Senior Technical Project Manager

The Walt Disney Company; Celebration (FL); On-site; USD 123,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Experiences is seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to identify, plan, and coordinate multiple related projects within a program, managing interdependencies and risks. You will lead scheduling, scope, quality, and cost, working with engineering teams and business partners to ensure on-time delivery.

You will report to the Manager, Technical Project Management and help drive governance, fiscal controls, and infrastructure to support the program.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5+ years in technical project/program management with enterprise solutions.
• Understanding of cloud, APIs, services, databases, and software development lifecycle.
• Ability to influence, negotiate, and communicate with senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on experience with Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall blending in large teams.
• Deep understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and testing concepts.

Responsibilities

• Drives execution and delivery of technical projects through full delivery life cycle.
• Collaborates with engineering teams, product managers, architects and leadership to establish processes.
• Manages Agile ceremonies and processes for large project teams; oversees procurement.
• Develops project plans across parallel projects to maximize business impact.
• Monitors and adjusts plans to meet goals and ROI; implements governance.

Skills

Technical project management

Cloud / APIs / databases

Agile / Lean / Kanban

DevOps / CI/CD

Mentoring teams

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Architecture awareness

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Keynote

Smartsheet

MyPPM (Clarity)

MyJira

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Department Description:

At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. We are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation, and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including the MyDisneyExperience app.

What You’ll Do:

As a Senior Technical Project Manager you will identify, plan and coordinate a set of related projects within a program and manage their interdependencies in support of specific business strategies. You will also apply project management principles and techniques to lead project schedule, scope, quality, cost and performance risks. The Senior Technical Project Manager will work closely with cross-discipline technology teams, leadership and business partners to understand technical and business direction, milestones and budget, as well as provide thought leadership to project management team.

The Senior Technical Project Manager will report to the Manager, Technical Project Management.

Responsibilities:

• Drives execution and delivery of technical projects through full delivery life cycle ensuring projects are delivered timely and on-budget.

• Works with engineering teams, including Software Engineers, Product Managers, Architects, and leadership to establish processes across all program areas that will ensure success on strategically prioritized projects and improve efficiency.

• Defines, optimizes, and manages Agile project management ceremonies and processes for large project teams. Manage hardware/software procurement of assigned projects

• Develops a project plan comprised of parallel projects and multiple project managers that collectively produce work that has significant business impact

• Monitors & adjusts project plans to respond to unplanned changes, ensuring program is progressing to meet business goals

• Creates governance practices and provides senior-level leadership oversight and control for the program

• Implements fiscal practices and controls, authorizing, recording, and reporting on program expenditures & ROI

• Develops infrastructure needed to support the program

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Minimum of 5+ years of technical project/program management experience working with technical teams developing enterprise class solutions

• Understanding of Cloud, APIs, services, database technologies, technologist roles and responsibilities, capabilities & platform dependencies, software development lifecycle, engineering and/or product development

• Influence and negotiation, communication, professional maturity & organizational savvy, relationship building, dependency mapping

• Hands-on experience with practices such as Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall as well as extensive experience with pragmatic blending of styles to facilitate collaboration and delivery

• Deep understanding of Agile technical practices, DevOps and testing concepts (CI/CD, TDD)

• Significant experience in coaching and mentoring teams on project management practices including Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall

• Excellent ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of a project

• Experience managing large project budgets

• Experience with tools such as: Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet, MyPPM (Clarity), MyJira, Tableau, and PowerBI.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

• Experience in supporting large-scale, global software development programs

• Agile Certifications ie CSM; ACP; CPO; SAFe; LeSS

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience

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The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $123,100 - $165,100. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job ID: 10158789

Location: Celebration,Florida

Job Posting Company: Disney Experiences

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