VP, HR Transformation Management Office (TMO)

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Job Posting Title: VP, Transformation Management Office (TMO) Req ID: 10154698 Job Description: The Vice President, Transformation Management Office (TMO) will lead enterprise-wide transformation across People & Culture’s most strategic initiatives. This role serves as the organization’s transformation “mission control,” ensuring complex, cross-functional work is aligned, sequenced, and executed to deliver measurable business impact. The VP, TMO will not directly own all initiatives, but will act as the enterprise orchestrator—connecting workstreams, surfacing dependencies, accelerating decisions, and removing barriers. This leader will shape transformation at scale by embedding agile, AI-enabled ways of working and clear mechanisms for intake, prioritization, governance, and escalation. This is a highly visible leadership role partnering closely with senior executives across HR, Workforce Technology, Finance, and business teams. The successful candidate will operate strategically while driving disciplined execution, ensuring every transformation priority is explicitly connected to Disney’s broader business strategy. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Enterprise Transformation Leadership Design, launch, and run the TMO as the enterprise hub for transformation work Align and integrate initiatives across the enterprise to ensure clear prioritization and effective sequencing Set the cadence, decision rights, escalation paths, and forums that keep work moving Bring more agile, scalable transformation practices beyond traditional governance Bring external market perspective on transformation, AI, and evolving operating models Portfolio & Program Management Turn strategic priorities into clear workplans with owners, milestones, dependencies, decisions, and outcomes Spot risks and duplication early, then push for practical mitigation Build integrated roadmaps that show progress, risks, tradeoffs, and where leadership action is needed Facilitate executive tradeoff decisions across funding, scope, and resources Governance & Executive Decision Support Design and lead governance forums with the right agenda, materials and decision context Drive alignment on priorities, sequencing, tradeoffs, and required action Keep discussions focused on choices, risks, value and accountability, not status updates Organizational Adoption Evolve operating models, AI-enabled ways of working, and leadership behaviors Build adoption through stakeholder engagement, communications planning, readiness checkpoints, feedback loops and change management strategies Foster a culture of prioritization, accountability, and enterprise thinking Value Realization & Execution Define value clearly, then track business impact, adoption, ROI, and benefits realization Use progress reviews, course corrections, and decision checkpoints to maintain momentum Put the tools, dashboards, and frameworks in place to track progress, adoption, benefits, and risks Stakeholder Partnership Partner with senior leaders across HR, Workforce Technology, Finance, Operations, and Corporate Functions Act as a trusted advisor to transformation sponsors and executive stakeholders Use structured stakeholder engagement, working sessions and executive pre-briefs to clarify ownership, resolve dependencies and build alignment before formal decision points. Collaborate with external consulting partners, vendors, and implementation teams Team Leadership Build a high-performing TMO team with strong talent, coaching, and clear growth paths Create repeatable routines, templates, and standards that make the work easier to execute and scale Partner with Internal Communications and People Analytics to reinforce adoption and impact QUALIFICATIONS Required Experience Proven leadership of modern, large-scale, AI-powered enterprise transformations in complex, matrixed organizations Experience building or leading a TMO, PMO, or similar transformation function Track record driving cross-functional transformation across people, process, and technology Experience partnering with senior executives and leading governance forums Preferred Experience Agile portfolio management and OKR-based value realization frameworks Future-of-work or workforce transformation experience Management consulting background strongly preferred Leadership Capabilities The successful candidate will demonstrate: Exceptional executive presence and communication Enterprise mindset and systems thinking Ability to influence without direct authority Strategic thinking paired with operational rigor Comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity Ability to drive difficult prioritization and tradeoff decisions Resilience, adaptability, and change leadership AI fluency Data-driven decision-making Bias for action, simplification, and measurable outcomes Education Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree in a related discipline preferred The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $259,600.00 - $348,100.00 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 Talent Connection Job Posting Primary Business: Enterprise Talent Connection Primary Job Posting Category: Human Resources Project Management Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: Burbank, CA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted: 2026-07-02