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Sr Manager, People Insights Strategy & Operations

Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10087794 Location Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States / Burbank, California, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Apr. 25, 2024

Job Summary:

The Walt Disney Company is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion, agility, and continuous learning. We believe in empowering our employees to drive innovation and deliver value through data-driven insights. The Senior Manager of People Insights Strategy & Operations will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of People Insights (PI) by developing and implementing a robust strategic planning process, increasing our operational efficiency, and streamlining communication.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning

  • Lead the development and execution of a strategic People Insights planning process that is in alignment with HR's broader strategies and goals.
  • Play a key leadership role by collaborating with the VP and helping guide and execute efforts across all major work streams.
  • Identify opportunities across initiatives to capture both direct and indirect value.
  • Design, plan and lead the People Insights Community of Practice.

Operational Excellence

  • Build model to measure level of effort and maximize efficient resource capacity.
  • Define the end-to-end operating model, including intake, tools, processes, structure, and accountabilities, to maximize PI efficiency and resource capacity.
  • Ensure compliance with PMO standards.

Communication

  • Act as strategic communications connector across HR analytics teams to ensure relevant information is disseminated appropriately and in a timely manner.
  • Lead PI planning and PI Community of Practice forums, shaping the strategic focus, identifying key issues, and advancing critical topics.
  • Serve as an expert advisor and primary PI COE integrator across the enterprise.

Decision-Making & Influence

  • Ability to represent People Insights for intake, capacity, resourcing, and consultation.  
  • Influence decision-making within PI and the broader Community of Practice to bring operational model to life, identify efficiencies, and drive change.
  • Collaborate with senior workforce analytics leaders, finance, and HR PMO to manage workflows across HR analytics organizations.

Portfolio & Knowledge Management

  • Oversee project portfolio, ensuring relevant inputs, prioritization, and efficient resource allocation.
  • Utilize tools and techniques for effective decision-making and maintain a repository of ongoing work to identify potential connections with other initiatives.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated leadership skills, with the capacity to guide teams, influence organizational change, and collaborate across global teams at all levels.
  • Exceptional communication skills, understanding when to proactively and strategically communicate, connecting dots, and choosing communication vehicles that drives messaging most impactfully.
  • Strong relationship building skills.
  • Experience leading operations, with a focus on efficiency and process improvements.
  • Track record of leading cross-functional projects from start to finish in fast-paced environments.
  • Ability to manage ambiguity, balance multiple detailed projects and drive results.
  • Familiarity with HR analytics tools and techniques, and the ability to translate data into actionable insights.
  • Suburb organizational skills, with experience designing and maintaining systems and processes that streamlines workflows and improves efficiency.


The hiring range for this position in California is $141,200.00 to $172,400.00 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 of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About The Walt Disney Company (Corporate):

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney HR Strategies & Services, LLC, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

Disney HR Strategies & Services, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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