The Walt Disney Company (France)
Senior Technical Project Manager
The Walt Disney Company (France), Celebration, Florida, United States
About the Role & Team
At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class 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. The Disney Experiences Technology team is responsible for 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 the MyDisneyExperience app and Hey, Disney!
The Senior Technical Project Manager is responsible for all aspects of project management for highly complex and strategically prioritized projects
What You Will 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 projects
Excellent organizational, communication (written and verbal) and time management skills with attention to detail
Experience managing large budgets
Experience with tools such as:
Office productivity software, including Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet
Project management software, including MyPPM (Clarity), MyJira
Reporting tools, including Tableau, 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
Education Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent relevant experience.
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The Senior Technical Project Manager is responsible for all aspects of project management for highly complex and strategically prioritized projects
What You Will 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 projects
Excellent organizational, communication (written and verbal) and time management skills with attention to detail
Experience managing large budgets
Experience with tools such as:
Office productivity software, including Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet
Project management software, including MyPPM (Clarity), MyJira
Reporting tools, including Tableau, 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
Education Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent relevant experience.
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