Director, Product & Delivery

Job Description

Job Description

Director, Product & Delivery Denver, CORocky Mountain Public Media, Inc. (RMPM) is the parent company of Rocky Mountain PBS, KUVO Jazz, and The Drop. Over a million Coloradans turn to Rocky Mountain PBS, KUVO Jazz, and The Drop to discover provocative and inspiring local, national, and international programming; find diverse viewpoints; score front row center seats to world-class performances; and experience lifelong learning opportunities every month.As the Director of RMPM's newly formed Product & Delivery team, you will lead a team of Program Managers/Product Owners and personally own a focused portfolio of the organization's most strategically significant products and cross-functional initiatives. You will help redefine how RMPM plans, prioritizes, and delivers, leading the shift from a project-delivery culture to a product-outcomes culture in which work is framed around audience needs, mission, and the business outcomes it must produce. You will coach and develop two Program Managers/Product Owners, ensure the portfolio is sized and sequenced to the team's capacity, and serve as a senior thought partner to the Chief Digital Transformation Officer and the broader executive team on product and delivery strategy, organizational dependencies, and capital and capacity trade-offs. This role reports to the Chief Digital Transformation Officer and operates as a peer to other senior leaders accountable for outcomes across RMPM, RMPBS+, KUVO Jazz, and The DROP.Essential Duties & Responsibilities● Lead, coach, evaluate, and develop a team of Program Managers/Product Owners, setting clear expectations, providing direct feedback, and building the team's capability to operate with a product and outcomes mindset.● Own a focused portfolio of RMPM's most strategically significant products and cross-organizational programs, framing each around the audience value and outcomes it must deliver and personally driving the hardest, highest-leverage initiatives.● Define and steward the operating model for the Product & Delivery team: intake, prioritization, road mapping, planning cadences, status reporting, risk management, and retrospectives, and ensure it is applied consistently and pragmatically across the team's portfolio.● Partner with the Chief Digital Transformation Officer and executive peers to shape the overall product and portfolio roadmap: grounding sequencing in audience insight and evidence, identifying when to invest, pivot, or stop, and ensuring trade-offs are explicit and well-informed.● Establish shared standards, templates, and quality bars for the team (e.g., program briefs, RACI, OKRs, decision memos, status formats) and continuously evolve them based on what is and is not working.● Surface cross-portfolio dependencies, risks, and resourcing constraints early, and lead the resolution of the most complex or politically sensitive escalations.● Serve as a senior delivery voice in executive forums and board-adjacent settings (including the technology committee of the board), translating program detail into concise, decision-ready narratives for the CDO, executive team, and board members as needed.● Partner with the Chief Experience Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and other product and program managers to ensure products and programs are framed and resourced for outcomes, not outputs, and that delivery accountability is clear at every step.● Champion RMPM's shift from project to product orientation, modeling the behaviors, language, and disciplines required and explicitly building them into how the Program Managers lead their portfolios.● Actively participates in RMPM's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training program. Uses key standards and teachings of DEI training in day-to-day work.● Other tasks as assigned and/or required. Minimum Qualifications of Position● Bachelor's degree in business, technology, communications, media, or related field; advanced degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.● 7+ years of experience leading increasingly complex, cross-functional programs in media, technology, digital products, or comparable mission-driven environments, including at least 2 years directly managing other program, product, or delivery professionals.● Demonstrated success leading a team that delivers a focused portfolio of strategically significant initiatives with measurable outcomes, including programs spanning technology, content, operations, and external partners.● Deep fluency with product and delivery practices (agile, lean, dual-track discovery and delivery, OKRs, portfolio management) and a track record of applying them pragmatically to the context at hand.● Proven ability to lead organizational change, particularly the shift from project-delivery to product-outcomes thinking, and to develop other program leaders into that mindset.● Experience partnering with C-suite executives and board-adjacent committees on portfolio strategy, status, risk, and trade-off decisions, with the ability to translate detail into executive-ready narratives.● Strong financial acumen, including comfort with capacity planning, FTE and vendor trade-offs, and program-level ROI conversations.● Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce decision-quality memos and lead high-stakes cross-functional conversations.● Ability to thrive in a dynamic, mission-driven public media organization undergoing active integration and transformation, balancing rigor with empathy and adapting to evolving priorities.ADDITIONAL Qualifications of Position● Must be able to operate as a senior, collaborative leader across creative, technical, and business functions, both independently and through a team.● Must possess exceptional interpersonal, coaching, and influencing skills, with the ability to develop direct reports and to build trust with content creators, technology leaders, executive sponsors, and external partners.● Must possess superior analytical, structured-thinking, and problem-framing capabilities, including comfort using quantitative and qualitative inputs to drive portfolio-level decisions.● Must be detail-oriented while maintaining a strategic, portfolio-level perspective, and able to move fluidly between the two.● Must have demonstrated experience working in fast-paced environments, meeting commitments, and working within established budgets while maximizing return on investment.● Experience in public media, nonprofit, or other mission-driven contexts, and familiarity with digital products, streaming platforms, broadcast operations, or content operations, is strongly preferred.Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and/or people of color are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every qualification. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workforce. If you're excited about this role, feel a passion for our mission, this feels like it could be your dream job, but your previous experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply! PROCEDURE FOR APPLICATION: Persons interested in this position must apply at Please submit the following items:A cover letter detailing how the applicant's qualifications fit the needs of RMPM and information on how the applicant found out about the job opening.A resume detailing education, training, and employment experience.Position will be posted at until filled. No phone calls please. KRMA-TV/KTSC-TV/KRMJ-TV/KRMU-TV/KRMZ-TV and KUVO-FM/KVJZ-FM are licensed to and operated by Rocky Mountain Public Media, Inc. as non-commercial public television and radio. Work EnvironmentThis position works primarily in office and executive meeting environments. This position must be able to work a flexible schedule with occasionally long hours including some evenings and weekends. Must be able to travel throughout the state and beyond, on occasion. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical DemandsThe position requires standard office work and physical demands. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions EEO StatementRocky Mountain Public Media embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. As such, Rocky Mountain Public Media does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.