Manager, Technology - Emerging Technologies

Key Skills

Cloud computing, Python Programming, SQL

Job Description

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Technology & Digital. Our team builds premier immersive digital experiences for the Company’s world-class 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.

This leadership position will report to the Director of Emerging Technologies.

The successful candidate requires technical knowledge and skills that are broad and deep, covering various software and platforms and implementing best-fit technically architected solutions that align to business goals. The candidate must be successful operating in sophisticated heterogeneous technology environments and have experience with delivering highly integrated, scalable, resilient and critical solutions. This is a highly collaborative role where partnership with many different technical and non-technical lines of business will be essential.

You Will:

• Lead and mentor multi-functional delivery teams consisting of software engineers, hardware engineers, and others
• Relevant emerging technology skills include but not limited to: Computer Vision (CV), AI/ML, NLP, AR/VR, hardware development, and rapid prototyping.
• Responsible for technical analysis, effort estimation, product, and system design, evaluating architectural fit and compliance, resource schedules, delivery breakthroughs and overall product quality.
• Display technical leadership and oversight of implementation and deployment planning, system integration, ongoing data validation processes, quality assurance, delivery, operations, and sustainability of technical solutions.
• Tightly integrate with key technology and functional partners and ensure that products are crafted in a platform-centric manner.
• Strengthen a group passionate about quality and guest-centricity.
• Ensure alignment between technology investments and business capability roadmaps.
• Ensure alignment with other key technology functions such as strategy programs, business analysis, quality assurance, engineering excellence, portfolio management, etc.
• Ensure multiple concurrent ongoing projects and team objectives are resourced effectively to accomplish goals.
• Meet with collaborators, vendor partners and customers on a recurring basis to review team priorities, execution, and pertinent business/delivery updates.
• Reliably handle project/solution timeline and financials including budget, cost, invoices, and contracts.

You Have:

• 7+ years of software development/engineering experience, with shown experience in Manager level role.
• Experience leading engineers of different levels
• Experience leading an application delivery team using Agile methodologies
• Demonstrated experience running POCs and Pilots with multiple business partners simultaneously.
• Success at achieving sophisticated technology goals timely and on-budget.
• Effective within dynamic and matrixed organizations containing a certain amount of ambiguity.
• Experience leading teams supporting enterprise-scale solutions from both business and technical perspectives.
• Validated ability to develop and deliver presentations geared for Executive Management
• Experience running software development lifecycle platforms and tools

Preferable Qualifications:

• Skills that span software, hardware, and the integration of the two
• Experience in an enterprise-level environment
• Experience in a large media, technology, or internet company

Education:

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field