Senior Program Manager, The Roku Channel (Cross Platform)

About the position

As a Senior Program Manager, The Roku Channel (Cross-Platform), you will drive execution for The Roku Channel across Roku OS, web, third-party connected TV platforms, and mobile/tablet experiences. You’ll be the operational leader who turns strategy into predictable delivery, aligning teams, managing dependencies, establishing program cadence, and ensuring launch readiness across a complex set of stakeholders. In this role, you’ll lead two core pillars: Cross-Platform Roku Channel Program Leadership: Orchestrate delivery across client teams and platforms, aligning work to shared milestones, launch goals, and customer outcomes. Operating Cadence & Launch Excellence: Build repeatable mechanisms for planning, dependency management, quality readiness, and executive visibility, bringing structure without unnecessary process. The Roku Channel requires coordination across client teams (Product, Engineering, UX, QA, Data/Analytics) and contributing organizations (including personalization/recommendations and content strategy/operations). This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, brings structure without bureaucracy, and can influence across multiple organizations to ship customer-facing experiences at scale. This position is based in San Jose and reports to the Director of Product Consumer Apps.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end program planning and execution for The Roku Channel initiatives spanning Roku OS, web, third-party connected TV platforms, and mobile/tablet
  • Run quarterly and continuous planning across The Roku Channel workstreams; drive re-plans as priorities shift, and dependencies change
  • Build and maintain integrated delivery plans across multiple teams (milestones, critical paths, risks, decision points, and launch readiness criteria)
  • Establish and run operating mechanisms that improve predictability: weekly program reviews, dependency forums, release readiness checkpoints, and post-launch retrospectives
  • Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders across Product, Engineering, UX, QA, Data/Analytics, and operational partners to ensure clarity on scope, ownership, and timelines
  • Orchestrate dependencies with contributing teams such as personalization/recommendations, content operations, and platform experience stakeholders impacting discovery, navigation, content mix, and monetization flows
  • Drive RACI-style clarity for cross-team initiatives; ensure healthy scope and ownership boundaries across platforms and partner teams
  • Forecast capacity and identify gaps early across Engineering, UX, QA, Data, and partner teams to support planning and delivery commitments
  • Publish and maintain program reporting and executive-facing communication: status, risks, tradeoffs, decisions needed, and mitigations—keeping teams aligned and unblocked
  • Partner with engineering leadership to improve delivery hygiene and quality readiness, supporting cross-platform consistency while respecting platform-specific constraints
  • Support program scaling as The Roku Channel grows, helping define tooling, templates, and future program management needs

Requirements

  • 8+ years of program management (or technical program management) experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in consumer software, media/streaming, or platform products
  • Proven ability to deliver multi-team, multi-workstream programs with high dependency complexity and multiple stakeholder groups
  • Experience working closely with engineering teams and technical systems (client/server integration, APIs, experimentation, analytics, release processes)
  • Strong execution discipline: critical path planning, risk management, escalation, and crisp stakeholder communication
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and driving alignment without authority across diverse organizations
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field (or equivalent experience)

Nice-to-haves

  • Familiarity with streaming concepts (AVOD/SVOD/FAST/LIVE), discovery and personalization/recommendations, and content operations is a plus
  • Experience with multi-platform product delivery (CTV, web, mobile) and the realities of differing release trains and quality requirements is a plus

Benefits

  • health insurance
  • equity awards
  • life insurance
  • disability benefits
  • parental leave
  • wellness benefits
  • paid time off
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