Job Posting Title:
Senior Manager, Product Transformation
Req ID:
Job Description:
Team Description:We're looking for a seasoned technology leader with a strong foundation in product management, agile delivery, and stakeholder engagement to lead the transformation of Enterprise Technology & Data from a project-oriented to a product-oriented organization. This role requires exceptional soft skills, including storytelling, negotiation, persuasion, and a consultative approach to problem-solving. The ideal candidate can think strategically about the future of our practices while remaining pragmatic and iterative in execution.
What You'll Do:Strategic Direction- Establish and maintain strategy and roadmaps with accompanying storytelling
- Define Objectives & Key Results that reflect the ambitions of the program
- Track and report on performance, leveraging data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement
- Oversee project and cost center budgets, providing accurate monthly forecasts and optimizing resource allocation
- Manage relationships with third-party vendors and partners, ensuring successful delivery execution and sustained operation
Stakeholder Engagement- Drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, product, project and program teams to align on and adopt new work practices in order to achieve shared goals
- Drive Organizational Change Management activities for this program to ensure broad awareness of goals, objectives, and progress
- Build and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels-from engineers to senior executives-to ensure strategic alignment and buy-in
Delivery Management- Drive product management, agile adoption and best practices, ensuring teams follow iterative development, backlog prioritization, value-driven delivery, and continuous feedback loops whilst aligning to transformation program management structures
- Proactively identify potential risks in the execution lifecycle and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery
- Oversee project and cost center budgets, providing accurate monthly forecasts and optimizing resource allocation
- Manage relationships with third-party vendors and partners, ensuring successful delivery execution and sustained product operations
People Leadership- Develop and lead a high-impact, cross-functional team to drive the objectives of the POM transformation with measurable outcomes
- Manage, mentor, and develop a team of direct reports, providing career guidance, training, and structured development plans
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning, ensuring teams are engaged and motivated
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture grounded in TWDC values.
Required Qualifications & Skills:- 10+ years of experience in project and program management -managing multiple complex products in a large, multi-national corporation with multiple business units
- 5+ years of agile ways of working and product mindset
- 3+ years of direct people management experience, with progressive leadership responsibilities
- Proven track record of leading high-impact transformational initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology strategy
- Strong strategic thinking and execution skills, with the ability to balance long-term vision with pragmatic decision-making
- Experience managing cross-functional stakeholders, engaging with senior leadership, and driving business-aligned outcomes
- Experience leading matrixed teams, including product managers, software engineers, operations, program managers, and vendor partners
Preferred Qualifications:- Relevant industry Agile and Product Management qualifications (e.g. AIPMM Certified Product Manager, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Certified Agile Coach (ICP-ACC), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC))
- Experience with driving large scale organization change by embedding new mindsets, ways of working, and operating models.
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
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The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $179,500 - $240,600 per year and in Burbank, CA is $188,400 - $252,600 per year and in Seattle, WA is $197,400 - $264,700. 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:
Technology Transformation
Primary Job Posting Category:
Product Management Tech
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Seattle, WA, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - CA - 820 S Flower St, USA - FL - Kirkman Point 1
Date Posted:
2026-06-26
