Sr Technical Project Manager

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company; Orlando, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Bonus/long-term incentives

Job summary

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company in Orlando seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager to identify, plan, and coordinate related projects within a program. You will lead project schedules, scope, quality, cost and risks, partnering with Product, Design, Tech, and vendors.

The role reports to Manager, Technical Project Management and supports the Commerce portfolio. You’ll own Jira and Confluence governance and drive roadmap planning with Advanced Roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Must have 5+ years of technical project/program management with enterprise solutions.
• Understanding of Cloud, APIs, services, databases and SDLC.
• Experience with Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall.
• Experience coaching teams in PM practices including Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall.
• Experience with AI technologies and strategies.

Responsibilities

• Drives execution and delivery of technical projects through full delivery life cycle.
• Establishes processes across program areas to ensure success of prioritized projects.
• Defines and manages Agile ceremonies and processes for large teams.
• Maintains monthly forecasts, resource allocations, vendor schedules, and partner forecasts.
• Leads regular status meetings and builds program reports for sponsors and partners.
• Acts as primary liaison among Product, Design, Tech, vendors and delivery teams.
• Coordinates cross-functional dependencies and RAID to keep milestones on track.
• Ensures proper project closure, lessons learned, and hand-offs to production operations.

Skills

Technical PM

Agile methodologies

DevOps & CI/CD

AI technologies

Budget management

Stakeholder management

Jira & Confluence

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Cloud & API knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Info Systems/Software/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Office

Keynote

Smartsheet

MyPPM (Clarity)

MyJira

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

This is not a remote role. You must be in the local area or open to relocation.

“We Power the Magic!That’sour motto at Disney Experiences (DX) Tech & Digital. Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands. We deliver experiences to consumers through our Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Lines, and Disney Vacation Club. Weare responsible forthe end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digitally led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business, as well as other initiatives such as Hey, Disney!

As a Senior Technical ProjectManageryou identify,planand 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,costand performance risks. The Senior Technical Project Manager will work closely with cross-discipline technology teams,leadershipand business partners to understand technical and business direction,milestonesand budget, as well as provide thought leadership to project management team.

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

WhatYou’llDo

• Drives execution and delivery of technical projects through full delivery life cycle ensuring project is deliveredtimelyandon-budget.
• Works with engineering teams, including Software Engineers, Product Managers, Architects, and leadership toestablishprocesses 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.
• Maintain monthly forecast submissions, including adjustments to resource allocations, vendor payment schedules, and forecasts for partner teams
• Conduct regular program status meetings with all partners, ensuring needs and requirements are met
• Build program reportsand dashboardsforprogrammanagement, sponsors, and partners
• Monitors & adjusts program plan to respond to unplanned changes, ensuring program is progressing to meet business goals
• Act as a primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors, and other key functional delivery teams
• Leadprojectdelivery by coordinating cross‑functional dependencies, resolving blockers, and managing RAID to ensure milestones stay on track
• Escalate key issues and risks to ensuretimelyresolution and mitigation
• Ensure proper project closure including lessons learned, transition and hand-off to production operations support, and final financial reporting
• Own Jira and Confluence administration, governance, and executive reporting, ensuring consistent Agile processes, traceability, and delivery visibility
• Drive roadmap planning, dependency mapping, and infrastructure migration coordination using Advanced Roadmaps and aligned tracking artifacts
• Supportcross‑functional teams through training, coaching, and program‑level coordination across Scrum teams and vendors
• Support Jira Cloud migration readiness, including cleanup, process alignment, and adoption support

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Must have minimum of 5 years of technical project/program management experience working with technical teams developing enterprise class solutions
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Info Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Understanding of Cloud, APIs, services, database technologies, technologist roles and responsibilities, capabilities & platform dependencies, software development lifecycle,engineeringand/or product development
• Influence and negotiation, communication, professional maturity & organizational savvy, relationship building, dependency mapping
• Must have extensive hands‑on experience with practices such as Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall
• Must have deep understanding of Agile technical practices,DevOpsand testing concepts (CI/CD, TDD)
• Significant experiencein coaching and mentoring teams on project management practices including Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall
• Must have experience and knowledge of AI emerging technologies,nomenclatureand strategies
• Excellent ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of a project
• Experience managing large project budgets
• Must have experience with tools such as: Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet,MyPPM(Clarity),MyJira, Tableau,Claude,andPowerBI

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• Experience in supporting large-scale, global software development programs

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The hiring range for this position in Orlando is $123,100.00 - $165,100.00 per year. 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.