Senior Portfolio Manager

Senior Portfolio Manager Department Description At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) 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. The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence. Team Description 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. You will lead the selection of programs or projects with senior leaders, prioritize efforts to drive operational cost management strategies, and secure resources for project and product/service success. This person will play an integral role in building a cross-functional technology portfolio management center of excellence grounded in Technology Business Management principles in Enterprise Technology. The position requires interaction with cross-functional departments, collaboration across other technology portfolios, and excellent verbal and written communication and relationship management skills. What You’ll Do Responsible for all aspects of technology portfolio management including project ideation, scoping, prioritization, 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 optimization processes, including alignment with software rationalization and vendor management organizations 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%) Deliver on ad-hoc requests as required (up to 10%) Required Qualifications & Skills 7+ years combined IT experience in portfolio, demand, or operational finance strongly preferred Experience supporting a large technology portfolio of project and operational costs with multiple business stakeholders Demonstrable work experience with reporting and visualization (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Excel visualizations) Demonstrable experience with a PPM tool (e.g., Clarity, Planview, Align) preferred Ability to present materials to management to drive decision making Ability to communicate effectively across multiple levels of the organization Exhibits critical thinking, problem solving, and analytical capabilities with strong attention to detail Ability to work and adapt to a fast-paced dynamic environment with consistent change Must be proficient in Microsoft Office online and collaboration tools Project Management Institute (PMI) certifications desired: Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP) and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) Resource Management experience is a plus AI experience is a plus Required Education Bachelor’s Degree in a related field Compensation 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 also 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. Employment Type Full time Location Orlando, FL, USA #J-18808-Ljbffr