Costuming Project Manager

Through innovative storytelling and collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment crafts, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences! From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations the world over. This diverse team – representing a wide variety of fields and talents from technical directors, writers and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers – brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle… and a dash of pixie dust!

What You Will Do

The Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end management of global Costuming initiatives, including the concurrent management of projects with multi-year durations and budgets ranging from small to many millions. The types of projects include, but are not limited to, developing new business applications and system integrations, identifying and evaluating new business models, driving globalization and new business opportunities, and process improvement for our end-to-end supply chain.

This position reports to Manager-Projects and Innovation Strategy

This role is seasonal with no guarantee of regular hours

Job Summary

• Establishes project scopes, detailed business requirements, timelines, budgets and cash flows
• Serves as the primary liaison between multiple teams, including Costuming (domestic and international sites), Finance, Strategic Sourcing, Legal, Technology & Digital, and external vendors
• Right-sizes project management methodology and tools to the individual needs of each project
• Assesses project risks and formulate mitigation plans
• Cultivates relationships with business partners in our theme parks and resorts worldwide to influence and drive projects and standard process sharing across sites
• Provides briefings and status reports to executives, leaders and team members on a regular basis, identifying key milestones and critical path elements
• Ensures accurate project closure including retrospectives/lessons learned, documentation for all processes and systems, and final financial reporting

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years proven experience leading multi-year programs/projects with large budgets
• Certification in one or more of the following areas: Project Management (i.e. CAPM, PMP, etc.), Agile (i.e. PMI-ACP, CSM, CSPO, etc.), Business Analysis (i.e. PMI-PBA, CBAP, etc.), Six Sigma (Green Belt, Black Belt or Master Black Belt), ITIL, Supply Chain
• Experience with multiple project management methodologies, as well as experience with pragmatic blending of styles to facilitate collaboration and delivery (i.e. Waterfall, Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DMAIC, DFSS, etc.)
• Experience collaborating and working through compromise that result in win/win agreements and outcomes
• Experience communicating (verbal and written) with partners at all levels
• Experience with root cause analysis and problem solving
• Experience facilitating project meetings and large workshops to drive commitments and accountability
• Experience delivering projects timely and on-budget while communicating with executive leadership, sponsors and clients
• Experience working in a business environment where cost benefit and return on investment analysis are key decision factors
• In-depth experience with project management tools (i.e. Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, Monday.com, MS Project, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of Disney Theme Parks & Resorts, Disney Cruise Line and Costuming operations
• Familiarity with Costuming specific systems and technology including RFID, GUS, SAP Inventory Management, and SAP Warehouse Management
• Prior experience with SQL programming and business intelligence tools (i.e. Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, Tableau, etc.)
• Familiar with supply chain principles and strategies
• Experience leading supply chain, consulting or business integration projects

Education

• High school degree or equivalent experience is required
• Advanced degree or equivalent experience in Project Management, Business Management, Process Improvement or related fields

Additional Information

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

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