Group Business Integration Director

About The Team

At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible possible by utilizing and developing cutting‑edge technology and pushing the envelope to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks. Now is your chance to join a talented team that delivers unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world. Our motto, “We create happiness,” permeates everything we do.

At Disney, you’ll help inspire that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits of entertainment and create the never‑before‑seen!

The Group Business Integration Director is responsible for complex, large‑scale planning and activations within Gatherings (WDW) site‑wide projects and initiatives in collaboration with cross‑functional partners. This critical leadership position spearheads and integrates multiple operational and project management teams while balancing multiple go‑to‑market strategies concurrently. The role will drive solutions and implementation efforts across multiple lines of business and organizations to achieve initiatives at hand, driving work through all levels of the site and supporting business units.

They will develop strategy, plan, and integrate across all lines of business inside and outside Gatherings, managing efforts through implementation. Multiple projects will be managed concurrently with varying timelines, priorities, and levels of engagement. The Director must lead transformative changes that enhance the guest and cast experience through business strategies. This position reports directly to the Director, Disney Event Group in Orlando, FL.

• Identify opportunities, provide solutions, and build plans for continuous improvement and efficiencies to increase productivity growth throughout the group’s business.
• Champion group business yield management and space optimization at WDW hotels and theme parks to achieve the highest rate of return, influencing and educating internal partners and senior leadership.
• Lead the Systems Administration Team, evaluating systems used to support sales channels and non‑leisure businesses, driving new roadmaps for future systems to improve efficiencies and revenue opportunities.
• Lead data and analytical support teams to make informed decisions and recommend future improvements.
• Serve as a creative thought partner, staying abreast of industry trends, best practices, emerging technologies, and leveraging that knowledge to continually innovate the non‑leisure business.
• Provide leadership to a team of Project Managers, office, and technical staff.
• Drive the integration, facilitation, and coordination of planning efforts to support Gatherings Experiences initiatives.
• Influence senior executives by connecting central initiatives, identifying solutions for execution, and effective storytelling.
• Project manage park approval processes and new Gatherings offerings, providing decision support to senior operations leadership.
• Plan and activate against key Gatherings initiatives, property activations, and site‑wide launches.
• Lead with a site‑wide mindset, addressing diverse business needs and approaches.
• Foster relationships with Technology, Finance, DXi, Gatherings Sales & Services, and business support partners to develop holistic, integrated solutions.
• Partner with the executive team on cross‑business initiatives and navigate impacts to teams and processes.
• Conduct ongoing assessment of needs and prioritization of initiatives and projects impacting Gatherings Organization.
• Maintain knowledge of site‑wide initiatives and regularly monitor business needs to update or retire processes.
• Activate essential company initiatives across all lines of business within Gatherings, ensuring consistency.

• 5+ years of directly related experience, including project management and leadership experience.
• Experience working across functional lines and as part of a diverse, matrixed team while driving collaboration. Able to work in a fast‑paced environment, managing multiple projects with varying priorities and deadlines.
• Proven ability to manage and sell large‑scale projects (with…