Director, Strategy & Operations

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Senior Vice President of The Americas in facilitating the execution of priorities through coordination, communications, and detailed project management

• Set direction and drive creative solutions to ensure business objectives align with the strategic vision in conjunction with the Americas leadership team

• Lead operational integrations, activations, solutions, and strategic initiatives

• Proactively identify and evaluate strategic, operational, and other opportunities in collaboration with key leaders and stakeholders across DCP, and The Walt Disney Company

• Coordinate initiatives and tracks results to achieve strategic objectives

• Drive strategy into action through the long-term planning process with the Americas leadership team and functional partners

• Oversee the deployment of select transformational initiatives

• Establish process to unlock greater efficiencies to enable the organization to focus on driving the business

• Collaborate on multiple projects at any one time, set and meet deliverable dates, and communicate roadblocks and risks in a timely manner; put in place contingencies for unexpected events

• Follow-up as needed on strategic opportunities and initiatives to ensure appropriate operationalization and execution

• Create a workplace environment that encourages collaboration and innovative/creative thinking

Job requirements:

The following experience is required for consideration for this role:

• 10 years of progressively complex client management experience, with a proven track record of directing teams towards successfully executing strategies and programs

• Deep project management/consulting experience

• Experience in a matrixed organization working with multiple leadership teams and stakeholders

• Experience working with executive-level contributors and stakeholders, including excellent executive level presentation skills

• Experience working in a retail/brand organization

• Demonstrated versatility and adaptability to work across a broad variety of functions

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience

The most successful candidates will have demonstrated the following qualifications or skills:

• Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with an action-oriented sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm

• Operates effectively through ambiguity, navigating unclear goals, objectives, or tasks

• Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals

• Maneuvers comfortably through complex policies, processes, and people-related dynamics

• Quickly assimilates information, identifies themes, and aggregates information from disparate sources into a coherent story

• Works under tight timetables, in high-pressure situations, and adapts to priority changes

• Focuses on developing creative solutions with a nimble business mindset

• Comfortably communicates with executives (VPs, SVPs, EVPs) in presentations, working sessions, and 1-on-1 interactions

• Proficient in keynote and PowerPoint, is creatively minded and able to design best in class presentations

Additional information:

This position is based in Glendale, CA.