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Full-Time

Director Project Management

Walt Disney Imagineering

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The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

10,001+ employees

Leading producers & providers of entertainment and information

Senior, Expert

London, UK

Role is based in Hammersmith 4 days a week.

Category
Project Management
Business & Strategy
Required Skills
Communications
Management
Requirements
  • Significant project management experience, leading multiple complex projects and large teams
  • Technical background in a related field such as engineering, architecture or construction management
  • Maritime industry experience ideal
  • 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
  • Highly skilled and effective negotiator for contracts, project changes, and claims
  • Significant contract administration and claims management experience
  • Strong meeting leadership, facilitation, conflict resolution, and alignment skills
  • Strong communication, collaboration, technical writing, presentation, and interpersonal skills that are audience appropriate
Responsibilities
  • 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 proactive change and risk management in addition to leading the implementation, and ensure the health of these programs
  • 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
  • Understand business drivers and market conditions in order to incorporate into plans, decision making, negotiations, and solutions for successful results
  • Lead negotiations for contracts, project changes, and claims
  • Leverage lessons learned and best practices to increase project efficiency, reduce risk, and educate 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 operations leadership to ensure satisfaction with project delivery
  • 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
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company

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Founded

1923