Sr. Program Manager - Project

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) is a world‑class entertainment and technological leader, creating unforgettable experiences across theme parks, resorts, cruise lines, sports, news, movies, and various other businesses.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align with business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross‑company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

This role is located within the Enterprise Products Organization under the Financial Value Chain business solutions area. Finance Value Chains deliver priority business solutions aligned with the enterprise architecture for Finance, Tax, and Treasury Value Chains. We lead with a Business Architecture framework and own the core financial systems and related functions domain technology roadmap.

The Sr. Program Manager is responsible for delivering programs and projects across the Core Finance value chains, encompassing portfolio planning, project management, delivery execution, and strategic planning.

This is an estimated 18‑month Project Hire position, with no guarantee of permanent placement.

• Accountable for technical delivery of large‑scale, complex finance system implementations.
• Lead the delivery of projects with a team of project managers, solution architects, product and engineering (S/W) teams.
• Collaborate closely with partners across the organization, including business partners, other technology partners, and delivery managers.
• Interface with key partners and vendors to ensure understanding of program and project deliverables, timing, and cost deadlines, and collaborate with internal stakeholders to achieve results.
• Actively lead project planning and overall strategy, including resource needs identification.
• Lead project approval activities.
• Track progress to key performance indicators.
• Evaluate and track overall project health and status, producing actionable insights.
• Propose and action solutions to identified project delivery problems and shortfalls.
• Log and action Risks, Actions, Issues, and Decisions (RAID); work with the project management and execution team to resolve items.
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts proactively.
• Escalate to leadership and vendors as appropriate to drive results.
• Participate in sourcing and contracting activities.
• Review program expenditures against operating expense and capital budgets.
• Inform leadership and stakeholders of status and any off‑track items.
• Communicate successes supported by metrics/KPIs illustrating the business value of IT solutions.
• Ensure clear communication of project scope, timing, prioritization, budgets, resource needs, and progress.
• Build strong relationships with large and diverse stakeholders at all levels, from end‑users to executives.
• Participate in strategic planning and road mapping for the portfolio.
• Mentor team members.

• 7+ years of relevant experience leading large, complex program implementations.
• Experience establishing and driving strategy and design for, and implementing and/or upgrading major ERP / Finance / HR platforms.
• Experience leading large project teams including architects, developers, operations, PMs, business analysts, and vendor partners.
• Experience managing program, project, and team budget and financials.
• Experience with security and compliance.
• Finance, accounting, or tax experience is a major plus.
• Experience with Agile methodologies is a plus.
• Media & entertainment experience is a plus.
• Experience influencing and project managing high‑performance, highly‑motivated teams.
• Proven track record of execution—driving results and meeting commitments.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Masters degree preferred.

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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $155,700 - $200,000 per year. The base pay…