Vice President, Studios Shared Tech Services

Job Posting Title: Vice President, Studios Shared Tech Services Req ID: 10129457 Job Description: About the Role & Team The Walt Disney Studios is home to some of the most iconic live action characters, worlds and stories across Disney, Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm. The VP, Studios Shared Tech Services is a visionary leader with deep experience designing and operating world-class production infrastructure to support unique workflows across our live action studios. You are integral to driving innovation and efficiency, ensuring Disney remains at the forefront of storytelling and creativity. Your strategic vision and leadership will empower teams to develop scalable, flexible, and efficient solutions, enhancing Disney's ability to leverage technology for creative storytelling. Success in this role requires a blend of strategic thinking, innovative problem-solving, and collaborative leadership. Who you are • A Leader. You have a demonstrated ability to establish a technology vision in the motion picture production space and to execute on it. You have exceptional experience in building and leading teams - with a keen eye for strong talent especially in developing current and cultivating future leaders. • A master problem solver. You take deep pride in your work and view each new problem as an opportunity for success; you approach challenges creatively, but methodically. You understand the urgency of the production environment, but balance that with long term durability and sustainability of solutions that benefit everyone. • Comfortable with ambiguity. You face change with a cool head and persevere even if you don't have all the details; you're comfortable moving between projects and facing the uncertain because risk and change motivates you to evolve and innovate. • Technically astute. You have a solid foundation technically and have contributed to the industry in some capacity. You rapidly learn new skills, grasping complicated technical information that often leaves others lost whether it's product, industry, or hard technical knowledge, you absorb it quickly and are ready for more. • Goal oriented. You develop and actualize vision, mission, and strategy into a cohesive outcome through capable team management, tactical execution, and unrelenting focus on daily progress; you connect business and technology strategies to the software you deliver and can easily articulate the value created. What you will do Strategic Vision & Planning • In collaboration with Live Action heads of technology and Studio CTO, provide short, medium, and long-term technical vision, architectural standards and implementation plans • Provide input and guidance on Capex purchases, annual operating plans and 5-year planning Infrastructure, Architecture& Security • Architect, develop, maintain and evolve a world class feature production infrastructure that provides a foundation for each Studio to tailor to their individual production needs • Provide compute and storage solutions including management of local and remote data centers as well as cloud infrastructure supporting all major phases of production • Design and implement next-generation DR, backup and restoration methods and procedures • Be accountable for the implementation and maintenance of system, storage, media systems, and SRE architectural standards and operations • Lead and maintain security architecture in collaboration with Studio and Global Content Security teams, ensuring consistent implementation and operational standards across systems and infrastructure Cross-Studio Leadership & Strategic Collaboration • Directly manage teams responsible for cross-Studio systems and storage engineering and operations • Collaborate across Studios to empower teams with scalable and efficient solutions, contribute to partner technology roadmaps, and support architecture and operations for global collaboration spaces Required Skills and Experiences • 15+ years of extensive leadership experience in feature film production technology, with deep expertise in production and post-production pipelines. • Experience with designing, architecting and maintaining highly complex media production/postproduction environments • Intimately familiar with large-scale data center infrastructure and cloud environments. • Superior written and verbal communication skills Education • Bachelor's Degree The hiring range for this position in California is $246,400 to $330,400.00 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. Job Posting Segment: Enterprise Technology Job Posting Primary Business: Core Systems & Platforms Primary Job Posting Category: Tech Infrastructure Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Burbank, CA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted: 2025-08-20 Apply tot his job Apply To this Job