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About the Role & Team

As an Associate Program Manager in the EMEA Disney+ Business Launch Program Management team, you will play a key role in supporting the execution of strategic initiatives across various divisions. Your focus will be on developing efficient, scalable, and flexible launch plans that facilitate successful product rollouts and sustained operations. Committed to the principle of 'just enough' process rigor, you will ensure transparency in program progress, risks, and dependencies—striking a careful balance between enabling teams and delivering results. Your ability to foster collaboration through clear, inclusive, and frequent communication will be vital. Leveraging your exceptional analytical skills, strong business insights, and adeptness at managing multiple priorities, you will contribute significantly to achieving our strategic goals and driving business growth.

The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) has a diverse global portfolio of companies spanning movies, television, news, sports, games, theme parks, resorts, and more. Disney's Direct-To-Consumer (DTC) business unit, part of TWDC's Disney Entertainment segment, oversees all facets of Disney's Film and TV Streaming, including Hulu and Disney+. Within this unit, we focus on the Disney+ platform, delivering exceptional entertainment experiences to audiences worldwide.

This role will be based in our London Hammersmith office, 4 days a week, with either a Monday or Friday working from home.

Values

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

  • Project Planning: Assist in developing detailed project plans that define scope, timelines, budgets, resource allocation, and success metrics to ensure clear and achievable objectives.
  • Communication: Support the implementation of communication, monitoring, and control strategies to facilitate timely updates on project status, risks, and issues to business stakeholders.
  • Launch Operations: Contribute to launch management for marketing campaigns, new product features, and global expansion efforts, including coordinating localization, creative assets, and legal reviews.
  • Risk Management: Identify operational risks, issues, dependencies, and key decision points; escalate concerns promptly to ensure proactive mitigation.
  • Stakeholder Management: Establish and maintain effective communication channels to manage stakeholder expectations, align priorities, and foster strong collaborative relationships across teams.
  • Teamwork: Promote a collaborative team environment by influencing colleagues, supporting teamwork, and motivating cross-functional groups to achieve shared goals.

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Experience: Minimum of 3 years in program and project management within a large corporate, direct-to-consumer streaming product business.
  • Program Management: Solid understanding of program management frameworks, governance, and tracking methodologies.
  • Technical Literacy: Basic technical proficiency, with the ability to leverage qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision-making
  • Teamwork: Proven experience as an effective member of collaborative, cross-functional teams, fostering strong partnerships and shared success.
  • Global Expertise: International experience preferred, demonstrating cultural awareness and adaptability in diverse markets.
  • Technical Skills: Proficiency with tools such as Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides, Miro, Lucidchart, Confluence, Jira, Airtable, and Smartsheets to support effective project delivery.

The Perks

  • 25 days annual leave
  • Private medical insurance & dental care
  • Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
  • Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
  • Excellent parental and guardian leave
  • Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.


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