data analytics, product or engineering operations, business transformation, or related discipline
Experience operating as a senior individual contributor
Ability to use business intelligence tools and analytical methods to explore data, validate opportunities, and define outcome measures
Proven success leading complex, multi-team technical programs from ideation through delivery, adoption, and benefits realization without direct authority
Strong quantitative problem-solving skills including experimentation, forecasting, KPI design, root-cause analysis, and evaluation of uncertainty and tradeoffs
Working knowledge of modern software, cloud, data, and AI systems
Exceptional ability to bring structure to ambiguity, frame decisions, prioritize competing opportunities, and move diverse stakeholders toward action
Outstanding executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and data-storytelling skills
Deep change-management expertise including stakeholder engagement, organizational readiness, adoption strategy, communications, and sustained behavior change
Curiosity, resilience, and a change-agent mindset
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Experience optimizing platform performance, cloud or infrastructure cost, operational workflows, inventory and yield, campaign outcomes, reliability, or engineering productivity
Experience building optimization portfolios, value cases, prioritization frameworks, OKRs, and benefits-realization mechanisms
Hands-on experience with AI and LLM capabilities including data quality, security, privacy, governance, evaluation, and human oversight
Familiarity with agile and product operating models, software delivery practices, data platforms, experimentation, and technology portfolio governance
Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance; ability to work nights, weekends, or variable schedules as necessary
Tech stack
AIlarge language modelsclouddata platformsbusiness intelligence toolsexperimentationforecastingquantitative analysis
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits supporting physical, financial, and emotional well-beingBonus eligibility for non-sales positionsCommission eligibility for most sales positionsPersonalized support options, expert guidance, and always-on toolsSupport through major life milestones and everyday life
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