Manager, Strategic Enablement (Media Distribution)

Location: Universal City, California, United States

Salary: USD 105,000–130,000 yearly

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, streaming, news, theme park, consumer product, and experiential content.

What you will do

• Lead multiple cross-functional programs and projects from intake and requirements definition through execution, launch, transition, and closeout.
• Translate distribution deal terms, partner requests, business decisions, and structured requirements into project plans, roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and execution handoffs.
• Own and improve the Strategic Enablement portfolio environment in Smartsheet and JIRA, including workflows, dashboards, templates, reporting views, permissions, and data standards.
• Coordinate with Business Development, Legal, Product, Technology, Partner Operations, Distribution Solutions, Data, Advertising, Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Run intake reviews, project health reviews, status meetings, leadership updates, and decision forums while documenting decisions and driving follow-through.
• Identify delivery risks and process gaps, facilitate mitigation plans, escalate decisions, and create reusable playbooks, templates, and operating procedures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, program or project management, media, technology, operations, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in program management, project management, business operations, strategic enablement, transformation, media distribution, digital products, or a related field.
• Demonstrated success leading multiple complex, cross-functional initiatives with evolving requirements and senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience building, administering, and improving portfolio solutions with project management and data visualization tools.
• Strong command of intake, prioritization, planning, dependency management, risk and issue management, change control, governance, and executive reporting.
• Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and presentation skills, including the ability to simplify complex information for leadership and delivery teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across business, legal, product, technology, operations, and partner-facing organizations.
• Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft 365 collaboration tools, including Copilot.

Nice to have

• PMP, Certified ScrumMaster, or Smartsheet certification.
• Knowledge of media and entertainment distribution, streaming, TVE, dMVPD, FAST, SVOD, advertising, measurement, or digital product operations.
• Business-first, proactive, collaborative, and clear communication style with strong problem-solving ability, attention to detail, sound judgment, and comfort working in ambiguity.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within the Platform Distribution & Partnerships Partner Operations team.
• Collaborate across commercial, legal, product, technology, operations, advertising, finance, and partner-facing organizations.
• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview at an hirify.global location before a hiring decision.
• hirify.global provides equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodation support during the application and recruitment process.