Senior Technical Product Manager

Job Posting Title:
Senior Technical Product Manager Req ID:
10089668
At Disney, we're storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. 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.
We have an outstanding opportunity for a 'hands-on,' Senior Technical Product Manager that enjoys the challenges of collaborating to get results that are pivotal to our Disney Parks, Experiences, and Products. The team develops and handles the applications in the Product and Pricing space. You will partner closely with multiple teams - Engineering, product management, finance, and operations to define roadmaps and requirements and ultimately measure results for critical initiatives.
You will report to Manager-Technology, Product Management.
What You Will Do

Drives technical capability roadmap translating the business requirements into implementable tech features across multiple applications in the space.

Acts as a liaison between business users and the implementation team, communicating appropriately and effectively with engineers, business, and leaders, maintaining awareness of project status and any situation, or concern that may affect the outcome of the projects

Works collaboratively with engineering leaders to maintain detailed knowledge of product capabilities and ensure clear communications between program/project teams and partners to ensure alignment through its lifecycle.

Leads the product management team while working with the tech team to translate features into epics and stories, creating a sprint story map

Leads all aspects of the maintaining and grooming of the backlog of stories for multiple products and align with various initiatives and releases

Understands the applications' implementation details and be willing to troubleshoot product issues faced during testing and in production

Collaborate with engineers to build proof of concepts for proving out new features and or supporting feasibility assessments

Establishes clear ownership of program/project, ensures team members have the tools needed, and provides timely feedback.

Proactively communicates squad/team status, issues, and risks to leadership.

Help with creation of technical specification, schemas, data mappings and user stories to enable system modification or development

Conducts regular meetings with team & partners, continuously keeping customers' priorities and requirements in view.

Help communicate the vision and capabilities of the product optimally with demoes using both user interfaces and APIs

Required Qualifications & Skills

5+ years of experience as a Technical Product Manager, Technical Program Manager, Engineer, or Engineering Manager working with user interfaces, web services, databases, and cloud infrastructure projects.

Experience in coaching and mentoring teams on product management practices including roadmap definition, requirement gathering, backlog grooming and prioritization.

Demonstrate a track record of consistent and measurable delivery of large cross-functional and enterprise wide initiatives.

Strong technical knowledge with experience leading technical initiatives that span several teams and functional areas.

Experience in synthesizing sophisticated or diverse project data and information

Ability to influence people over whom you do not have direct authority

Outstanding verbal and written communication skills including the ability to build presentable content and communicate through it effectively

Ability to delve into details as well as think strategically about the broader roadmap

Strong problem-solving skills, including a demonstrated ability to identify, understand, and drive resolution of complex critical issues

Ability to establish relationships and collaborate with a wide range of collaborators from different backgrounds and functions

Preferred experience in UX design

Experience with Agile software development methodology and the software delivery lifecycle.

Experience in hospitality and travel commerce a plus

Education

Four-year college degree in Information Technology, Business, or equivalent or relevant work experience.
• DISNEYTECH
• LI-JB4
Job Posting Segment:
Technology & Digital Job Posting Primary Business:
Commerce Primary Job Posting Category:
Product Management Employment Type:
Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Orlando, FL, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2024-06-18
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