Sr Tech Project Mgr

Job Posting Title:

Sr Tech Project Mgr

Req ID:

10153099

Job Description:

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!

As a Senior Technical Project Manager you will identify, plan and coordinate a set of related projects within a program and manage their interdependencies in support of specific business strategies. You will also apply project management principles and techniques to lead project schedule, scope, quality, cost and performance risks. The Senior Technical Project Manager will work closely with cross-discipline technology teams, leadership and business partners to understand technical and business direction, milestones and budget, as well as provide thought leadership to project management team.
 

The Senior Technical Project Manager will report to the Manager, Technical Project Management.

What You’ll Do:

• Projects assigned to this level tend to be highly complex and strategically prioritized

• Performs all other responsibilities of a Project Manager at a proficient level, plus: Identifies project risks; analyzes and communicates prioritized mitigation plans to stakeholders

• Understands most project domain components, including architecture, tools and deployment practices that development team is employing

• Accountable for driving execution and delivery of technical programs from start to finish

• 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

• Defines, optimizes, and manages Agile project management ceremonies and processes for large project teams. Manage hardware/software procurement of assigned projects

• Demonstrates proficiency of technical project/program domain and able to confidently discuss with project team, neighbors, and stakeholders

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements

• Accountable for driving execution and delivery of multiple high-profile technical, product or software development projects from start to finish

• Owns budget tracking at Project/Program-level

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 a project

• Experience managing large project budgets

• Experience with tools such as: Microsoft suite, Keynote, Smartsheet, MyPPM (Clarity), MyJira, Tableau, and PowerBI.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Experience in supporting large-scale, global software development programs

• Agile Certifications ie CSM; ACP; CPO; SAFe; LeSS

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Florida is $123,100.00-$165,100.00 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 Posting Segment:

DX Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Disney Signature Experiences

Primary Job Posting Category:

Project Management Tech

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Celebration, FL, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2026-06-29