Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Job ID 10127440 Location Orlando, Florida, United States Business Disney Experiences Date posted Nov. 25, 2025

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Job Summary:

“We Power the Magic!” That’s our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club.

We are responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including MyDisneyExperience and Hey, Disney!

This role sits in the Digital Architecture & Engineering (DAE) organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It works closely with the Software and Solution Engineering teams for all of Disney Experiences.

The Sr Manager, Software Engineering will report to the Director - Technology, Solution Architecture and lead a core team of highly technical Software Architects and Engineers.

About the Role & Team

As a Senior Manager of Enterprise Architecture, you will lead the strategic core of our technology architecture group. This centralized team serves as the compass for all technology endeavors within our organization, ensuring that our IT landscape is robust, efficient, and aligned with our overarching business objectives. You will be at the helm of a function that is critical for navigating the complexities of our IT ecosystem, driving innovation, and maintaining a strategic connection between our business goals and technology investments.

The Enterprise Architecture team provides essential blueprints for our technology stacks, domains, and platforms. Your group will be responsible for the high-level strategic vision, establishing the standards and governance that empower our delivery teams to build with consistency and speed. You will work in close collaboration with the Solution Architecture and Engineering teams to foster a cohesive, agile, and forward-looking technology practice across the enterprise.

What You Will Do

The position will include the following duties & accountabilities:

Strategic Technology Leadership: Develop and maintain a holistic understanding of the business model, strategic goals, and how technology can be leveraged to achieve them. Manage an engineering team responsible for analyzing, designing, programming, debugging, and enhancing software solutions used in various computing environments.
Business Capability Mapping: Identify, document, and map the relationships and dependencies between high-level business capabilities to provide a comprehensive view of the technology ecosystem.
Data-Driven Decision Making: Aggregate and analyze critical data related to security risks, technical debt, and the current state of technology investments to inform strategic decisions.
Technology Roadmaps & Governance: Develop and maintain a technology heatmap of approved technologies, maturity levels, and support status. You will establish architectural principles, standards, and guidelines for Solution Architects to follow through project implementation. Supervise delivery optimization of large-scale or sophisticated software programs and systems, collaborating multi-functionally to align with business goals and timelines.
Stakeholder Alignment: Serve as a liaison between Technology leadership, business leaders, and the architecture functions, ensuring all technology initiatives are aligned with the broader business strategy.
Collaborative Oversight: Provide strategic direction, devise roadmaps, and participate in the governance of shared technology assets. You will also conduct regular architecture review sessions to ensure solutions align with the enterprise architecture. Opportunity Management to identify how our portfolio can deliver on or contribute to solutions to better serve our partner teams, and ultimately, our Cast and Guests.
Craft and build a roadmap for delivering a world class support model and ensure ongoing health and performance of technology solutions
Review, augment, and build critical metrics for responsible systems, using visualization tools
Engage in estimation and planning across the organization, voicing recommendations, feedback, and solutions from a technical perspective and aligning to the overall project goals to deliver on-time & in-scope
Proactively track and assess emerging technologies across the industry to inform strategic decision-making and recommendations

Required Qualifications & Skills

Minimum 10 years of related work experience with demonstrated experience in Software Engineering Technical Design, Software Engineering Technical Delivery, and Software Engineering Management
Demonstrated experience in design, development, and implementation of highly scalable, high-volume systems and components and in organizations practicing Agile best practices
Budget and Forecast Management
Executive Written & Verbal Communication Skills
A comfort with public speaking, delivering engaging and informative presentations and the ability to adapt to different audiences and event types (ie: executives, technical individuals, and forums/communities both internal and external)
Proven experience in a senior enterprise architecture role within a large, complex organization, preferably a Fortune 100 company.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically and align IT initiatives with long-term business goals.
Deep understanding of how to document and map business capabilities and their technological underpinnings. Experience with TOGAF and ArchiMate strongly desired.
Experience leading and developing a team of senior architects.
Strong analytical skills with experience in assessing security risks and managing technical debt.
Expertise in developing and governing technology standards, roadmaps, and heatmaps.
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with senior business and IT leaders.
Familiarity with hybrid organizational structures involving centralized and decentralized teams.
A strong understanding of the roles of Solution Architecture and Platform Engineering and how to foster effective interaction between them.

Education

Bachelor's or foreign equivalent Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

Additional Information

Position is in Orlando, Florida

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About Disney Experiences:

Disney Experiences brings the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products and more around the world. Disney shines in the travel industry with six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia; a top-rated cruise line; a popular vacation ownership program; and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Plus, Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business; the world's largest children's publishing brands; one of the world's largest licensors of games across all platforms; and Disney store locations around the world and on the web.

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 Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Experiences.

Walt Disney Attractions Technology LLC 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.

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