Overview:

Lead large projects, complex E-ticket attractions, or portfolios of smaller projects with accountability for scope, schedule, budget, integration, documentation, safety, & quality! This is a STAFF based role in Glendale, California and will report to the Project Executive within the Imagineering Portfolio.

What you will do:

Job Scope:

• Develop the project delivery strategy, ensure team understanding, and lead the team in delivering in accordance with the defined strategies; periodically reassess strategies for effectiveness and change course when needed

• Establish a project culture of proactive change and risk management in addition to leading the implementation, and ensuring the health of these programs

• Own the project in advanced problem solving and reaching balanced, timely decisions with incomplete or unclear information in a manner that ensures team buy in

• Understand advanced project sequencing and integration relationships, provoke discussions that lead to identifying efficiency gains, and contribute to innovative solutions

• Optimally handle project contingency, authorize its use, and identify the opportunity to reduce cost throughout the project lifecycle to return funds to contingency

• Lead negotiations for contracts, project changes, and claims

• Deliver succinct, highly effective presentations and recommendations to executive management including team preparation

• Reconcile complicated agendas, influence outcomes, work towards results, and provide focus and structure to teams to optimize project performance

• Demonstrate good situational awareness and use basic emotional intelligence to positively influence outcomes

• Supervise other project managers, resolve staffing requirements, and conduct performance evaluations

• Conduct independent project health checks

• Leverage lessons learned and standard methodologies to increase project efficiency, reduce risk, and educate the team

Core Attributes:

• Possess a sophisticated understanding of project estimates, including the basis of estimate, assumptions, exclusions, and risks; help to identify estimate gaps; understand trade-offs in factors that impact the estimate and knock-on effects; align the team in understanding and delivering within the baseline parameters

• Possess a sophisticated understanding of project schedules from development through completion of the project. Align the team in understanding and delivering within the schedule baseline parameters. Must be a key driver in developing schedule risk mitigation strategies and understand the interdependencies of the schedule activities

• We build impactful teams through leadership style, team design and chemistry, continuous alignment, clear communication of goals and action plans, decisiveness, and feedback on performance

• Collaborate, build balanced cross-functional relationships, and provide leadership to internal and external organizations including project team, design studios, operations, municipalities, vendors, contractors, and local site representatives

• We act as an agent for change and continuous improvement; champion knowledge sharing to the team and Walt Disney Imagineering PM community including training and lessons learned

• We serve as a trainer and develop training material, including functional standards, guidelines, best practices, and templates

• Recruit, evaluate, and develop talent

Technical Skills:

4 year undergraduate degree, preferably in a technical field such as engineering, architecture, construction management, or 8 years equivalent work experience. Continuing education and studies at the post graduate level (i.e. MBA or Master’s degree in applicable field) desirable.

Specialized Skills:

• Ability to manage through conflict, and complexity and to problem-solve issues to resolution

• Highly adaptable; able to change direction frequently without losing effectiveness or demonstrating distress

• Strong decision-making and work towards results

• Critical and strategic thinking skills

• Executive partnering skills

• Situational awareness and a basic command of emotional intelligence

• Displays cultural sensitivity and maintains effectiveness globally

• High-stress tolerance and able to help diffuse team stress

• Highly effective delegator

• Talent recruiting and development skills

Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of validated experience

• Significant experience in all phases of project delivery from conceptual through close-out

• Minimum five years of direct supervisory experience

• Significant contract administration and claims management experience

• Themed entertainment experience preferred

• Experience working in international settings, including communication through the use of interpreters, preferred

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, California is $163,500.00 to $219,200.00 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 15% 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.