Manager, Systems Engineering

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

We are seeking a Systems Engineering Manager to manage and inspire multiple systems engineering and integration engineering teams as they integrate and support legal and privacy systems in the NBCUniversal architecture. In this role, you will be responsible for helping develop geographically distributed teams that build and operate the applications. Your technical expertise will inform your mentoring, guidance, and skills development of your teams of engineers. Your ability to manage labor and budgets and provide detailed and accurate estimation is highly desired.

Responsibilities:

• Create an exceptional engineering culture that retains our engineering capabilities and own our innovation
  • Create and execute staffing plan, making appropriate talent shifts where needed
  • Develop and refine skills, create new opportunities, share knowledge, help others, and attract/retain the best engineering talent globally
  • Manage the teams and their performance with honest feedback, recurring 1:1’s, performance reviews, goal setting, and coaching
  • Respond and react to employee survey results
  • Build communities and foster communication
  • Create transparency around organizational roles and responsibilities
  • Promote automation and consistency in the entire engineering lifecycle
• Modernize the legal technology landscape through successful integration of SaaS and COTS applications into a singular legal technology architecture and ensure consistent and complete privacy consent management (CMP) implementation across all business areas, brands, and content delivery vehicles (web, mobile, CTV)
  • Coordinate closely with the software engineering teams and product management teams to ensure a singular vision of the product architecture is maintained
  • Lead the teams to provide the infrastructure and platform services needed for legal system integration and operations
  • Lead the teams to provide the infrastructure and platform services needed for privacy CMP system development, integration, and operations
  • Ensure the systems and platforms are integrated as needed, perform flawlessly, and are secure-by-design
  • Create alignment and consolidation across multiple lines of business
  • Provide site reliability engineering resources and processes to support the integrated systems
• Create transparency by establishing metrics to communicate status and progress towards goals
  • Leverage OKRs, PI Planning, and Agile methodologies to organize and execute
  • Understand TCOs and value metrics for applications and platforms - “well operated framework.”
  • Define and implement metrics that matter; development, value-based, and operational

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Engineering or equivalent work experience
• 6+ years of professional software development and/or integration engineering experience
• 2+ years in an engineering leadership role responsible for technology and engineering decisions
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively connect with both business and technical teams
• Experience in integrating and managing legal applications and systems
• Experience in integrating and managing privacy content management platform (CMP) applications and systems
• Strong skills in engineering team leadership and building positive relationship with business partners
• Experience with leading projects in highly collaborative, multi-disciplinary development teams
• Excellent planning and organizational skills, problem-solving, communication, presentation, analytical, leadership, negotiation, relationship building, accuracy and detail orientation skills.
• Excellent change management skills and ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Track record of inspiring others & positive change in solution design, technical delivery, and process improvement
• Experience in integrating large-scale SaaS and COTS applications into a secure corporate environment, including data migrations
• Experience in cyber security and/or privacy by design
• Demonstrated ability to successfully lead and develop global applications organization in collaboration with overall technology strategy
• Current on business applications, trends in technology and experience evaluating/implementing new innovative technology solutions
• Passion for learning new technologies, patterns, and practices

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience in providing operational support through the use of site reliability engineering
• Demonstrated strength in contract negotiations, vendor management, and capacity planning in a fast growth environment
• Product ownership mindset with a history of successful product planning and delivery

Additional Requirements:

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $135,000 - $190,000 (bonus eligible)

Application window is anticipated to close on: 5/24/24.

Additional Information

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