Hybrid Principal Technical Project Manager

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Principal Technical Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $155,700 - $218,700 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Santa Monica, United States

About the role

• Principal Technical Project Manager responsible for planning and execution of strategic initiatives at Disney. Leading cross-functional teams to deliver impactful projects for Disney’s Advertising roadmap.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive planning for multi-quarter, cross-functional strategic roadmaps aligned with business goals and platform health.
• Lead execution of large, high-impact, multi-team initiatives with clear milestones, success metrics, and launch criteria.
• Establish operating and reporting mechanisms to ensure predictable delivery, quality, and readiness across organizations.
• Proactively surface implicit and downstream dependencies, including data contracts, SLAs, and shared infrastructure.
• Partner closely with TPMs across Ad Platforms to deliver upfront quarterly execution plans across the organization
• Translate complex technical concepts and risks into clear business and execution implications for product, engineering, and leadership.
• Act as a trusted technical and program leader for complex, ambiguous initiatives.
• Influence across engineering, product, data science, and business teams without direct authority.
• Raise the bar for technical rigor, planning discipline, and dependency management across the TPM organization.
• Mentor senior TPMs and contribute to program management best practices at the platform level.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, mathematics, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in engineering, program or product management and operations, strategic planning, or cross-functional program delivery in a technology or media environment.
• Proven experience building and scaling operational frameworks and planning processes.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across complex, matrixed teams.
• Proficiency with tools such as Airtable, JIRA, Confluence, Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides), Excel
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to distill complexity and synthesize plans for executive audiences.
• Experience working in a product-led organization, particularly with scaled agile or OKR-driven planning environments.
• Familiarity with technical project management and delivery life cycles.
• Experience in strategic initiative planning and financial tracking (e.g., CAR/CER funding processes).
• High attention to detail with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving clarity in fast-paced, evolving environments.

Benefits

• A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
• full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered