Sr Manager, People Insights Strategy & Operations

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.