Senior Manager-Programs

The Walt Disney Company • Lake Buena Vista, FL

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About The Position

As the Senior Manager of Programs at Disney Experiences, you will play a critical role in overseeing the operational success of assigned programs, ensuring seamless team management, program delivery, and quality control. You will lead a team to achieve organizational objectives and strategy, fostering an environment that encourages creative thinking and supports calculated risk-taking. Reporting to the Director of Facility Asset Management, you will be instrumental in driving the success of construction projects, aligning them with departmental strategy, commitments, and goals.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, or commercial facilities construction industry.
• Expertise in construction methods and the ability to interpret design drawings and specifications.
• Knowledge of construction and project management processes, and purchasing/contract management.
• Expertise with construction finance (budgets, cash flows, etc.).
• 7+ years of experience leading a team.
• Excellent facilitation skills and the ability to dynamically navigate complex conversations.
• Bachelor's Degree from a 4-year college or university in Architecture, Engineering, or Construction Management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the theme parks, resorts, cruise, vacation, travel, retail, or consumer industries.
• Creative, passionate, customer-focused, and innovative mindset.
• Team-oriented, detail-oriented, enthusiastic, service-minded, and culturally aware.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage comprehensive construction programs, ensuring they meet budget and schedule requirements.
• Provide strategic input, manage key business relationships, and lead a diverse team to achieve project goals.
• Participate in department strategy development, lead team members, and establish relationships with all partners.
• Hire, lead, and retain experienced resources that reflect the diversity of our community and guests, empowering them to improve their levels of responsibility and performance.
• Clearly communicate a direction and engage the team to work towards that vision, including formulating long-term plans and providing feedback for development.
• Lead teams that manage comprehensive designs to achieve stakeholder goals and provide creative solutions to enhance value while minimizing operational outages.
• Make suggestions to lessen the operational impact and negotiate with operators to implement projects efficiently.
• Consider issues from a broad perspective, seeing impact beyond immediate scope, and influence others to support ideas while inviting diverse points of view.
• Provide strategic input on project procurement and delivery to promote value through the contract process.
• Forecast, communicate, and proactively resolve scope, scheduling, and budget issues clearly.
• Help navigate barriers associated with coordinating operational constraints and project goals, keeping executive management informed of potential issues.
• Direct progress on each project, including initial planning, scope development, contracting, construction, and closeout, maintaining leadership responsibility throughout the lifecycle.
• Lead the program team, meeting all departmental guidelines and ensuring team members understand the intent of executive decisions.

Benefits

• Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide!
• Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees