Lead Technical Project Manager - Launch Readiness

Job Posting Title:

Lead Technical Project Manager - Launch Readiness

Req ID:

10127694

Job Description:

At Disney, we are storytellers. We make the impossible possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Our passion is to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from streaming, theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies, and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences, and we are constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.  

 

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. We drive competitive advantages by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence. 

About the role: 

 

The Lead Project Manager will be a part of the Core Systems & Platforms team within the ET. You will have the opportunity to support our finance transformation initiatives; SAP ECC transition to S/4 Hana and its technology conversion leveraged by all TWDC segments and lines of business including, DPEP, Studios, DMED and Corporate functions.  

 

In this role, you will facilitate all aspects for delivery execution into production from scope definition to execution. In addition, you will manage the implementation efforts for launch readiness and oversee coordination of production validations required by the business teams. This role may also lead one of many workstreams responsible for the successful execution of the overall program. 

 

Responsibilities:   

• This position will play a leadership role during command centers and hypercare for 100+ individuals for a given project. 

• Understands and uses high-quality, scalable and cost-effective technology solutions that meet global business requirements and conform to architectural designs and technology strategies. 

• Partners to create and handle technical roadmaps and helps set and lead technology strategy. 

• Technical decisions for complex development scenarios requiring transformation from existing processes. 

• Own/facilitate the scrum ceremonies. 

• Launch planning sessions focused on critical technical and business milestones for pre-launch and developing day of launch tasks to track critical implementation milestones and dependencies. Including: writing and prioritize Epics, Technical User Stories and Tasks in a requirements repository with traceability to test cases in a testing repository. 

• Understanding interdependencies and impacts to other cast members work streams. 

• Drive for on-time delivery of all aspects of projects within the Finance Transformation Program. Consistently evaluate and improve the project plan, course correct for incoming/new prioritization and dependencies. 

• Oversees the requirements process; ensures traceability of high-level requirements throughout the program.  Participates in data analysis activities as needed. 

• Leads or participates in the assessment of potential new opportunities, analyzing scope at a high-level and work with Business, Technology or Functional managers to agree on project approach, business cases, risk assessments, funding requirements, and resource/capability needs. 

• Create detailed plans that will coordinate thousands of tasks to s