Sr Project Coordinator
The Walt Disney Company
- Lake Buena Vista, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Project Manager – Provide coordination for the project management function for department initiatives and projects to include the planning and management of scope, timelines/plans, risks and quality management across all five areas phases of the project: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring/control and project closeout.
- Project Management Advocate - Act as a project management advocate developing standards, processes, and tools to enhance the project management and financial operations within the department. Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and other information beneficial to the project management function and leverage that knowledge to improve projects. Provide support as needed for PMO-related financial and operational activities.
- Financial Management – Provide support for annual capital planning and forecasts. Monitor and distribute project financials to ensure accuracy of budget tracking. Provide operational support for monthly forecasts and other financial-related requests and issues from Tech and Finance partners.
- Communicator – Proactively communicate with the project team regarding project changes, issues affecting the execution of deliverables, and the expectations for completing each task. Provide central coordination and communication for the team through the duration of assigned projects.
- Facilitator & Presenter – Facilitate project meetings to ensure the objectives of the meeting are met. Present work in the form of presentations that tell a clear and compelling story about the status of the project.
- Efficiency Advocate: Identify efficiency opportunities within a given project and potentially challenging existing processes to continuously seek improved project initiation, planning, execution, and implementation.
- Must have 2-3 years providing project management support for projects and initiatives from feasibility through deployment.
- Knowledge and practical experience with the financial AOP life cycle
- Proficient with project management tools, including: Smartsheet, JIRA, MS Project, Teams, Confluence
- Interact with internal and external peers and managers to exchange semi-complex information related to assigned activities
- Demonstrate early ability to influence internally and externally
- Demonstrate ability to effectively build relationships and partnering
- Project Management Professional Certification
- Previous experience with project & portfolio management (demand intake, resource management/forecasting, strategic planning and prioritization with senior leadership, develop and communicate metric driven dashboards)
- Familiarity of Disney business domain knowledge
- Knowledge of the travel and hospitality industry
- Familiarity with statistics, industrial engineering, marketing and sales, pricing, or revenue management analytics
- Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and experience supporting technical development projects
- Demonstrate understanding of technical and financial domain and able to confidently discuss with project team, neighbors, and stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree plus 3 years of relevant experience
- Master's degree plus 1 years of relevant experience