Sr Planning & Delivery Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Sr Planning & Delivery Analyst

Req ID:

10111876

Job Description:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Business Operations is the glue of DE&E Technology, with a relentless focus on connecting all the pieces of the business. All the components that make up the organization – engineering, product, design, operations, support and more – come together and move the business forward with oversight, effective prioritization, and guidance. This team synthesizes information from across the business to ensure leaders are armed with all the necessary data before making strategic and financial decisions. From forecasting, funding, tracking, and reporting on projects, to ways of working, and resource management, Business Operations has visibility and input into all aspects of the team.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provide the technological backbone and product development for Disney’s two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

The Planning and Delivery Operations team partners closely with the Strategic Planning & Analysis team (SP&A), Portfolio, Finance, Global Program Management (GPM) and leads within our Technology pillars to logistically manage and orchestrate essential business workflows across the organization. This function includes resource capacity planning, identifying and facilitating budgeting and financial setup, and delivery governance during and after project execution.

The Sr Analyst is a hands-on role that gathers requirements from stakeholders, proposes solutions, and builds reporting and tooling to support the agreed upon solutions. This role will be responsible for building and supporting data structures and tooling used for presenting analysis and forecasting by the Technology Planning and Operations team.  The position requires collaboration with and support of other technology teams as well as excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

The Sr Analyst will develop and maintain frameworks and procedures to produce reporting data in both static and real-time formats while maintaining the highest quality and accuracy. The candidate will have experience implementing tools and reporting solutions to drive operational efficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to determine gaps in resource capacity and delivery reporting needs
• Develop and support detailed analytics, tracking, and reporting of initiatives, projects, capacity planning, and resource management
• Track and report on key performance metrics
• Perform data and compliance audits on a variety of areas such as standardization and timely reporting to ensure consistency and accuracy
• System admin and support responsibilities for planning tools that are managed by the team
• Conduct training on planning tools to enable other team members to become informed and self-proficient
• Gather data to support detailed modeling of capacity planning and metrics from statistically confident projections to provide insight into future staffing-related needs
• Assist in defining, establishing, and implementing enhancements to operational processes, procedural documentation, and tool requirements
• Provide support to Product Strategy, Program