Manager, Software Engineering Delivery (Reston, VA Hybrid) - FreeWheel

Location: Reston, Virginia, US

Employment Type: Full Time

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.

Job Summary

This job manages delivery of technical projects by coordinating timelines, resources, and execution milestones. It involves tracking risks, facilitating decisions, and aligning stakeholders across disciplines. The role supports project success through structured planning, effective communication, and adherence to delivery frameworks.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Managing delivery of technology projects by coordinating timelines, resources, and inputs from cross-functional engineering and product teams
• Planning and maintaining detailed project schedules and tracking progress against key milestones, dependencies, and deliverables
• Overseeing scope, risks, and quality metrics while supporting adherence to project lifecycle standards and governance processes
• Collaborating with technical leads to refine requirements, assess feasibility, and ensure alignment with intended project outcomes
• Escalating unresolved blockers, emerging risks, or ambiguous technical requirements to senior leaders for visibility and support
• Leading Agile and hybrid delivery practices, facilitating sprint planning, retrospectives, and issue resolution across squads
• Communicating project status, decisions, and changes clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders across organizational levels
• Supporting budgeting and resource allocation by identifying project needs and tracking time or cost impacts across workstreams
• Monitoring vendor performance, coordinating deliverables, and managing interdependencies across internal and external contributors
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

Leadership; Collaboration; Project Management; Communication; Deliverables Management; Agile Methodology; Cross-Functional Teamwork

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Relevant Work Experience

5-7 Years