About this opportunity
Disney Experiences lists this Senior Technical Project Manager (Project Hire) opportunity in celebration, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
This is an estimated 30-month project hire placement, with no guarantee of permanent placement.
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. 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.
Team Description
The Disney Cruise Line Navigator Engineering team builds and supports the mobile applications and backend services that power onboard guest experiences across the Disney Cruise Line fleet. Working alongside software engineers, architects, and quality engineers, Agile delivery leaders and Scrum Masters help teams operate effectively by facilitating Agile processes, improving delivery workflows, removing obstacles, and promoting continuous improvement to ensure successful outcomes for both the business and our guests.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Technical ProjectManager (Project Hire)you 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. You 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.
Responsibilities
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
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.
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Who can apply
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