Project Coordinator - ETECH Technical Operations

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:
This role is on site at least four days a week based in Orlando, FL. Reporting to the Executive Director of the ETECH Technical Operations team.
This role acts as a central communication point for the leadership team. The responsibilities include ensuring that project plans and various improvement initiatives with the Technical Operations team are progressing.
Responsibilities of Role:
Activity Planning

• Create schedules and communication plans
• Ensure proactive scheduling of key deliverables, milestones, and deliverable tasks
• Document various action plans and create tracking against those plans
• Create meeting invites and help organize meetings and events
• Estimate resource needs with help from Tech Ops managers

Delivery

• Confidently lead and drive complex, multi-team initiatives
• Work with cross discipline team members to validate project assumptions and review project plans with leadership
• Ensure proper documentation of scope of work with help from cross discipline functional leads
• Serve as primary liaison among multiple teams
• Communicate regular updates to executive leadership team on delivery progress, plan updates and budget spend and forecast, including status report updates, and other reporting as required
• Monitor adherence to schedule and milestone commitments
• Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation
• Prevent scope creep, record causes of change, and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget, as well as forecasts, are approved and communicated in a timely manner
• Use metrics, including burn-down charts, to drive performance, efficiency, and forecast improvements

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in project management and/or business administration
• Exceptional verbal and written communication and leadership skills, including an ability to communicate effectively at an executive level
• Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Jira, Smartsheet, and other collaboration tools
• Ability to work collaboratively across large matrixed organizations
• Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects running concurrently
• Able to work under tight timetables and high-pressure situations
• Proactive and solution-oriented when managing issues
• Exhibit good judgment skills and have the awareness of when to seek guidance and when to escalate risks and issues

Education:

• Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experience