Senior Portfolio Manager

Senior Portfolio Manager

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Senior Portfolio Manager – Req :

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

To deliver technology solutions that align with business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross‑company collaborative innovation.

Our Senior Portfolio Manager role provides strategic and tactical support for creating and sustaining effective technology business demand and resource management processes across Enterprise Technology. The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for providing analysis, planning support, and data insights to align service and products to project, program, resource, and application portfolios. You will collaborate with teammates, leaders, and stakeholders from Technology, business, and finance to ensure alignment with organizational strategies and business outcomes.

The role leads the selection of programs or projects with senior leaders, prioritises efforts to drive operational cost management strategies, and secures resources for project and product/service success. This person plays an integral role in building a cross‑functional technology portfolio management center of excellence grounded in Technology Business Management principles.

• Responsible for all aspects of technology portfolio management including project ideation, scoping, prioritisation, approval, and activation; as well as service/product/application cost transparency support within Enterprise Technology.
• Conduct ongoing portfolio review meetings with executives to establish a prioritized portfolio.
• Define, establish, and implement enhancements to portfolio process definition, procedural documentation, tool requirements, and end‑user training.
• Support cost optimisation processes, including alignment with software rationalisation and vendor management organisations.
• Develop and foster relationships and engagement models with Enterprise Technology leaders, PMO, service/product/application owners, and external partners.
• Elevate awareness of cross‑portfolio dependencies and impacts.
• Exercise critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborate, delegate and oversee analytic deliverables with Portfolio and Business Operations Analysts.
• Drive and own completion of special projects (up to 10%) and ad‑hoc requests (up to 10%).

• 7+ years combined IT experience in portfolio, demand, or operational finance.
• Experience supporting a large technology portfolio of project and operational costs with multiple business stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience with reporting and visualisation (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel visualisations).
• Demonstrable experience with a PPM tool (e.g., Clarity, Planview, Align) – preferred.
• Ability to present materials to management to drive decision‑making.
• Effective communication across multiple levels of the organisation.
• Critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail.
• Adaptability to a fast‑paced, dynamic environment with consistent change.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office online and collaboration tools.
• PMI certifications desired:
  Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) and/or Project Management Professional (PMP).
• Resource Management experience is a plus.
• AI experience is a plus.

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $120,100 to $165,100 per year and in Burbank, CA is $126,100 to $173,300 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and 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.