Sr. Technical Delivery Manager
Job Location:
Knoxville, TN - USA
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Job Summary
About TEGNA
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 than100 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 highly experienced and adaptable Senior Technical Delivery Manager to drive execution across cross-functional product and technology initiatives.
This hybrid role combines project management Agile facilitation and business analysis serving as the critical bridge between Product Engineering and Business stakeholders. The individual carries direct accountability across the full delivery lifecycle from requirements through execution operating as the central point of coordination across business and technical domains. You will play a key role in aligning teams improving workflows and ensuring delivery of scalable digital solutions in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
Responsibilities
Project Delivery and Coordination
Lead end-to-end delivery of complex cross-functional initiatives across Product Engineering and Business teams
Manage multiple concurrent workstreams with clear ownership timelines and accountability
Provide consistent visibility into status risks dependencies and priorities for stakeholders and leadership
Proactively identify and mitigate risks blockers and delivery challenges
Manage interim solutions during longer-term platform or product enhancements minimizing rework and misalignment
Sprint and Delivery Operations
Partner with the engineering teams to maintain visibility into sprint health carry rates velocity trends and delivery predictability across teams
Support sprint discipline by surfacing systemic patterns (repeated carry QA bottlenecks mid-sprint scope changes) and partnering with teams to address root causes
Monitor and report on delivery metrics including sprint completion rate cycle time PR response time bug rate and release on-time rate
Help protect sprint integrity by coordinating unplanned work production issues and urgent requests without derailing committed sprint scope
Drive improvements in delivery predictability and execution maturity across the engineering organization
Maintain configure and continuously optimize project workflows within Jira
Support rapid reprioritization during high-impact issues without derailing long-term progress
Foster a culture of accountability transparency and continuous improvement
Business Analysis & Requirements Management
Partner with business stakeholders to gather analyze and refine requirements translating ambiguous inputs into clearly structured actionable specifications
Author detailed user stories functional requirements acceptance criteria process flows and RACI frameworks suitable for engineering consumption
Act as the requirements authority ensuring alignment between Product and Engineering before development begins
Manage scope flag conflicts and maintain authoritative ownership of what is being built the rationale behind it and the standards to which it will be delivered
Identify gaps inefficiencies and opportunities to improve workflows and execution
Drive standardization of processes and intake mechanisms to reduce manual effort and improve scalability
Product & Engineering Liaison
Serve as the primary connector between Product strategy and Engineering execution
Align teams on priorities scope timelines and delivery expectations
Ensure clarity of requirements dependencies and acceptance criteria
Coordinate across teams to resolve blockers and maintain forward momentum
Documentation & Knowledge Management
Create and maintain centralized accessible documentation for projects processes workflows and standard operating procedures
Establish and manage a single source of truth for teams and stakeholders
Facilitate meetings and provide clear notes action items and follow-ups
Stakeholder Vendor & Cross-Regional Communication
Act as a trusted liaison between technical and non-technical teams communicating effectively with stakeholders at all levels including senior and executive leadership
Present program status risks and strategic dependencies with clarity precision and appropriate executive framing
Synthesize complex technical and operational information into concise decision-ready communications across varied audiences
Coordinate vendor evaluation workstreams (subscription platforms observability tools analytics vendors) alongside engineering and product leadership
Serve as the primary point of contact for external vendor relationships ensuring deliverables meet contractual operational and quality expectations
Coordinate across teams operating in multiple time zones including the United States and India with a structured approach to asynchronous communication cross-regional cadences and shared accountability
Qualifications
Required
510 years of experience in Project Management Scrum Master or Business Analyst roles
Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives involving Product and Engineering teams
Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum methodologies including facilitation of all ceremonies
Deep working knowledge of Jira and associated project and workflow management tooling
Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects from concept through delivery across multiple concurrent workstreams
Strong business analysis skills including gathering requirements documentation and scope management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to adapt register and detail for varied audiences
Experience communicating project status and risk to senior and executive-level leadership
Experience coordinating work across distributed teams in multiple time zones
Preferred
Experience working in media streaming broadcasting or content-heavy digital platforms
Background in engineering organizations that operate a pod-based or platform-team delivery model
Experience with delivery metrics and reporting
Familiarity with CI/CD practices cloud-native architectures and modern software delivery pipelines
Prior experience managing external vendor relationships and third-party delivery commitments
Experience with AI-accelerated development workflows and understanding how AI tooling affects capacity planning and delivery estimates
Demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy in ambiguous or rapidly evolving environments
Experience working with onshore/offshore team structures spanning US and India time zones
Certifications such as: Certified Scrum Master (CSM PSM) or PMP (Project Management Professional)
Tools and Technology
Project & Workflow Management: Jira Confluence
Communication & Collaboration: Slack Microsoft Teams
Documentation: Confluence SharePoint Google Workspace
Engineering Platforms: GitHub (version control) GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps (CI/CD) New Relic (observability) Amplitude (analytics)
AI Tools: Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code similar) is a plus
What Success Looks Like
Consistent predictable delivery across multiple concurrent initiatives
Strong alignment between Product Engineering and Business teams
Clear visibility into priorities progress and risks
Effective communication and collaboration across all stakeholders
High-performing Agile teams with improved execution and delivery confidence
Engineering leadership has the visibility and data they need to make informed decisions about capacity priorities and organizational health
Why Join TEGNA
You will join an engineering organization that is actively transforming how we build and deliver digital products at scale. At TEGNA you will play a key role in shaping how our engineering organization coordinates delivery across web native mobile connected TV microservices and infrastructure serving millions of users across a network of local news stations.
Benefits:
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 TEGNAs 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 doctors 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 areproud 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 disabilitiesin accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application please email
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About Company
Our purpose is to serve the greater good of our communities with trustworthy, Impactful Journalism and Leading Marketing Solutions.
