Manager, Data Engineering

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences Technology & Digital. Our team builds premier 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.

Do you love data? Do you want to build the next generation of data products at Disney? Join us! We are looking for a leader to drive the development and successful delivery of modern data products. You will own the successful roll-out of new features and capabilities that provide useful insights and drive growth for our business. You will lead all aspects of data initiatives including a studio of engineers who craft, build, and improve the framework and processes handling consumer data, ensuring freshness, completeness, security, and privacy.

You will sit in Data Products & Platform within the Technology & Digital organization for Disney Experiences. You will work closely with internal segment partners and technical authorities from across the company.

You Will:

• Work with partners from around the organization to understand business needs and translate those into high value capabilities and features

• Develop the strategy and roadmap for data products supporting Guest experiences

• Lead the team delivering against plans, including both highly technical and non-technical resources

• Build a strong culture of best practices and standards in data and engineering

• Act as the deep technical authority on delivery practices, able to speak to capabilities and processes to multiple levels of the organization

• Advance data collection strategies and onboarding processes enabling improved data capabilities while adhering to data privacy requirements

• Stay in the known on the product direction for applicable technologies to understand how shifts in the consumer privacy landscape alter the Guest data strategy

You Have:

• 8+ years leading the delivery of data solutions

• 5+ years directly leading engineering resources and studios

• Deep technical expertise in platforms, tools, and vendors in the data space - including those available in AWS serverless space and Snowflake

• Strong problem solving skills, able to critically think through and elegantly address logic problems with code

• Experience working with data processing and analytical technologies - including those available in AWS serverless space

• Practical knowledge in real-time data streaming and high-velocity orchestration techniques, such as Amazon Kinesis and KDA.

• Ability to navigate in the gray easily and work independently to guide the development, creation, and delivery of strategies and roadmaps

• Excellent communicator and partnership skills with the ability to interface and influence across the organization, including Executives

• Strong project leadership skills, can handle the creation of sprint plans across multiple initiatives and studios

• Experience working in the hospitality, travel, or entertainment industry

• Solid grasp and believer of agile development approaches, including DevOps concepts

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Education:

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

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The hiring range for this position is $156,620.00 to $231,110.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.