Manager, Product Management

** Manager, Product Management

Job Description *
* ** Job Family:
** Product Management

"We Power the Magic!" That's our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company's premier vacation brands including Disney's Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. We are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation, and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including My Disney Experience  and Hey, Disney!

This role sits in the  
** Commercial Growth - Festivals & Events
** organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with internal partners (developers, engineers, creative, finance) and external partners (marketing, PR, operations, legal) from across the company.

The Manager, Product Management, Festivals & Events for DLR and WDW will report to the Senior Manager, Product Management Commercial Growth - Specialized Verticals.

** About

The Role & Team:*
* This position will be focused on Festivals & Events (Commercial Growth) for Disneyland and Walt Disney World, delivering industry-leading, personalized, timely, and relevant digital experiences via web and mobile applications. They will work with the senior manager to lead a team of digital product experts focused on the overall DLR/WDW Festivals & Events platform roadmap, integration across products and capabilities, and long-term commercial growth program y will work closely with operations, design, analytics, development, and executive teams to bring products to market and develop and grow business opportunities for Disney Experiences.

A successful candidate will be highly analytical, able to work effectively in a matrixed organization, and adept at synthesizing a variety of technologies and capabilities into high quality products and applications that Guests love! The successful candidate will have a proven track record as a leader of people - the kind of leader people WANT to follow because of empathy, the ability to develop, coach and grow an ambitious team of problem solvers and product leaders.

** What You'll Do:*
* + Coordinate finances and budgets in MyPPM, ensure accurate billing and contributing to forecasting and accrual processes to maintain financial integrity and support organizational objectives

+ Manage teams developing technology-based products, aligning with business goals and operational challenges

+ Grow, coach and build the leaders of tomorrow through empathy, trust, integrity and example.

+ Lead product lifecycle management from definition and planning through production, release, and end-of-life, ensuring alignment with business and market needs

+ Own the full-cycle development process, from conceptualization to delivery, collaborating closely with engineering teams and other collaborators

+ Define and implement product strategies and roadmaps, integrating technical requirements to drive success

+ Supervise and support solution design, maximizing user-centric techniques and technical activities to facilitate end-to-end delivery and support

+ Provide technical guidance to ensure quality, volume, and timely product delivery

+ Apply expertise in digital technologies to guide teams and serve as a market proxy

+ Specialize in product ecosystems, identifying opportunities for automation and applying expertise to drive continuous improvement and innovation

+ Engage in organizational estimation and planning, providing technical recommendations and solutions

+ Track and assess new technologies to inform strategic decisions and recommendations

+ Supervise the creation of compelling presentations for partners, demonstrating excellent communication skills to drive strategic direction

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* Required Qualifications:

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* + Minimum 8 years of related work experience

+ Technology Product Management and Technology Project Management Experience

+ Experience working with C-level

+ Demonstrated experience digging into data details, analyzing data to understand how they connect, and understanding of how changes to the tool's framework impact the data

+ Ability to visualize and build dashboards and develop marketing and training materials to communicate business value and capabilities to the broader organization

+ Strong organization, planning, and task leadership skills including the ability to prioritize tasks to get results as business needs evolve maintaining alignment with overall plans

+ Outstanding proficiency with MS Excel and MS Word, and high proficiency with MS PowerPoint tools

+ You are an authority in digital product management, industry standards, best practices and people management

** Preferred Qualifications**  **:*
* + Understanding of Agile technical practices

+ Previous experience with JIRA, Smartsheet, or similar tools

+ An understanding of Content…