Sr Technical Project Manager

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Technical Project Manager at Disney Experiences (DX) Tech & Digital, you will lead and manage a portfolio of technical projects, ensuring timely and on-budget delivery. You will collaborate with engineering teams (Software Engineers, Product Managers, Architects) to establish efficient processes, optimize Agile ceremonies, and manage hardware/software procurement. Responsibilities include developing program plans, monitoring progress, responding to changes, implementing fiscal controls, and providing senior-level oversight. The role requires strong Agile, Lean, and technical understanding (DevOps, CI/CD, TDD). You'll coach and mentor project management teams, manage large project budgets, and utilize tools like Microsoft suite, Smartsheet, Jira, and more.
Must have:
  • 5+ years technical project/program management experience
  • Agile, Lean, Kanban, Waterfall experience
  • Understanding of Cloud, APIs, databases
  • Experience managing large project budgets
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills
Good to have:
  • PMP Certification
  • Agile Certifications (CSM, ACP, CPO, SAFe, LeSS)

Job Details

Job Summary:

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our 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. We are responsible for the 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 Project Manager you will identify, plan and 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, cost and performance risks. The Senior Technical Project Manager will work closely with cross-discipline technology teams, leadership and business partners to understand technical and business direction, milestones and budget, as well as provide thought leadership to project management team.

The Senior Technical Project Manager will report to the Manager, Technical Project Management.

What You’ll Do  

  • Drives execution and delivery of technical projects through full delivery life cycle ensuring project is delivered timely and on-budget.

  • Works with engineering teams, including Software Engineers, Product Managers, Architects, and leadership to establish processes 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 plan comprised of parallel projects and multiple project managers that collectively produce work that has significant business impact

  • Monitors & adjusts program plan to 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, engineering and/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 to facilitate collaboration and delivery

  • Deep understanding of Agile technical practices, DevOps and testing concepts (CI/CD, TDD)

  • Significant experience in 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: Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet, MyPPM (Clarity), MyJira, Tableau, and PowerBI.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

  • Experience in supporting large-scale, global software development programs

  • Agile Certifications ie CSM; ACP; CPO; SAFe; LeSS

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience

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