Sr. Agile Specialist
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10143031 Location Orlando, Florida, United States / Burbank, California, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Mar. 30, 2026Job Summary:
Department Description:
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.
Team Description:
The Enterprise Technology Agile Specialist facilitates the adoption of the Disney aligned agile best practices across the delivery teams in the Enterprise Technology organization. This role drives
efficiencies in agile software delivery practices across multiple technology disciplines and non-technical agile teams. An agile specialist at Disney applies their practical, hands-on expertise in Scrum and Kanban to enable delivery teams to achieve their business outcomes through the utilization or adoption of agile business best practices and capabilities. Expertise in other agile disciplines is encouraged and experience the PMBOK framework is also encouraged.
What You’ll Do:
Educate Colleagues
The Agile Specialist will educate employees from one to three teams on Agile principles, providing them with tools for implementing the process in their own work. They leverage Disney aligned agile training materials and best practice standards to teach valuable skills that lead toward the organization-wide adoption of Agile methodologies.
Mentor Team
As a mentor, the agile specialist is responsible for guiding one to three teams in developing maturity in the adoption of their self-selected agile methodology, providing employees with feedback and means of improvement, catalyzing organizational growth and answering questions. They provide hands-on support all members of the team and the team’s directly stakeholders, collaborating with people across widely across cross functional development organizations, facilitating further understanding of their teams' Agile practices to ensure successful outcomes of their delivery through the team’s agile best practices.
Develop Agile Adoption Strategy
The Agile Specialist will partner with the Agile Practice Lead to drive the adoption over the organization agile strategy, providing inputs to ensure that the strategy supports the broader organizational constraints and needs of the teams while meeting the overall organizational Agile adoption objectives. The agile specialist will collaborate with their teams to continuously improve their Scrum or Kanban processes to achieve their identified team and organizational goals. They will work in partnership with the agile coach or the Agile practice lead through every stage of adoption, from the introduction of Agile and employee education, to enabling a culture of collaboration that practice Agile, to sustaining Agile methodologies and continually contributing to the development of strategies for continuous improvement.
Implement Agile Methodology
The Agile Specialist will be responsible for implementing Agile process, principles, and practices across for all teams that support collaborating across peer teams within Enterprise Technology. The agile specialist will collaborate with an agile coach or the Agile Practice Lead to implement Scrum or Kanban that is most relevant to the work of the team. The Agile Specialist will leverage techniques that increase collaboration, predictability, and transparency while promoting a culture of experimentation and innovation.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
5+ years’ work experience with relevant technologies, facilitating agile practices with one or more agile teams
Minimum 2 years facilitating scrum processes and events
Strong experience facilitating the adoption and application of Kanban
Demonstrating strong knowledge of and background with Agile concepts
Effective verbal and written communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
Ability to thrive in a dynamic, collaborative, and fast paced environment
Strong people skills as well as strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Attention to detail
Enthusiastic about software quality and agile practices
Strong written and verbal communication skills in formal and informal settings
Possesses skills and motivation to thrive in a highly collaborative environment
Preferred Qualifications:
One or more Agile certifications: Certified Scrum Master (CSM); Certified Scrum Product Owner (SCPO); Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP); Professional Scrum Master (PSM); SAFe Agilist Certification (SA)
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 Burbank, CA is $129,300 - $165,300 per year and in Seattle is $135,400 - $175,600 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 Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).
Disney Worldwide Services, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.