
Lead, Program Management - Accelerated Development
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Job overview
Comcast’s Lead, Program Management role focuses on planning and delivering programs aligned with organizational goals. The role coordinates cross-functional teams, develops program plans, manages workstreams and dependencies, and addresses risks, resources, budgets, and escalations. It also requires independent judgment, regular punctual attendance, and availability to work nights and weekends as needed.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Full job description
Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.
Job Summary
This job entails a deep understanding of program scope and meticulous planning to align with organizational goals. It requires collaborative cross-functional team engagement and the development of comprehensive program plans. The role demands proactive risk management, resource allocation, and the ability to guide programs to successful completion within set timelines.
Job Description
Responsibilities:
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Understanding program scope, participating in planning milestones, and aligning with business and budgetary requirements
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Identifying and securing participation from cross-functional teams for effective program integration and execution
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Developing and maintaining detailed program plans, ensuring accurate and up-to-date program documentation
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Scheduling and managing workstreams for comprehensive program deployment from start to finish
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Managing program critical paths and dependencies, while developing goals and success criteria with stakeholders
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Analyzing risks, establishing contingency plans, and taking corrective actions to mitigate potential program disruptions
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Allocating resources efficiently to support program objectives and assisting in forecasting budget and resource needs
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Escalating issues timely for management review and balancing program scope, time, and costs effectively
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Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
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Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
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Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Employees at all levels are expected to:
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Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
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Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
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Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
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Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
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Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
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Drive results and growth.
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Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
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Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Skills:
Program Planning; Data-Driven Decision Making; Budget Management; Cross-Functional Leadership; Escalation Management; Change Management; Resource Management
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality - to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary (https://jobs.comcast.com/benefits) on our careers site for more details.
Job Family Group: Program & Project Management
How this job compares
Set against the 10,405 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$126–210K/yr148 salary ranges
- US median$28–36/hr304 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 238 open Program Management jobs in Pennsylvania and 10,405 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (8,965 postings).
- Education
- 4,233 of the 10,405 open Program Management jobs (41%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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