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Manager – Quality Enablement
Company | The Walt Disney Company |
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Location | New York, NY, USA |
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Salary | $130800 – $175400 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Master’s |
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Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Total Quality Management or related disciplines, preferably within consultancy environments engaging diverse stakeholders.
- Expert proficiency in workflow management and process standardization methodologies, including Agile, PMO frameworks, ISO standards, and Six Sigma practices.
- Highly analytical mindset with demonstrated experience in developing and tracking objectives through frameworks like OKRs and KPIs.
- Extensive knowledge of workflow and insight management systems, particularly within Atlassian and Microsoft ecosystems.
- Working proficiency with query languages such as SQL and JQL for data analysis and reporting.
- Proactive approach to identifying process improvements, presenting recommendations to stakeholders and senior leadership to optimize ROI.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience participating in or leading agile teams, ensuring agile best practices and delivery effectiveness.
- Exceptional writing skills applied to technical documentation, solution proposals, and analytical insights.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication capabilities, adept at collaborating effectively across globally diverse teams and cultures.
- Naturally curious, committed to continuous learning and professional growth.
- Flexible availability to support critical business launches and escalations as needed.
- Demonstrated clear and effective communication abilities.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute strategic initiatives and tool enablement designed to empower globally distributed teams, driving measurable improvements in efficiency, velocity, and sustained quality.
- Lead direct reports through structured sprint planning, providing strategic guidance, career coaching, and serving as a reliable sounding board.
- Oversee the daily operations of automated solutions across distinct workflows, including resource capacity forecasting, reporting systems, templating processes, and AI-powered self-service tools.
- Direct skill development strategies through primary training content creation and LMS distribution, supplementary training and certification programs, and fostering intra-organizational knowledge sharing.
- Drive go-to-market effectiveness by establishing and managing comprehensive release management processes, actively guiding adoption, and analyzing feedback for continuous improvement.
- Supervise and enhance the quality assurance toolkit, encompassing virtualization technologies and a network of globally distributed physical testing devices.
- Engage closely with executive leadership to refine operational frameworks, deliver insightful team performance analytics, and align strategic initiatives on a quarterly basis.
Preferred Qualifications
- Lean Six Sigma/ISO 9000 Certification/Quality Management Certification.
- Scrum Alliance and/or Project Management certification.
- Master’s degree in industrial engineering or applied science preferred but not required.