Manager, Show (Project Hire)

2 Months ago • 5 Years + • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Manager-Show is responsible for the tactical project management of show scopes for Walt Disney Imagineering projects. Leading all show team fields from concept to completion, this role ensures projects meet budget and schedule. Responsibilities include leading show design and production teams, managing commercial aspects of product lines, developing strategic production plans, driving results, developing scope and bidding documents, vendor selection and contract management, supervising design, development, production, and installation, and managing change orders. Significant collaboration with various project partners is required. Domestic and international travel may be necessary.
Must have:
  • 5+ years experience in relevant fields
  • Lead workflow and sophisticated scopes
  • Strategic and tactical problem-solving
  • Multidisciplinary team leadership
  • Vendor management and contract handling
Perks:
  • Health and savings benefits
  • Educational opportunities
  • Disney extras

Job Details

Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

Walt Disney Imagineering is the creative force that imagines, designs, and brings to life all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions, and cruise ships worldwide. Working across a spectrum of disciplines that range from creative and conceptual to scientific and technical, Imagineers blend an innovative mixture of storytelling, art, science, and technology to create immersive experiences, memorable destinations, and innovative entertainment for families around the globe.

Nearly every project at Walt Disney Imagineering includes a first-of-its-kind. Innovation is in our DNA, and Imagineers constantly push the boundaries of technology and invent new goals as well as the solutions to achieve them. As Imagineers, one of our greatest rewards is knowing that the experiences and environments we create inspire others. The diversity of expertise at Imagineering makes us uniquely capable of influencing positive change in our communities and around the world. And knowing that we have helped make a difference is incredibly fulfilling and inspiring for all of us.

The Manager Show is accountable and responsible for tactical project management of show scopes for Walt Disney Imagineering Projects large and small. You would lead all fields within the show team on a project from blue sky through close out and beyond.  The Manger Show are on the front line of a project to lead, conceptualize, design, engineer, produce, install, and deliver outstanding Shows and Attractions while ensuring project budgets and schedules are met!

You will functionally report to the WDI Executive of Show Management.

This is a Project Hire position without any guarantee of permanent placement.

What You Will Do:

  • Lead the work of show design and production teams for all show subject areas involved in a project.

  • Be accountable for Show scope on a full (“right size”) project for your level of experience.

  • Responsible for commercial management of a product line or multiple product lines/elements within a project

  • Build out strategic plans for production of Show scope considering vendors, resource availability, budget, schedule, creative intent and agreed upon design criteria.

  • Drive results along with Show scope design team and their leadership identifying vital changes in resource needs throughout the project life cycle.

  • Develop scope and bidding documents, evaluate and select vendors, and handle contract for outside vendors as the Responsible Individual (RI) and reports on progress, budget, and status to project team.

  • Facilitate relationships with all project partners, vendor leaders and team leads, (Primary focus on Show adjacent scope i.e., Operations, FOS, Facility teams etc.)

  • Supervise all phases of design, development/production and installation, identifying potential changes to creative intent, missed/deleted scope, or other changes to scope relative to detailed bid packages or other documentation, validate identified changes and associated values and process Change Order approvals.

  • Communicates, both verbally in presentation and conversation, and written correspondence to WDI Leadership, project teams, vendors, consultants, and other partners

  • Domestic and international travel may be required

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • 5+ years related experience in film/theater production, engineering, construction, project controls or other Disney/Themed Entertainment projects.

  • Experience leading workflow and delivery of sophisticated scopes of work

  • Must think strategically and tactically about complex issues and problem-solve to resolution.

  • Experience and ability to work with and lead multidisciplinary Artistic and Technical subject matter authorities toward a goal of meeting Creative Intent

Education:

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Business, Theater, Engineering, or Design or other related field

Additional Information

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  

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