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At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.\nAbout Our Team\nThe Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning News and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.\nWhy This Role Matters\nThe Washington Post is seeking a Program Management Fellow to define, implement, and continuously improve the operating processes that enable Product and Engineering teams to plan, build, and ship their best work.\nThis is a senior program-management leadership role focused on the Product and Engineering operating system: the practices, tools, decision rights, and operating rhythms that determine how work moves from strategy and roadmap planning through design, development, launch, and learning. The Program Management Fellow will identify where that system creates friction, strengthen delivery discipline and visibility, and lead improvements that help teams deliver more predictably and efficiently.\nWorking closely with Product and Engineering leadership, this role will help translate roadmap priorities into executable plans while preserving Product Management's ownership of what we build and why. A central focus will be advancing an AI-enabled development lifecycle, identifying where AI can improve planning, development, testing, documentation, and operational work and embedding effective practices into how teams work.\nThis position is based in Washington, D.C.\nWhat Motivates You\nYou enjoy solving complex organizational and delivery problems and creating systems that help teams do their best work.\nYou are energized by turning ambitious product roadmaps into clear, executable plans without adding unnecessary process or bureaucracy.\nYou care about improving delivery speed and predictability by addressing root causes rather than simply tracking deadlines.\nYou enjoy connecting work across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and business teams and helping people navigate complex dependencies and tradeoffs.\nYou are comfortable challenging existing processes and using evidence to determine what should be simplified, standardized, changed, or stopped.\nYou believe strong program management creates clarity and accountability while enabling teams to move faster and make better decisions.\nYou are excited by the potential for AI to fundamentally improve how product and engineering organizations plan, build, test, document, and operate.\nYou enjoy influencing senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams through strong judgment, clear communication, and practical solutions.\nHow You'll Support the Mission\nDefine, implement, and continuously improve the Product and Engineering operating processes that move work from roadmap through planning, design, development, launch, and learning.\nPartner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to translate roadmap priorities into clear, executable plans with appropriate sequencing, ownership, and accountability.\nEstablish consistent and effective practices for planning, scoping, sequencing, dependency management, delivery reviews, and retrospectives.\nLead program management for high-priority cross-functional initiatives involving multiple Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and business teams.\nCreate clear visibility into commitments, progress, risks, capacity constraints, dependencies, and tradeoffs early enough for teams and leaders to act.\nDiagnose recurring causes of missed commitments, stalled work, inefficient handoffs, and delivery friction and lead practical changes that address underlying causes.\nLead the implementation and adoption of an AI-enabled development lifecycle in partnership with Product and Engineering, embedding effective uses of AI across discovery, planning, design, development, testing, documentation, and operational work.\nEstablish and monitor measures of delivery performance, including predictability, cycle time, throughput, quality, and the impact of process improvements.\nLead regular reviews of Product and Engineering operating practices, using delivery evidence and team feedback to determine where processes should be simplified, standardized, improved, or eliminated.\nBuild and strengthen program-management practices that create rigor, alignment, and accountability while avoiding unnecessary process and enabling teams to operate efficiently.\nThe Skills and Experience You Bring\nQualifications\nSignificant experience in program management, technical program management, product operations, engineering operations, or a related discipline within complex product and technology organizations.\nDemonstrated experience leading large, complex, cross-functional programs involving Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and business stakeholders.\nExperience designing, implementing, or materially improving product-development or engineering operating processes at organizational scale.\nStrong understanding of modern product and software development lifecycles, including planning, scoping, sequencing, dependency management, development, testing, launch, and continuous improvement.\nDemonstrated ability to translate strategic priorities and roadmaps into clear execution plans, milestones, ownership, dependencies, and decision points.\nExperience identifying systemic delivery bottlenecks and root causes and leading process improvements that measurably improve execution.\nExperience establishing and using delivery metrics such as predictability, cycle time, throughput, quality, or comparable measures to evaluate organizational effectiveness.\nStrong cross-functional leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to drive alignment and accountability across teams without relying on direct authority.\nStrong judgment and the ability to balance delivery rigor, organizational complexity, team autonomy, and the risk of unnecessary process.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate progress, risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to senior leaders and multidisciplinary teams.\nExperience using or implementing AI-assisted workflows, automation, or emerging technologies to improve product development, engineering delivery, or organizational processes.\nAbility to operate independently in ambiguous environments, identify opportunities for improvement, and lead change from diagnosis through implementation and adoption.\n\nCollaboration makes us stronger. That’s why our offices are designed with open layouts, modern technology, and easy access to transportation. With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on-site five days a week.\nCompensation and Benefits\nWherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:\nCompetitive medical, dental and vision coverage\n\nCompany-paid pension and 401(k) match\n\nThree weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave\n\nNine paid holidays and two personal days\n\n20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent\n\nRobust mental health resources\n\nBackup care and caregiver concierge services\n\nGender affirming services\n\nPet insurance\n\nFree Post digital subscription\n\nLeadership and career development programs\n\nBenefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.\nThe salary range for this position is:\n$159,100 - $265,100 AnnualThe actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.\nYour story awaits. 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