Manager, Tech Project Management

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 Manager, Technical Project Management, the team is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to lead the project team driving the successful development and implementation of technical projects and programs. This includes project planning & management, risk assessment, project financials, technical project delivery, and governance standards.  

What You'll Do: 

• Lead end-to-end delivery of technology and digital projects and programs, including planning, execution, monitoring, governance, and successful closure across multiple concurrent initiatives.  

• Manage portfolio of projects for designated leader including planning, tracking, and reporting across multiple projects and programs.  

• Partner with portfolio and project manager to ensure accurate financial forecasting and variance management, ensuring alignment between resource plans, timelines, and budget constraints to provide transparency into project performance. 

• Develop and maintain financial models, including scenario planning and projections to support strategic decision-making and prioritization.  

• Manage, hire, and develop a high-performing team of Technical Project Managers; provide coaching, performance feedback, and career development while building a strong internal and external talent pipeline.  

• Partner with Senior Manager to review established program-level strategy and execution frameworks, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, product roadmaps, and technology objectives.  

• Define and enforce clear objectives, milestones, and success criteria across cross-functional teams, ensuring accountability for delivery outcomes.  

• Oversee risk management practices by proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks, and ensuring escalation and resolution pathways are effectively executed.  

• Drive operational excellence and process discipline by enforcing timely, accurate, and consistent updates within project management systems (e.g., MyPPM, Jira, Smartsheet), enabling data-driven decision-making and project transparency.  

• Serve as a liaison and escalation point for project managers across partner teams from portfolio, architecture, product, design, delivery, security, and business stakeholders. 

• Partner to help translate complex technical concepts from delivery teams into actionable insights, metrics, decisions to ensure alignment across diverse audiences.  

• Champion continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project delivery methodologies, tools, and team effectiveness. 

Required Qualifications & Skills: 

• 8+ years of experience leading technical project management teams with demonstrated success delivering complex, cross-functional technology initiatives 

• Technical project management experience supporting large-scale digital platforms, guest-facing products, or transactional systems. 

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent formal project management 

• Strong people leadership capabilities including hiring, coaching, performance management, and development of high-performing teams 

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional technology teams, with strong analytical problem-solving , communication and stakeholder-management skills. 

• Agile certifications such as CSM, ACP, CPO, SAFe with hands-on experience applying Agile and hybrid delivery models at scale.  

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience