Senior Product Solutions Manager

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from 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’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

We have an outstanding opportunity for a “hands-on,” Sr Tech Product Solutions Manager that enjoys the challenges of collaborating to drive results that are pivotal to our Disney Parks, Experiences, and products. The team develops and manages the applications in the Product and Pricing space. You will partner closely with multiple teams – Engineering, product management, finance, and operations to define roadmaps and requirements and ultimately measure results for critical initiatives.

What you will do:

·        Drives technical capability roadmap translating the business requirements into implementable tech features.

·        Acts as a liaison between business users and the implementation team, communicating appropriately and effectively with engineers, business, and leaders, maintaining awareness of project status and any situation, or concern that may affect the outcome of the projects

·        Works collaboratively with engineering leaders to maintain detailed knowledge of product capabilities and ensure clear communications between program/project teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment through its lifecycle.

·        Works with the tech team to translate features into epics and stories, creating a sprint story map

·        Maintains and grooms the backlog of stories for the product and align with various initiatives and releases

·        Understands the application’s implementation details and be willing to troubleshoot product issues faced during testing and in production

·        Collaborate with engineers to create proof of concepts for proving out new features and or supporting feasibility assessments

·        Establishes clear ownership of program/project, ensures team members have the tools needed, and provides timely feedback.

·        Proactively communicates squad/team status, issues, and risks to leadership.

·        Help with creation of technical specification, schemas, data mappings and user stories to enable system modification or development 

·        Conducts regular meetings with team & partners, continuously keeping customers’ priorities and requirements in view.

·        Help communicate the vision and capabilities of the product effectively with demoes using both user interfaces and APIs

 Required Qualifications & Skills:

·        5 + years of experience as a Technical Product Manager, Technical Program Manager, Engineer, or Engineering Manager working with user interfaces, web services, databases, and cloud infrastructure projects.

·        Demonstrate a track record of consistent and measurable delivery of large cross-functional and enterprise wide initiatives.

·        Strong technical knowledge with experience leading technical initiatives that span several teams and functional areas.

·        Experience in synthesizing complex or diverse project data and information

·        Ability to influence people over whom you do not have direct authority 

·        Exceptional verbal and written communication skills including the ability to create presentable content and communicate through it effectively 

·        Ability to delve into details as well as think strategically about the broader roadmap 

·        Strong problem-solving skills, including a demonstrated ability to identify, understand, and drive resolution of complex critical issues 

·        Ability to build relationships and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders from different backgrounds and functions 

·        Experience with Agile software development methodology and the software delivery lifecycle.

Required Education:

Four-year college degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field or relevant work experience.

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