Lead Tech Project Mgr

The Walt Disney Co

Celebration, FL

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SALARY
$148,300–$198,800 Per Year
SKILLS
Accounting, Amusement Parks, Analysis Skills, Animation, Asset Management, Budget Management, Budget Reporting, Budgeting, Business Development, Business Strategy, Business Support, Business Writing, Calendar Management, Call Centers, Casting, Change Control, Change Management, Change Requests/Orders, Communication Skills, Construction, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Customer Support/Service, Data Analysis, Data Science, Digital Media, Documentation, Entertainment and Media, Establish Priorities, Facebook, Finance, Financial Projections, Financial Reporting, Food and Beverage Industry, Forecasting, Gaming, Graphic Design, Healthcare, Horticulture, Human Resources, Internet Application, Interpersonal Skills, Landscaping, Leadership, Legal, Licensing, LinkedIn, Maintain Compliance, Management Strategy, Marketing, Matrix Management, Merchandising, Metrics, Mobile Applications, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Multitasking, Operational Support, Product Design, Product Management, Product Strategy, Production Support, Project Development, Project Estimates, Project Lifecycle, Project Planning, Project Schedule, Project Tracking, Project/Program Management, Protective Services, Quality Assurance, Recreation, Requirements Management, Research & Development (R&D), Retail Operations, Risk, Risk Management, Sales, Schedule Development, Software Development, Sports, Supply Chain Management, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Strategy, Television Advertising, Television Broadcasting, Television News, Theater Production, Time Management, Travel Industry, Variance Analysis, Visual Effects, Web Analytics, YouTube
LOCATION
Celebration, FL
POSTED
30+ days ago

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Lead Tech Project Mgr

Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10147592 Location Orlando, Florida, United States / Glendale, California, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States / Celebration, Florida, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Apr. 27, 2026

Job Summary:

Job Summary:

The Lead Technical Project Manager is responsible for delivering complex software development projects working with teams across multiple disciplines in a geographically dispersed organization, including working with vendors. The Lead Technical Project Manager will concurrently manage multiple medium to large digital projects across web and mobile applications, and/or one or more specific tracks within much larger scale programs, with oversight from a Program Manager. The Technical Project Manager ensures on-time and on-schedule delivery for their projects working closely with Product, Technology, and Design.

What You Will Do:

Project Estimation

  • Facilitate scope definition, and high-level planning, discovery, and estimation workshops for projects with cross-functional teams

  • Quantify cost factors to deliver project deliverables including resources, project oversight, objective risk and related contingency

  • Document key assumptions and dependencies established through estimation activities

  • Prepare and present high-level plan with estimates for executives and cross-functional leaders based on estimate outcomes

Project Planning

  • Create project schedule and communication plans

  • Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones and deliverable tasks

  • Establish project financial forecasts including resource plans and other expense plans

  • Develop the project plan and schedule with cross discipline functional leads

  • Ensure necessary steps and dependencies to deliver projects and components are established

  • Validate that scope can be completed within timeline and budget

  • Estimate resource needs with help from functional leads

Project Delivery

  • Confidently lead and drive cross-functional projects, and individual project tracks of large programs through full delivery life-cycle ensuring project is delivered on-time and on-budget

  • Manage resource assignment, budget, scheduling, and scope prioritization, and change control

  • Work with cross discipline team members to validate project assumptions and review project plans with leadership

  • Ensure proper documentation of scope of work with help from cross discipline functional leads

  • Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams, including Product Management, Design, Technology, vendors and other key functional delivery teams for the project (when appropriate)

  • Communicate regular updates to project and executive leadership team on delivery progress, plan updates and budget spend and forecast, including status report updates, financial/budget/variance reports, and other reporting as required

  • Monitor adherence to schedule and milestone commitments

  • Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation

  • Prevent scope creep, record causes of change, and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget, as well as forecasts, are approved and communicated in a timely manner

  • Use metrics, including burn-down charts, to drive performance, efficiency and forecast improvements

  • Ensure proper project closure including retroactives/lessons learned, transition and hand-off to production operations support, and final financial reporting

Qualifications:

  • Minimum of 7 years of related work experience.

  • Strong project leader with experience in leading large, multidisciplinary digital teams (preferably websites, mobile web, and apps)

  • Agile delivery experience

  • Mobile application (iOS, Android) delivery experience

  • Experience in a matrixed responsibility organization working with multiple Product Managers per effort

  • Strong experience facilitating the gathering and development of requirements for complex solutions

  • Possesses significant practical experience in the basics of project management (estimation, project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning).

  • Experienced in multiple full lifecycle software deliveries from business development to final software acceptance

  • Led teams with multiple discipline represented (including product management/strategy, technology, design, SEO, and analytics)

  • Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects running concurrently

  • Proven track record managing individual project budgets and budget roll-up of multiple projects

  • Demonstrated analysis/assessment capabilities

  • Able to confidently lead teams to a successful delivery approach

  • Able to work both collaboratively and independently while maintaining a high level of productivity

  • Able to work under tight timetables and high pressure situations

  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment and able to juggle, shift gears, and maintain a sense of humor; deliver under extreme deadlines and intense business environment

  • Must possess excellent business communication, writing, and interpersonal skills

  • Proactive and solution-oriented when managing issues

  • Comfortable when communicating with executive level (Directors, VPs) in presentations, working sessions, and 1-on-1 interactions

  • Practiced in negotiating with others in ways that result in win/win agreements and outcomes

  • Must be open to coaching and guidance

  • Exhibit good judgment skills on when to seek guidance and when to escalate risks and issues

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $148,300 to $198,800 per year, in Burbank, CA is $155,700 to $208,700 per year and in Seattle, WA is $163,100 to $218,700 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.

About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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