Walt Disney
Location
Burbank, CA | United States
Job description
The Sr Manager, Project Manager Tech is responsible for leading teams to deliver programs and projects across the Core Finance value chains. This role will lead matrixed project teams and 3rd party resources.
The span of the role will encompass portfolio planning, project management, delivery execution, and strategic planning.
This Sr Manager, Project Manager Tech:
Accountable for technical delivery of large-scale, complex implementation projects
Responsible for leading the delivery of projects with a team consisting of project managers, solution architects, product and engineering (S/W) teams
Collaborates closely with partners across the organization including business partners, other technology partners and delivery managers
Interfaces with key partners and vendors, ensuring they understand both program and project deliverables, meet timing, and cost deadlines, and collaborate with internal project stakeholders to achieve project results
Actively leads project planning and overall strategy, to include resource needs identification
Actively leads in establishing and tracking progress to key performance indicators
Responsible for evaluating and tracking overall project health and status; producing actionable insights
Constantly looking ahead to identify project delivery problems and shortfalls, proposing and actioning solutions
Identifies and ensures Risks, Actions, Issues and Decisions (RAID) are logged and actioned; works with project management and execution team to resolve items
Proactively identifies and actively leads in the resolution of issues and conflicts
Responsible for escalations to leadership and to vendors as appropriate to drive results
Leads/participates in sourcing and contracting activities
Consistently works with the project management team to review program expenditures against the program operating expense and capital budgets
Continually apprises leadership and relevant business stakeholders of status and anything not on track
Communicates successes supported by metrics/KPIs illustrating the business value of IT solutions
Ensures clear communication of project scopes, timing, prioritization, budgets, resource needs, and progress on an ongoing basis
Builds strong relationships and partners with large and diverse groups of stakeholders at multiple levels, from end users to executives, across the enterprise
Participates in strategic planning and roadmapping for the portfolio
Responsible for managing and mentoring a team of direct reports by providing career path conversations and guidance, and helping them achieve their goals through effective development and training plans
Flexible and adaptable; ability to complete projects and achieve results in an ambiguous work environment
Develop and maintain relationships with partners and leaders across functions and segments
Ability to break down and solve complex problems
Innovative thinking and embraces innovation by constantly seeking new or contrary ideas and approaches to what has been done in the past
Strong collaboration skills and ability to establish and manage effective working relationships in a matrixed organizational structure
Works well with a team, ability to lead and influence others
Exemplary communication and presentation skills, both oral and written. Ability to communicate well to both technical and business audiences
Results oriented, biased toward action
Works independently, receives minimal guidance
Strong consensus-building ability and negotiating skills
Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of stakeholders and audiences
Strong ability to manage and prioritize multiple, concurrent projects while meeting aggressive deadlines in a fast-paced environment, including ability to manage multiple project resources, with extensive project planning and execution skills
Possess an orientation for results and excellence, inspire confidence and demonstrate conceptual and analytical thinking, initiative and flexibility
Management and execution skills to deliver and operate enterprise services on time, on budget and with reliable quality
Work Experience
8+ years of relevant experience leading large programs and global teams with 5+ technical managerial experience
Experience establishing and driving strategy and design for, and implementing and/or upgrading major ERP / Finance/ HR platforms
Experience leading large, matrixed project teams including architects, developers, operations, PMs, business analysts, and vendor partners
Experience in leading inter-organization change to increase efficiency through the implementation of technology
Experience managing program, project and team budget and financials
Experience with Security and Compliance
Experience building and managing high-performance and highly-motivated teams
Proven track record of execution--driving results and meeting commitments
Education
BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline or equivalent work experience. (STEM degree is highly preferred)
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The hiring range for this position in California is $180,646 - $242,330 per year and in Washington is $189,256 - $253,880 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.Job tags
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