Technical Project Manager

TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA) helps people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most. With 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets, TEGNA reaches more than 100 million people monthly across the web, mobile apps, streaming, and linear television. Together, we are building a sustainable future for local news.

We are seeking a high-caliber Technical Project Manager with over 15 years of experience to lead our DW & BI workstream. In this role, you will sit at the intersection of media technology and data strategy, specifically driving initiatives within Audience and Advertiser Analytics.
You will be responsible for translating complex business requirements into technical execution plans using a modern data stack (Snowflake, dbt, and Tableau Cloud) while ensuring the team remains agile and organized.
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Responsibilities:
•    Strategic Project Oversight: Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of data projects focused on viewer behavior (Audience Analytics) and ad-performance metrics (Advertiser Analytics).
•    Requirements Engineering: Analyze and refine User Stories and technical requirements, ensuring developers and data engineers have a clear, actionable path forward.
•    Agile Facilitation: Lead and organize Daily Scrums, identify and remove roadblocks, and foster a culture of continuous delivery.
•    Platform Mastery: Utilize JIRA to organize project backlogs, track tickets, and manage sprints. Maintain a single source of truth for project knowledge and technical specifications within Confluence.
•    Technical Liaison: Act as a bridge between business stakeholders and the technical team, possessing enough technical depth to speak fluently about Snowflake environments, dbt transformations, and Tableau dashboards.
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Technical & Professional Requirements:
•    Experience: 15+ years in Technical Project Management, with a heavy emphasis on Data Warehousing (DW) and Business Intelligence (BI).
•    Media Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of media-specific data challenges, including reach/frequency, impression tracking, and audience segmentation.
•    The Modern Data Stack:
o    Snowflake: Experience managing projects involving cloud data warehousing, scaling, and storage optimization.
o    dbt (data build tool): Familiarity with the analytics engineering workflow and modular data modeling.
o    Tableau Cloud: Proven ability to oversee the delivery of executive-level visualizations and self-service analytics.
•    Process Tools: Expert-level proficiency in JIRA for ticket management and Confluence for documentation and reporting.
•    Methodology: Strong background in Agile/Scrum methodologies with the ability to manage high-velocity workstreams.
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Soft Skills
•    Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to "translate" data complexities for non-technical advertiser and executive audiences.
•    A proactive "servant-leader" mindset toward the development team.
•    High attention to detail in technical documentation.
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TEGNA offers comprehensive benefits designed to safeguard the physical, mental and financial health of our employees and their families. TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, as well as access to dental and eye care coverage; fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance; disability and life insurance.

Our 401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k). Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one.

Regardless of participation in TEGNA medical plans, ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc, and 12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health.

TEGNA offers a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit as well as nine paid holidays per year. 

* Some jobs are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and thus some or all of the benefits described herein may not apply. For example, some newsroom bargaining unit employees receive health and retirement benefits under plans administered by the union.

EEO statement:

TEGNA Inc. is a proud equal opportunity employer. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, hiring and developing individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences to add to our collaborative culture. We value and consider applications from all qualified candidates without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, age, marital status, personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, disability, medical condition, enrollment in college or vocational school, political affiliation, military or veteran status, citizenship status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. TEGNA will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please email [email protected] 

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