The Walt Disney Company

Director, Digital Employee Experience

The Walt Disney Company$197K — $264K *
Business Services
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in product management and digital platform leadership.
  • Proven track record in leading AI, automation, and self-service technology transformation initiatives.
  • Expertise in emerging technologies within employee experience platforms.
  • Successfully delivered large-scale enterprise transformations in complex, cross-functional settings.
  • Strong skills in creating product strategies, managing full lifecycles, and utilizing metrics for outcomes.
  • Exceptional cross-functional leadership and executive communication skills in large organizations.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a forward-thinking strategy for a seamless digital workplace experience.
  • Establish strategic priorities and a roadmap to align employee needs with enterprise goals.
  • Advise stakeholders on trends and investment opportunities in digital employee experience.
  • Oversee the employee-facing product lifecycle from ideation to continuous improvement.
  • Translate complex employee insights into clear product strategies and measurable success criteria.
  • Collaborate with teams across engineering, product, and business functions to align priorities.
  • Identify and eliminate employee friction points through innovative digital solutions.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical benefits and healthcare options.
  • Bonus and long-term incentive opportunities based on performance.
  • Work in a highly visible enterprise leadership role in a global company.
  • Access to professional growth opportunities in HR technology and digital transformation.
  • Engage with a collaborative, innovative, and diverse workplace culture.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Title:
Director, Digital Employee Experience

Req ID:


Job Description:

Team Description:

The Director, Digital Employee Experience is a highly visible enterprise leadership role within The Walt Disney Company's HR Technology organization. This leader will define and advance the digital employee experience strategy for more than 230,000 employees worldwide, shaping how employees interact with HR technology, AI-enabled tools, automation, onboarding experiences, self-service capabilities, and digital workplace solutions.

Operating at the intersection of employee experience, product management, technology, HR, and digital transformation, the Director will translate employee needs and business priorities into scalable digital products, platforms, and experiences. This is both a strategy and delivery role: the successful candidate will establish the vision and roadmap while ensuring initiatives move from concept through launch, adoption, measurement, and continuous improvement.

What You'll Do:

The Director of Digital Employee Experience will lead employee-facing digital products, platforms, and transformation initiatives. Success requires a collaborative, innovative approach and the ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate strategy into measurable outcomes.

  • Develop and execute a clear, forward-looking strategy for a seamless, intuitive, and consumer-grade digital workplace experience.


  • Establish experience principles, strategic priorities, and a roadmap that align employee needs with enterprise objectives.


  • Advise HR and technology leaders on the trends, opportunities, and investments shaping the future of digital employee experience.


  • Identify where responsible AI, automation, data, and emerging technologies can improve productivity, engagement, and access to services and information.


  • Oversee the full lifecycle of employee-facing products and experiences, from discovery and ideation through design, development, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement.


  • Translate employee insights, business requirements, and complex needs into clear product strategies, requirements, desired outcomes, and measurable success criteria.


  • Partner closely with engineering, product, design, data, HR, and business teams to align priorities and delivery strategies.


  • Use research, feedback, analytics, and industry trends to improve functionality, accessibility, consistency, and overall experience quality.


  • Advance initiatives including My Disney Assistant, digital onboarding and pre-boarding, unified employee portal experiences, and AI-enabled employee services.


  • Identify sources of employee friction and eliminate unnecessary steps, complexity, and manual work through digital solutions.


  • Promote reuse, integration, and interoperability across platforms to create a more cohesive employee experience.


  • Balance employee needs, business value, technology capabilities, responsible AI considerations, and operational scalability.


  • Champion a digital-forward culture and increase adoption of new technologies, products, and ways of working.


  • Lead through ambiguity and resistance, explaining both the purpose of change and the practical path forward.


  • Establish and monitor OKRs, KPIs, and other measures tied to product adoption, employee satisfaction, productivity, and business impact.


  • Create a culture of experimentation, innovation, customer-centricity, accountability, and continuous improvement.


Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • Strong product management and digital platform leadership experience.


  • Experience leading AI, automation, self-service, digital workplace, or comparable technology-enabled transformation initiatives.


  • Knowledge of emerging technologies and modern employee experience platforms.


  • Demonstrated delivery of large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives across complex, cross-functional environments.


  • Ability to create product strategies and roadmaps, manage the full product lifecycle, and use metrics to guide priorities and measure outcomes.


  • Strong cross-functional leadership, executive communication, and influencing skills in a complex enterprise environment.


  • Ability to establish and use OKRs, KPIs, research, analytics, and employee insights to guide priorities and measure business impact.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • HR Technology or digital employee experience expertise.


  • Experience with employee self-service, digital workplace, onboarding, or enterprise employee experience platforms.


  • Experience advancing responsible AI, automation, or emerging technology capabilities in an employee-facing environment.


Required Education:

  • Bachelor's degree with at least 12 years of related work experience.


The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $197,600 to $264,900 per year and in Glendale, CA is $215,000 to $278,200 per year. 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.

Job Posting Segment:
Enterprise Technology and Data

Job Posting Primary Business:
Enterprise Products

Primary Job Posting Category:
Product Management Solutions

Employment Type:
Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Orlando, FL, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - CA - 820 S Flower St

Date Posted:
2026-09-09

About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows. Using the company's portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services, and consumer products, Walt Disney seeks to develop creative, innovative, and profitable entertainment experiences and related products.

The Walt Disney Company Careers

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Learn more about The Walt Disney Company
Size
190,000 employees
Market Cap
$155.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$4.9 billion
Founded
1923
5 Year Trend
+3.9%
Revenue
$60.7 billion
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