Sr. Manager, Organizational Development

Job ID 10113207 Location Burbank, California, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Feb. 14, 2025

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Job Summary:

No two days are ever the same at The Walt Disney Company - particularly in Organizational Development! We’re thinkers, builders, and strategists. We tell meaningful stories that win hearts and minds. We are passionate about the work we do - and are always seeking to raise the bar on our own performance.

The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) seeks a Senior Manager, Organizational Development to join the Organizational Development Center of Excellence (OD COE) with a focus on Corporate and Enterprise clients. This team is a highly visible group within Enterprise HR that plays an integral part in supporting key business initiatives across Disney. The ideal candidate will be an advisor to HR and business leaders with a bias towards action and impact. The candidate must be comfortable being dropped into ambiguous situations and able to quickly support the team in driving change, transformation and business results. The role is based in Burbank, CA and reports to the Director, Organizational Development. This role will manage one or more OD professionals.

As a Senior Manager, Organizational Development, you will partner closely with other HR team members to consult with business leaders to identify, define, and deliver against multiple strategic projects that drive business performance across divisions, functions, and/or geographies. You will assist in the consultation, facilitation, and assessment of the business to improve ways of working. This autonomous role will also work across boundaries, functions, and geographies to enhance the effectiveness of the broader organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Partner closely with business leaders, OD leaders and HR Business Partners to assess needs, develop recommendations, and manage projects to improve the performance of leaders, teams and organizations
Support TWDC HR priorities and deliver OD expertise to a variety of projects, including strategy development, organization assessment, organization design, change and transition management, and culture transformation across a diverse set of clients
Continually develop and apply broad organizational knowledge to address business and organizational challenges by recognizing patterns through an enterprise and systems thinking mindset
Leverage project management and leadership skills to facilitate complex work and maintain stakeholder alignment; develop project schedules, plans and timelines
Continually invest in self-development and the evolution of the OD discipline by remaining current with new developments, technologies, industry trends and innovations
Build trust and collaborate with teams in a global and virtual environment; Partner effectively with HR Business Partners and OD leaders across the Company to transfer knowledge and skills
Effectively prioritize time and ensure speed in delivering high-impact work

Role Expectations:

8 or more years of Organization Development, Change Management, Human Capital consulting or related experience, ideally with a global company
Considered an advanced OD practitioner and can manage large scale projects across business units and support enterprise-wide projects across the company

Business Knowledge and Impact:

Understands business context in homeroom segment and assesses situations quickly to design and implement the activities required to transform the business
Provides OD support, guidance and recommendations to leaders and teams founded in collaborative problem solving and improve team performance.
Drives shared responsibilities and sustainable partnerships with segment teams and HR partners
Displays versatility to work across segments

Complexity, Autonomy and Influence:

Manages projects independently while acquiring needed resources and developing capabilities in others to deliver project requirements
Creates and implements plans to ensure successful change execution
Influences stakeholder attitudes, decisions, and actions for mutual benefit
Understands landscape and anticipates needs within homeroom segment

Consulting Capabilities:

Brings objectivity (non-bias)
Drives clarity, brings structure to ambiguity, and simplifies complexity
Develops organizational alignments and cultural change activities
Models OD competencies for direct reports and partners and ensures quality of their work
Contracts on complications and issues while shaping resolutions, corrective actions, documents lessons learned, collects and disseminates relevant information
Leverages data and insights from multiple sources to diagnose challenges and contributing factors, and to measure the effectiveness of client solutions

Domain Expertise:

Demonstrates high expertise in strategy development, organization design and change management
Engaged in building the OD practice
Identifies new areas of capability improvement within the OD field, which enhance skills, technologies and processes

Enterprise Mindset:

Produces Business Unit changes that also support TWDC goals and business strategies
Understands the entire system and supports continuous improvement across TWDC
Has in-depth knowledge of industry-wide business modeling techniques and applies appropriately
Proactively and intentionally navigates TWDC, building relationships to connect dots and drive the work
Enables continual improvements to change management methodology, tools and training necessary to enhance the maturity across TWDC

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience in the field of Organization Development, Organizational Behaviors, Human Resources Management, or Business-related fields.

Preferred Education

Master’s degree or equivalent experience in the field of Organizational Development, Organizational Behaviors, Human Resources Management, or Business-related fields.

The hiring range for this position in California is $165,700.00 - $202,500.00 per year. 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.

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About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney HR Strategies & Services, LLC, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

Disney HR Strategies & Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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