Disney
Manager, Portfolio Management
Celebration, FL, USA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$107k-$148kDetected 22 days ago
Project ManagementAgileFinancial AnalysisCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoringMicrosoft OfficeFinancial Reporting
About the role
- As the Manager, Portfolio Planning & Management at Disney Experiences Technology, you will play a crucial role in creating world-class immersive digital experiences for Disney's premier vacation brands.
- This role is essential in ensuring the organization meets its overall strategic and financial goals by collaborating with executives and aligning resources across portfolios.
- You will work closely with executives to communicate priorities, anticipate risks, and provide actionable recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Drive S/VP portfolio level accountability to meet financial targets.
- Lead portfolio planning, forecast, and governance for a portfolio(s) of $150M+.
- Manage plans and roadmaps for S/VP portfolios with key partners, providing deliverables for key finance milestones.
- Deliver prioritized S/VP portfolio input to forecasts in alignment with key parameters.
- Maintain a continuous view of resource demand and capacity across the portfolio, planning for leveled resource allocation.
- Effectively communicate, including delivering difficult messages to executives, partners, and finance.
- Inspire, motivate, and lead the team to deliver value to DX Technology.
- Create an environment where Disney values are experienced, encouraging creative problem solving and ensuring everyone's voice is heard.
Requirements
- Experience with a variety of software delivery methodologies (e.g.,
- Key skills required include strategic thinking, collaboration, and effective communication.
Nice to have
- Practiced in project management (estimation, project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning).
- Proven mentoring and coaching abilities to ensure effective growth and development of the team.
- MS Office proficient
- strong skills in PPT/Keynote and Excel.
- Extensive experience with industry-standard PPM tools
- CA Clarity PPM experience preferred
Skills
- Minimum of 8 years of portfolio/financial demand management experience.
- Practical experience in understanding technology project/product financial analysis, financial reporting, and cause-of-change explanations.
- Experience in product-oriented organizations using agile methodologies.
- Experience with a variety of software delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile: Scrum, Lean, etc.).
- Experience working with multiple technical teams and finance.
- Excellent business communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
- Proactive and solution-oriented when managing issues.
- Demonstrated analysis/assessment capabilities.
- MS Office proficient; strong skills in PPT/Keynote and Excel.
- Extensive experience with industry-standard PPM tools; CA Clarity PPM experience preferred; reporting tool(s) experience preferred.
- Required Education:
- Bachelor's degree required or related field/work experience
Compensation
- Strategic planning partner for key planning milestones (long term & annual planning).
Company info
- 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!
- You will lead the strategic roadmap, annual and long-term capital and expense plans, and portfolio forecast planning of projects and operations.
This listing is sourced directly from Disney's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.