About this opportunity
Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company lists this Sr Technical Project Manager opportunity in northern, Kentucky. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
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.
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Who can apply
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