Manager, Technology - Emerging Tech Product Delivery

Company: Disney Parks, Experiences and Products
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 20, 2023

Job Description:

"We Power the Magic!" That's our motto at Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Technology & Digital. Our team builds premier immersive digital experiences for the Company's world-class vacation brands including Disney's Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.We are 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.The candidate requires knowledge and skills that are deep, covering various platforms and implementing best-fit technical solutions that align to business goals. The candidate must be successful operating in heterogeneous technology environments and have experience with delivering highly coordinated, scalable, resilient and critical solutions. This is a highly collaborative role where partnership with many different technical and non-technical lines of business will be essential.You Will:

• Lead and mentor multi-functional delivery teams in a rapid prototyping environment.
• Responsible for analysis, effort estimation, product, and system design, evaluating architectural fit and compliance, resource schedules, delivery breakthroughs and overall product quality.
• Display leadership and oversight of implementation and deployment planning, system integration, ongoing data validation processes, quality assurance, delivery, operations, and sustainability of technical solutions.
• Tightly integrate with key technology and functional partners and ensure that products are crafted in a platform-centric manner.
• Strengthen a group passionate about quality and guest-centricity.
• Ensure alignment between technology investments and business capability roadmaps.
• Ensure alignment with other key technology functions such as strategy programs, business analysis, quality assurance, engineering excellence, portfolio management, etc.
• Ensure multiple concurrent ongoing projects and team objectives are resourced effectively to accomplish goals.
• Meet with collaborators, vendor partners and customers on a recurring basis to review team priorities, execution, and pertinent business/delivery updates.
• Reliably handle project/solution timeline and financials including budget, cost, invoices, and contracts.You Have:
  • 8+ years of related work experience, with shown experience leading teams and initiatives.
  • Experience being responsible for an application delivery team using Agile methodologies
  • Proven experience running POCs and Pilots with multiple business partners simultaneously.
  • Relevant emerging technology expertise including but not limited to: Computer Vision (CV), AI/ML, NLP, AR/VR, hardware development, and rapid prototyping.
  • Success at achieving sophisticated technology goals timely and on-budget.
  • Effective within multifaceted and matrixed organizations containing a certain amount of ambiguity.
  • Experience leading teams supporting enterprise-scale solutions from both business and technical perspectives.
  • Validated ability to develop and deliver presentations geared for Executive ManagementPreferred Qualifications:
    • Skills that span software, hardware, and the integration of the two
    • Experience in an enterprise-level environment
    • Experience in a large media, technology, or internet companyRequired Education:
      • Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experiencePreferred Education:
        • Master's degree and/or equivalent work experience#DISNEYTECH

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