Sr Project Coordinator

Sr Project Coordinator

About the Role & Team

Are you a naturally curious person who loves to understand the "why" behind business performance and enjoys solving problems in a collaborative environment? If so, the Sr. Project Coordinator within the Disney Decision Science and Integration's (DDSI) team may be the right opportunity for you! 

The DDSI team supports clients across the organization in the areas of yield management, revenue planning, forecasting, pricing, and optimization. Some of our internal clients include Disney Experiences, Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Corporate Finance. We work with key partners in Marketing, Finance, Business Development, Research, and Operations to develop, analyze, and implement strategies that maximize profitability and improve return on investment. In this role, you will report to the Sr. Manager, Project Management - Business & Portfolio Optimization.

What You Will Do

• Project Manager – Provide coordination for the project management function for department initiatives and projects to include the planning and management of scope, timelines/plans, risks and quality management across all five areas phases of the project: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control and project closeout.

• Project Management Advocate - Act as a project management advocate developing standards, processes, and tools to enhance the project management and financial operations within the department. Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and other information beneficial to the project management function and leverage that knowledge to improve projects. Provide support as needed for PMO-related financial and operational activities.
• Financial Management – Provide support for annual capital planning and forecasts. Monitor and distribute project financials to ensure accuracy of budget tracking. Provide operational support for monthly forecasts and other financial-related requests and issues from Tech and Finance partners.
• Communicator – Proactively communicate with the project team regarding project changes, issues affecting the execution of deliverables, and the expectations for completing each task. Provide central coordination and communication for the team through the duration of assigned projects.
• Facilitator & Presenter – Facilitate project meetings to ensure the objectives of the meeting are met. Present work in the form of presentations that tell a clear and compelling story about the status of the project.
• Efficiency Advocate: Identify efficiency opportunities within a given project and potentially challenging existing processes to continuously seek improved project initiation, planning, execution, and implementation.

Required Qualifications & Skills 

• Must have 2-3 years providing project management support for projects and initiatives from feasibility through deployment.
• Knowledge and practical experience with the financial AOP life cycle
• Proficient with project management tools, including: Smartsheet, JIRA, MS Project, Teams, Confluence
• Interact with internal and external peers and managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities
• Demonstrate early ability to influence internally and externally
• Demonstrate ability to effectively build relationships and partnering

Preferred Qualifications 

• Project Management Professional Certification

• Previous experience with project & portfolio management (demand intake, resource management/forecasting, strategic planning and prioritization with senior leadership, develop and communicate metric driven dashboards)
• Familiarity of Disney business domain knowledge
• Knowledge of the travel and hospitality industry
• Familiarity with statistics, industrial engineering, marketing and sales, pricing, or revenue management analytics
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and experience supporting technical development projects
• Demonstrate understanding of technical and financial domain and able to confidently discuss with project team, neighbors, and stakeholders

Education 

• Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of relevant experience

Preferred Education

• Master's degree plus 1 years of relevant experience