Manager, Systems Engineering; DCL Build

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.

Bring your individual talents here and discover for yourself why a career with Disney is the opportunity you've been looking for.

The Manager, Systems Engineering leads a team of Technical Project Managers and Engineers responsible for application deployment, integration, automation, validation, and commissioning activities across Disney Cruise Line New Build initiatives. The role partners closely with Systems Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), application teams, and business stakeholders to drive an automation-first approach to how shipboard applications are deployed, tested, and commissioned throughout the ship lifecycle.

The Manager will also champion the next generation of deployment and commissioning tooling, applying modern engineering practices and emerging technologies at every stage of a ship's life, from initial concept through maiden voyage.

The candidate must possess the ability to share and communicate ideas clearly, both orally and in writing, to business sponsors and partners, technical resources, and executives, in clear concise language that is the effective for each respective group.

The Manager must be able to manage competing priorities across New Build capital efforts. An ability to balance technology and business priorities is key for this role.

Responsibilities and Expectations
:

In this role, you will manage a professional engineering teamand Project Managers responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of technical solutions that support Disney Cruise Line New Build initiatives, ensuring quality, volume, and timeliness objectives are consistently met. You will guide and persuade partners and stakeholders, adapt to evolving project priorities, and create a collaborative, customer-focused environment where creative, detail-oriented engineers can do their best work.

Success requires strong technical depth, clear communication, and the ability to plan, prioritize, and hold yourself and others accountable.

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Technical Project Managers and partner with Systems Engineers responsible for application deployment, integration, and commissioning across the New Build portfolio.

• Manage and oversee application integration efforts across the Disney Cruise Line New Ship Build projects, ensuring systems function as a unified platform across all stages of the application deployment pipeline.

• Provide governance and leadership across application implementation activities, mentoring the team to support ship readiness while ensuring alignment with delivery milestones and the maiden voyage timeline.

• Lead the design of an automation-first deployment pipeline strategy, ensuring alignment with application teams, release managers, business stakeholders, and technical operations.

• Guideinstallationofoperating systems, databases, and utilities software, and represent New Build in design discussions for systems and infrastructure solutions.

• Partner with product, application and business teams to define strategies, expectations, and priorities, translating organizational goals into clear outcomes and roadmaps for your team.

• Oversee financials and budgets for new build, including forecasting, accruals, and cost optimization for systems and services

• Serve as a…