Senior Manager, People & Culture Workforce Intelligence

Job ID 10163063 Location Burbank, California, United States Business The Walt Disney Company (Corporate) Date posted Oct. 16, 2026

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Job Summary:

Job Requirements

The Senior Manager, Workforce Intelligence will build and lead Disney's enterprise Workforce Intelligence capability. Reporting directly to the People Insights & Data Strategy VP leading Decision Intelligence, this leader will help Disney anticipate workforce challenges and opportunities before competitors do, enabling better talent, workforce, and business decisions. Inspired by the emerging discipline of Workforce Intelligence, the role will transform external workforce signals, relevant internal workforce insights, competitive talent intelligence, skills insights, and AI-enabled analytics into strategic recommendations that shape how Disney competes for talent and plans for the workforce of the future.

As a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders, the Senior Manager will influence enterprise decisions through workforce foresight, market intelligence, data-driven recommendations, and scalable intelligence products that enable leaders to move faster and smarter.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the Workforce Intelligence Capability

Define and lead Disney's Workforce Intelligence strategy, roadmap, and operating model.
Establish Workforce Intelligence as a critical enterprise capability that informs workforce, talent, and business decisions.
Build team capabilities, methodologies, governance, and best practices that elevate workforce intelligence beyond traditional labor market reporting.

Deliver Workforce Foresight and Competitive Intelligence

Monitor and analyze labor markets, talent competitors, workforce trends, emerging skills, talent movement, and other external signals to identify strategic opportunities and risks.
Partner with Decision Science teams to frame predictive models, workforce forecasts, scenario analyses, and prescriptive insights that support strategic workforce decisions.
Synthesize external workforce intelligence with relevant internal workforce data, quantitative analysis, and business context to identify patterns, gaps, and opportunities and translate them into evidence-based recommendations that influence recruiting strategy, strategic workforce planning, location strategy, and future capability investments.
Advise leaders on where Disney can realistically win critical talent, which organizations represent priority competitors or talent sources, and how workforce strategies compare with market realities.
Deliver insights into how competitors are evolving their workforce strategies, organizational capabilities, critical skills, workforce investments, talent practices, and rewards and benefits programs.

Inform the Design of Workforce Intelligence Products

Define the business vision, priorities, and requirements for workforce intelligence products, self-service experiences, knowledge platforms, and intelligence delivery models, partnering with technical teams to bring solutions to life.
Translate stakeholder needs into product uses cases and requirements, analytical methodologies, user experiences, and success measures.
Collaborate with People Insights & Data Strategy, Workforce Transformation, data science, technology, and other cross-functional teams to build, implement, and scale designed solutions.
Champion self-service workforce intelligence so recruiters, HR partners, workforce planners, and leaders can access trusted, actionable insights quickly and consistently.
Develop and govern reusable knowledge libraries and intelligence products that expand enterprise access to external and internal workforce insights and reduce reliance on one-time research.

Drive AI-Enabled Intelligence Innovation

Define the vision for AI-enabled and agentic workforce intelligence.
Partner with analytics, technology, and data science teams to automate intelligence workflows and improve the speed, scale, and quality of workforce insights.
Leverage emerging technologies to create sustainable and future-focused workforce intelligence capabilities.

Influence Enterprise Decisions

Serve as a trusted advisor to senior HR leaders, Talent Acquisition, Workforce Planning, and Organizational Development partners.
Present complex workforce intelligence with clarity and conviction, translating data into compelling narratives and strategic recommendations.
Influence data-driven decisions by providing an informed point of view, not simply reporting information.

Lead and Develop a High-Performing Team

Lead and develop a team of workforce Intelligence strategists.
Provide analytical stewardship for complex work, including constructively challenging methodologies, assumptions, interpretations, and recommendations.
Foster a culture of strategic thinking, analytical curiosity, innovation, business acumen, and executive influence.
Build team capabilities in workforce foresight, competitive intelligence, labor market intelligence, data storytelling, and advisory consulting.

Success Looks Like

This leader will:

Enable strategic workforce planning at Disney by anticipating workforce challenges and opportunities before competitors do.
Elevate how Disney recruits, competes for talent, and plans for future workforce needs.
Collaborate to design and deliver intelligence capabilities and products, not just reports.
Influence enterprise decisions through evidence-based recommendations and workforce foresight.
Establish Workforce Intelligence as a trusted, strategic capability across the enterprise.

Required Qualifications:

Strong analytical capability, with experience translating complex workforce and market signals into actionable insights and recommendations.
Deep knowledge of labor markets, workforce trends, talent movement, emerging skills, and competitive workforce practices, with the ability to connect external signals to talent and workforce strategy.
Demonstrated experience consulting and advising senior leaders, including collaborating, building consensus, and influencing without direct control in a highly matrixed organization.
Exceptional storytelling and presentation-building skills, with the ability to translate complex analytical concepts into simple, actionable insights for non-technical audiences.
Experience building and leading a new enterprise capability, including defining strategy, priorities, methodologies, operating models, governance, and measures of success.
Experience translating business needs into products use cases and requirements, then collaborating with data science and technology partners to build the solution.
Proven experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams, including data science, technology, Workforce Planning, and organizational development teams.
Excellent program management and organizational skills including experience leading cross-functional initiatives and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to effectively handling confidential information in all aspects of workforce analytics and HR partnership.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline such as HR, business, economics, data analytics, or organizational psychology or related field

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience designing self-service analytics, intelligence products, or knowledge platforms that expand access to insights at scale.·
Experience with AI-enabled analytics, automation, agentic workflows, predictive analytics, or other emerging workforce intelligence technologies.
Experience applying external workforce intelligence to Strategic Workforce Planning, recruiting strategy, location strategy, skills and capability planning, or rewards and benefits decisions.
Experience operating within a large, complex, global organization with varied businesses, talent markets, and workforce needs.
A minimum of 5-years' of relevant experience, including a minimum of 2-years' of management experience leading teams or leaders in workforce intelligence, workforce planning, people analytics, labor market intelligence, competitive intelligence, or a related discipline.

Disclaimer

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $187,500 - $229,100 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.

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

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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.

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