Sr Business & Information Analyst – Project Hire

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“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences Tech & Digital. Our team builds extraordinary 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 as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!

Our team is seeking an experienced and dynamic individual to drive a product-centric portfolio, providing a strategic roadmap of annual and long-term capital and expense plans. You will also focus on portfolio forecast planning, capacity planning, and prioritization. You will maintain reports and presentations for executive-level communications and anticipate risks, impacts, and opportunities within the portfolio. This is a highly collaborative role where partnership with many technical and non-technical teams is essential.

This Project Hire position has an estimated duration of 2 years with no guarantee of permanent employment status.

What You Will Do

Portfolio Management:

  • Establish and provide results for financial planning such as Long-Term Capital Plan, Annual Capital Plan, and Annual Operating Plan.
  • Develop and maintain ongoing project prioritization algorithm and model.
  • Work with business partners to recommend prioritization and rationalization for decision-making with leaders.
  • Consolidate, communicate, and partner with project, product, and portfolio teams to resolve variances across the planning cycle, escalating risk when necessary.
  • Gather, analyze, and maintain reports for capacity planning, forecast rationalization and priorities.
  • Support accurate inputs within the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) system.

Partner Communication:

  • Develop effective communication channels with internal and external team members located locally and remotely.
  • Act as a liaison between project teams and executive leadership; ensuring visibility and alignment with strategic objectives.
  • Use data visualization and storytelling techniques to present information in a clear and concise manner.
  • Take a proactive approach to problem-solving; sharing reporting & insights to make actionable recommendations to Executives on behalf of the team.

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Minimum of 5 years of related work experience.
  • Experience delivering key financial planning results such as Long-Term Capital Plan, Annual Capital Plan, and Annual Operating Plan.
  • Experience with portfolio forecast planning, capacity planning, and prioritization.
  • Experience working with technical teams, including measuring, and analyzing stages throughout the software development lifecycle.
  • Lead project tracking and reporting at all levels within the company.
  • Consistently evaluate processes and seek for ways to improve at every iteration, driving solutions for process improvements, standardization, and efficiency within the organization.
  • Possesses excellent technical communication, partnership, collaboration, flexibility, problem-solving, critical thinking, & conflict resolution.
  • Operate with a data-driven approach, demonstrating quantitative information and facts for analysis.