The Walt Disney Company

Transformation Portfolio Mgr

The Walt Disney Company$110K — $147K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in business transformation or related disciplines
  • Proven track record in managing complex, cross-functional initiatives
  • Ability to develop actionable roadmaps with measurable outcomes
  • Experience in defining and monitoring KPIs and program metrics
  • Strong analytical skills for insight generation and problem-solving
  • Excellent communication skills for executive-level engagement
  • Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and build relationships

Responsibilities

  • Lead and execute large-scale initiatives in contact center transformation
  • Align stakeholders toward shared goals that enhance customer experience
  • Analyze performance trends to inform strategic initiatives
  • Conduct agile work sessions for problem identification and planning
  • Research best practices in service models relevant to contact center operations
  • Drive change management efforts for organizational readiness
  • Create and present visual updates that connect strategy with execution

Benefits

  • Health and savings benefits
  • Educational opportunities
  • Special perks unique to Disney
  • Comprehensive rewards package
Full Job Description

Job Posting Title:

Transformation Portfolio Mgr

Req ID:

Job Description:

Job Description: 

As a Transformation Portfolio Manager, you will lead a portfolio of strategic, large-scale transformation initiatives focused on our contact center and its impact to the end-to-end customer experience for Guests and Cast. You will connect business strategy to practical, scalable solutions across people, processes, policies, and technology. In partnership with executive leaders and cross-functional teams, you will define opportunities, shape future-state capabilities, and translate insights into initiatives that strengthen service, enable Cast, and improve operational effectiveness.

You will manage multiple priorities by establishing clear roadmaps, implementation plans, milestones, success measures, and activation strategies. As an experienced professional with broad and deep expertise, you will advance complex work with minimal supervision, influence stakeholders toward shared goals, and foster collaboration across diverse teams. You will use performance trends, contact drivers, research, and industry-leading practices to identify opportunities, build organizational readiness, and support the adoption of new ways of working.

You will report to the Director, Business Transformation

This is a Full-Time role. 

Key focus areas include:

Initiate and drive contact center transformation:

  • Progress and maintain large-scale initiatives with minimal supervision, with a focus on strategy, project and implementation planning, and execution support
  • Influence and align diverse stakeholders toward common transformation goals that improve Guest service, Cast enablement, and operational outcomes
  • Translate experience opportunities, contact drivers, and performance trends into data-driven initiatives in conjunction with cross-functional partners
  • Facilitate work sessions with agility to define current-state challenges, future-state capabilities, priorities, and activation plans

Advance operational expertise and a culture of continuous adaptation:

  • Actively research leading organizations, service models, and emerging capabilities relevant to WDW’s unique contact center and Guest support environment
  • Lead with analytical thinking to drive priorities, decisions, and solutions that improve service effectiveness, scalability, and Cast experience
  • Champion change management frameworks to build organizational readiness, resilience, and adoption of new processes, tools, and ways of working

Build support and accelerate initiatives through storytelling:

  • Share data-driven storytelling by establishing and tracking key success measures and operational impacts for each initiative
  • Drive proactive collaboration with stakeholders to secure sponsorship, clarify decisions, remove barriers, and accelerate project advancement
  • Develop and communicate visually compelling presentations, executive updates, and recommendations that connect strategy, operations, technology, and Guest/Cast impact

Basic Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in business transformation, strategic planning, change management, program management, or a related discipline
  • Demonstrated experience managing or supporting a portfolio of complex, cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
  • Proven ability to translate business strategy into actionable roadmaps, priorities, milestones, and measurable outcomes
  • Experience developing and monitoring KPIs, program health metrics, risks, dependencies, and business outcomes
  • Demonstrated ability to gather and analyze complex information and provide clear, actionable insights and recommendations
  • Experience partnering with senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to influence decisions and drive alignment
  • Excellent written, verbal, presentation, facilitation, and executive communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, navigate changing priorities, and operate effectively with optimism
  • Experience identifying risks, interdependencies, resource constraints, and opportunities for optimization
  • Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and build productive relationships across multiple functions and levels

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience supporting enterprise-wide or technology-enabled transformation initiatives
  • Experience with change management methodologies and organizational readiness/adoption
  • Experience developing stakeholder engagement plans or adoption strategies that drive readiness and support sustained change
  • Experience with financial planning, business case development, investment prioritization, or benefits realization
  • Experience within a large, complex, global, or highly matrixed organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, Strategy, Project Management, Finance, Organizational Development, or equivalent work experience

Additional Information:

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, Florida, is $110,000.00 - $147,500.00 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 medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment:

Park Ops

Job Posting Primary Business:

Experience Integration (WDW)

Primary Job Posting Category:

Supply Chain & Logistics - QA Methods

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Lake Buena Vista, FL, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - FL - Drc Orlando - 7100 Municipal Dr

Date Posted:

2026-08-29

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.

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Net Income
-$4.9 billion
Founded
1923
5 Year Trend
+3.9%
Revenue
$60.7 billion
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