Director Project Management, Walt Disney Imagineering
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Develop the project delivery strategy, accountable for effectiveness and ensuring team understanding, and lead the team in delivering in accordance with the defined strategies; dynamically reassess strategies for effectiveness and change course when needed.
- Establish a project culture of initiative-taking change and risk management in addition to leading the implementation and ensure the health of these projects.
- Help to identify estimate gaps; understand trade-offs in factors that impact the estimate and knock on effects; align the team in understanding and delivering within the baseline parameters.
- Effectively manage project contingency, authorize its use, and identify opportunity to reduce cost throughout the project lifecycle.
- Determine project delivery and commercial risks, the likelihood of occurrence, and impact; implement mitigation plans and establish contingency or plans necessary to produce reliable project cost and schedule projection.
- Serve as an adept problem solver of project issues and find common ground during conflict to resolve opposing positions; have a good appreciation for trade-offs and the importance of the Disney brand.
- Lead negotiations for shipyard contracts, project changes, and potential claims.
- Leverage lessons learned and best practices from previous ship new build projects to increase project efficiency, reduce risk, and educate the team.
- Collaborate, build sustainable cross-functional relationships, and provide leadership to internal and external organizations including project team, design studios, operations, municipalities, vendors, and contractors; build trust, understanding, and effective collaboration with Disney Cruise Line operations leadership to ensure satisfaction with project delivery.
- Hold accountability for highly thematic show elements, partnering with Walt Disney Imagineering creative stakeholders as necessary to ensure the creative vision is met.
- Create high performing teams through leadership style, team design and chemistry, continuous alignment, clear communication of goals and action plans, decisiveness, and feedback on performance.
- Supervise other project managers, determine staffing requirements, set priorities, direct work, and conduct performance evaluations.
- Seasoned and highly experienced director level project management experience
- Prior cruise ship new build experience desirable
- Proven experience leading multiple, complex projects and large teams.
- Ability to lead staff, consultants, and vendors including setting clear goals and standards, delegating responsibilities effectively, prioritizing tasks, coordinating work, and managing scope, time, and performance.
- Understand business drivers and market conditions to incorporate into plans, decision making, negotiations, and solutions for successful results.
- Demonstrate effectiveness as highly skilled negotiator for contracts, project changes, and potential claims.
- Significant contract administration and claims management experience
- Strong meeting leadership, facilitation, conflict resolution, and alignment skills
- Effective communication, collaboration, technical writing, presentation, and people skills that are audience appropriate.
- Degree educated, preferably in a technical field such as engineering, architecture, construction management, or equivalent work experience.
- Continuing education and studies at the post graduate level (i.e., MBA or master’s degree in applicable field) desirable.
- Experience working with major shipyards and cruise line operators desirable.
- Familiarity with emerging technologies in the maritime and hospitality industries.
- Demonstrable Project Management Delivery experience of large and complex projects
- 25 days annual leave
- Private medical insurance & dental care
- Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
- Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
- Excellent parental and guardian leave
- Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.