Sr Project Coordinator

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

Team Description:

The Disney Enterprise Technology (ETech) mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business unit strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation.  The ETech organization drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.  ETech is guided by the principles of being service-focused and easy to do business with, being biased for action and innovation, and being efficient through leverage and continuous improvement.

The Project Coordinator will be supporting the delivery of projects and initiatives within the Business Network Services portfolio in Enterprise Technology. This individual will work closely with both Engineers and Managers to ensure processes and standards are followed. Ensure critical project data is up to date and maintained in all systems (Project milestones, project compliance audits, status, stakeholders, financials, resources, …) across a large portfolio of projects.  

The Project Coordinator will drive resource team forecasting through a 12-month rolling calendar. The Project Coordinator will also be required to manage small size initiatives and some project oversight. This role requires strong organization skills, attention to detail as well as the ability to communicate effectively across diverse audiences.

*Note: This an on-site role. The Project Coordinator is expected to be on-site in the office 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs)*

Responsibilities:

• Manages Project Portfolio document repositories, ensuring they are maintained and updated

• Confidently lead and drive complex, multi-team initiatives

• Meet with engineers and managers on a regular basis to ensure team forecasting is maintained and updated

• Work with cross discipline team members to validate project assumptions and review project plans with leadership

• Communicate regular update to leadership on delivery project, plan update and budget spend and forecast, including status report updates, and other reporting as required.

• Provide Project Status Reporting

• Supports governance practices and protocols to control and monitor the program/projects

• Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones, and deliverable tasks

• Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation

• Actively participates in process and practice improvements in the project management environment and serves as a catalyst for project management excellence

• Provides oversight to ensure critical day-to-day project deliverables

• Accountable for driving execution and delivery of projects from start to finish

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 2-4 years of using modern work management and collaboration tools (Microsoft 365, Slack, ServiceNow, etc)

• A minimum of 2-4 years of using project management tools (Clarity, Smartsheet, Tableau etc)

• A minimum of 2-4 years of project schedules, financials, takeaways, etc

• A minimum of 1-3 years of data analysis including providing data metrics, data visualization, data reports to executive leadership.

• A minimum of 1-3 years of data mesh, ensuring data is shared across multiple tools, teams, or lines of business

Nice To Haves:

• Leads with practicality and wisdom amid with competing priorities and diverse personalities.

• Operates as an independent and dynamic project leader. Highly adept at influencing without direct authority

• Escalates need for guidance and support to direct manager effectively and regularly

• Utilizes highly developed communication skills to facilitate project-related or service delivery conversations with technology senior leaders/managers/directors and service owners alike

• Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, SmartSheets and other collaboration tools

• Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects running concurrently

• Foster a team environment of self-organization, retrospect to learn and adapt with the goal of delivering the highest value to our guests and cast

• Prior Disney Experience is preferred

• PMP Certification

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience