Senior Program Manager, The Roku Channel (Cross Platform)

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Roku is changing how the world watches TV

Roku is the #1 TV streaming platform in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, and we've set our sights on powering every television in the world. Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. Our mission is to be the TV streaming platform that connects the entire TV ecosystem. We connect consumers to the content they love, enable content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provide advertisers unique capabilities to engage consumers.

From your first day at Roku, you'll make a valuable - and valued - contribution. We're a fast-growing public company where no one is a bystander. We offer you the opportunity to delight millions of TV streamers around the world while gaining meaningful experience across a variety of disciplines.

About the team

The Consumer Apps team is responsible for Roku's core user-facing applications across streaming and utility experiences, including The Roku Channel and the Roku Mobile App. We deliver The Roku Channel across Roku devices and off-platform environments (including web and third-party connected TV platforms), and we build mobile experiences that help customers discover, stream, and engage with the Roku ecosystem at scale. We partner closely with Engineering, UX, Content, Data, and Business teams to deliver cohesive, high-quality experiences that drive engagement and growth.

About the role

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.

For California Only - The estimated annual salary for this position is between $148,000 - $350,000 annually. Compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, certifications, and specific geographical location. This role is eligible for health insurance, equity awards, life insurance, disability benefits, parental leave, wellness benefits, and paid time off.

What you'll be doing

• 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

We're excited if you have

• 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
• 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
• Bachelor's degree in a technical or related field (or equivalent experience)

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Our Hybrid Work Approach

Roku fosters an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams work in the office Monday through Thursday. Fridays are flexible for remote work except for employees whose roles are required to be in the office five days a week or employees who are in offices with a five day in office policy.

Benefits

Roku is committed to offering a diverse range of benefits as part of our compensation package to support our employees and their families. Our comprehensive benefits include global access to mental health and financial wellness support and resources. Local benefits include statutory and voluntary benefits which may include healthcare (medical, dental, and vision), life, accident, disability, commuter, and retirement options (401(k)/pension). Employees are supported in taking time off, in accordance with local leave policies and other personal needs to support their evolving work and life needs. It's important to note that not every benefit is available in all locations or for every role. For details specific to your location, please consult with your recruiter.

Accommodations

Roku welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and provides reasonable accommodations and adjustments in accordance with applicable law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any point in the hiring process, please direct your inquiries to View email address on click.appcast.io.

The Roku Culture

Roku is a great place for people who want to work in a fast-paced environment where everyone is focused on the company's success rather than their own. We try to surround ourselves with people who are great at their jobs, who are easy to work with, and who keep their egos in check. We appreciate a sense of humor. We believe a fewer number of very talented folks can do more for less cost than a larger number of less talented teams. We're independent thinkers with big ideas who act boldly, move fast and accomplish extraordinary things through collaboration and trust. In short, at Roku you'll be part of a company that's changing how the world watches TV.


We have a unique culture that we are proud of. We think of ourselves primarily as problem-solvers, which itself is a two-part idea. We come up with the solution, but the solution isn't real until it is built and delivered to the customer. That penchant for action gives us a pragmatic approach to innovation, one that has served us well since 2002.


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