Sr Technical Project Mgr

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. Weare responsible forthe 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 theMyDisneyExperienceapp.

As a Senior Technical ProjectManageryou willidentify,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.

WhatYou’llDo

• Drives execution and delivery of technical projects through full delivery life cycle ensuringproject isdeliveredtimelyandon-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. Manage hardware/software procurement of assigned projects

• Develops a program plancomprisedof parallel projects and multiple project managers that collectively produce work that has significant business impact

• Monitors & adjusts programplanto 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,engineeringand/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 tofacilitatecollaboration and delivery

• 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

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

• Experience managing large project budgets

• Experience with tools such as: Microsoftsuite, Keynote, Smartsheet,MyPPM(Clarity),MyJira, Tableau, andPowerBI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

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

• Agile CertificationsieCSM; ACP; CPO;SAFe;LeSS

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field of study and/or equivalent work experience

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