Technical Project Mgr I

Job Posting Title:

Technical Project Mgr I

Req ID:

10090700

Job Description:

About the Role & Team

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.  

As a Technical Project Manager, you will partner with Product Management to understand business and product needs, translate those needs to engineering requirements, and collaborate with all impacted teams and external partners to ensure a successful launch of the product or feature. You are encouraged to always maintain a pulse on development progress and manage the inevitable change over the lifecycle of a project so that deadlines are met with excellent products and happy team members. If you are someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, jumps at the opportunity to work on impactful and complex problems, and constantly seeks out new challenges, then this is a phenomenal role for you!  

What You Will Do

• Manage technical teams, serve in scrum ceremonies, and provide release support as needed.  

• Work with Product, design, and other key partners to support engineering efforts.  

• Work with engineering teams and leadership to establish processes that will ensure success on high-priority business initiatives and improve efficiency.  

• Lead planning meetings, scrum ceremonies, and cross-functional coordination.  

• Manage program reporting for engineering efforts.  

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Have technical knowledge of leading the development of back-end service and consumer-facing software.  

• Have experience or knowledge implementing Agile and other software development frameworks and methodologies.  

• Familiarity with industry-standard project management tools such as Jira, and Confluence.  

• Ability to work with project partners to define project achievements and results and you are able to effectively communicate requirements to development teams.  

• Prepared to lead effective meetings, planning, documenting decisions, and follow-up.  

• Identify, analyze, prioritize, mitigate, and communicate project risks to internal and external partners.  

• Display initiative, take a proactive approach, and are able to start the conversation and guide other program leads in process development. Consistently evaluating processes and seeking ways to improve at every iteration.  

• Have developed crucial soft skills including meeting leadership, communication, teamwork, collaboration, flexibility, problem-solving, critical thinking, & conflict resolution.  

• Learn quickly and enthusiastically, particularly about technical systems and issues.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading technical teams, scrum teams, software development lifecycle delivery, and release management.  

• Experience working with product and design and other stakeholders to understand requirements, prioritize initiatives, and engage with engineering teams to drive projects forward.  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Bristol, CT is $61,900.00 - $85,000.00 per year based on a 40-hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. 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:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Business Operations

Primary Job Posting Category:

Project/Program Management Generalist

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Bristol, CT, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2024-05-29