Senior Manager, Costuming Resource Planning and Integration Kissimmee, FL, USA
Posted 2025-04-06Job Posting Title:
Senior Manager, Costuming Resource Planning and Integration
Req ID:
10104468
Job Description:
About the Role & Team
Through innovative storytelling and collaboration, Disney Live Entertainment crafts, produces, and delivers remarkable and engaging entertainment experiences! From the intimate to the spectacular, our work can be seen at Disney theme parks, resort hotels, cruise ships, and other locations the world over. This diverse team  representing a wide variety of fields and talents from technical directors, writers and lighting designers to choreographers, cosmetologists, and music producers  brings magical worlds to life through technical expertise, performance excellence, incomparable ingenuity, unparalleled spectacle and a dash of pixie dust!
The Senior Manager-Resource Planning & Integration acts as a business consultant to our DLE Talent Casting, Booking & Contracts, Costuming and Character Programs and Development teams. This role leads a small... group of salaried employees as they drive policy development and governance, labor and scheduling consultations, hiring workflows, provide labor relations liaison functions and coordinate the organizations internship program. The position is also a thought partner, facilitator and planner for comprehensive resource needs, strategic insights and other support for a team of senior leaders and Executives.
This position reports to the Vice President of Business Integration, Casting and Costuming.
What You Will Do
 Coordinate weekly staffing submittals for Executive approvals and communicate outcomes for processing in addition to approval notifications
 Develop data-driven strategies that advance the organizations talent planning and learning needs
 Facilitate yearly annual operating plan conversations and act as a liaison for Finance partners in the yearly planning process
 Drive impact on strategic priorities for DLE Business Integration, Casting and Costuming spanning across operational, financial, and talent strategy
 Synthesize and prioritize information and provide concise and specific recommendations for decision-making
 Prepare executive engagement materials as needed for internal or external events
 Collaborate with site leaders and their leadership teams to identify and push forward priorities for each site
 Drive consistency and alignment across sites and provide regular robust updates to leadership
 Host and coordinate various forums, including internal executive updates to senior leadership within the organization
 Develop compelling and persuasive presentation materials, including executive reports for segment and site-based senior executives/steering committees
 Act as the key integration point between sites and other business units on company-wide initiatives to drive alignment and ensure the achievement of the enterpriseÂs priorities
Required Qualifications & Skills
 Operate with utmost integrity and confidentiality
 Five (5) or more years of leadership experience leading salaried employees
 Five (5) or more years in training, human resources, talent planning, live entertainment or similar field
 Experience with groups working in a collective bargaining organization
 Experience communicating concepts to a broad audience concisely and persuasively; influencing key decisions and direction to achieve priorities
 Experience in organizational change taking into account all levels of employee
 Strong critical thinking and business/financial competence to scrutinize brand, financial, and operational implications
 Able to critically evaluate business models and product proposals against priorities
 Proactively engage partners to build and maintain positive relationships to identify business opportunities for the segment
 Attention to detail with a high sense of ownership and skills to complete a wide range of high-priority tasks
 Works well in a large creative organization; ability to integrate both vertically (within site) and horizontally (cross-site and enterprise), driving alignment across collaborators with differing priorities
 Credible, proactive, and trusted thought partner with a track record of establishing relationships and delivering results
 Innovative problem solver and a quick learner who is highly independent, adaptive, and agile
 Conduct deep dives on unique and varying topics and formulate strategic recommendations timely
 Ability to think pragmatically and ability to drive executions
 Experience using data to develop strategies and decisions
 Possesses a global approach and cultural sensitivity
 Ability to travel between work locations in a given day
 Ability to work flexible hours including weekends, nights, and holidays
Preferred Qualifications
 Experience developing and implementing policies
 Experience with hiring policies and procedures for all level of employees
Education
 High School Diploma or equivalent is required
 Advanced degree or equivalent experience in live entertainment, leadership or business is preferred
Additional Information
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.
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Job Posting Segment:
Disney Live Entertainment
Job Posting Primary Business:
Costuming, Talent Casting, & Business Integration (DLE)
Primary Job Posting Category:
Project/Program Management Generalist
Employment Type:
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Kissimmee, FL, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2024-11-01
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