"We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX) Technology & Digital. Our team creates premier immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.
We own the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!
This role sits in the Portfolio, Program and Project Organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences, and supports businesses such as Disney Vacation Club, Adventures by Disney, National Geographic Expeditions, Disney Institute, and Storyliving by Disney.
You will lead the work to understand business needs, research industry technology trends, and gather service requirements to drive business value of the Technology & Digital portfolio. You will also support the project portfolio plan through major financial deliverables such as Annual Capital Planning, Annual Operating Planning, the Long-Range Plan and other ad-hoc requests. This is a highly collaborative role where partnership with many technical and non-technical teams is important.
What You Will Do

• Lead and mentor a team of business analysts and portfolio managers.
• Manage capital project initiation, including scope definition, solution design and estimation, and funding approval for projects ranging $1.0M - $15M
• Drive strategy, planning and prioritization for DSE businesses and support key financial delivery of Long-Term Plan, Annual Capital Plan, Annual Operating Plan, and monthly Forecasts.
• Lead the development of business cases for major capital and expense projects, in particular ensuring benefits align to strategic and tactical business objectives.
• Lead business requirements into a clear, managed, prioritized backlog or business requirements document.
• Support business, technical, and financial feasibility assessments during both planning and execution stages of project.
• Assist Project Management leadership in identifying and handling risks, issues and dependencies.
• Review contracts drawn up with any third-party suppliers to ensure they accurately reflect the needs of the business.
• Own the integration of the technology portfolio with key business partners on an ongoing basis, including the preparation of senior executive-level presentations.
• Foster a growth culture focused on continuous learning and adaptation.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in portfolio & product management, product/project delivery, demand management, capacity planning or financial analysis leading to successful management of a $100M portfolio
• Practical experience in understanding technology project / product financial analysis, financial reporting, and cause-of-change explanations across multiple teams.
• Exposure to technical project management: estimation, project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, and communication planning.
• Excellent business communication, writing, and social skills with all levels of leadership.
• Ability to drive forecasts and to effectively communicate risks and dependencies to executives and business partners.
• Mentoring and coaching abilities to ensure effective growth, development of team, matching skills to roles for individual success.
• Demonstrable skills in PPT/Keynote and Excel.
• Experience with industry standard PPM tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Clarity PPM
• Experience with software delivery preferred including full software lifecycle (development, maintenance, deprecation)

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field or relevant experience

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