Hiring: VP, Marine Operations Company: Disney Cruise Line Location: Celebration, FL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:03:47 Target Skills & Keywords : Regulatory Compliance About the job Experience: •12 years of relevant experience, including at least 7+ years of management responsibility in marine or cruise operations. •Minimum 12 years of relevant experience, including at least 7+ years of management responsibility in marine or cruise operations. Required Skills: •The Vice President, Marine Operations is the senior executive accountable for fleetwide marine and safety operations across Disney Cruise Line, ensuring vessels and private destinations are operated safely, efficiently, and in full regulatory compliance while delivering an exceptional Guest and Crew experience. •As a key leader within Disney Experiences, this VP shapes marine strategy for a top-rated cruise line, aligning shipboard command and shoreside partners to bring creative, customer-focused, and innovative vacation experiences to life around the world. •This executive is accountable for the financial and operational performance of Marine Operations, developing and executing fleetwide marine and safety strategies, and providing full leadership direction to multiple leaders and teams across shipboard and shoreside operations. •Lead the overall strategy, governance, and day-to-day execution of fleetwide marine operations and safety across ships and private destinations, ensuring safe, compliant, efficient, and consistent operations. •Provide direct leadership, coaching, and operational oversight to shipboard Captains, setting clear expectations and aligning shipboard command with shoreside Marine and Safety organizations and cross-functional partners. •Ensure vessels are operated in accordance with international, flag state, port state, classification society, and company requirements, maintaining rigorous Safety Management System governance and environmental stewardship. •Lead shoreside Safety operations, overseeing development, implementation, and continuous improvement of safety policies, contingency plans, and marine/safety procedures that support the Safety Management System. •Promote a proactive safety culture that moves beyond compliance, reinforcing accountability, transparency, learning, and continuous improvement across ships, private destinations, and relevant shoreside functions. Qualifications: •Significant senior leadership experience in cruise, passenger vessel, or maritime operations, with direct accountability for complex, geographically dispersed operations and strong knowledge of Guest and Crew experience. •Deep operational knowledge of large passenger vessel operations, shipboard command structures, marine safety, regulatory compliance, voyage planning, and fleet operations. •Proven experience leading or working closely with Captains, senior deck officers, shipboard leadership teams, and shoreside marine operations teams, including talent development and succession planning for officer pipelines. •Strong working knowledge of international and port state maritime requirements, including SOLAS, STCW, IMO requirements, Safety Management System obligations, classification rules, and other relevant marine standards. •Demonstrated ability to lead complex operations in a fast-paced, high-accountability environment, exercising sound maritime judgment and making timely decisions in ambiguous or high-pressure situations. •Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior leaders, shipboard officers, regulators, and cross-functional partners; highly influential, persuasive communicator and collaborator. •Demonstrated ability to build, lead, and develop high-performing, team-oriented organizations, including senior operational leaders and shipboard leadership pipelines, grounded in Disney values and a customer-focused mindset. •Strong business acumen, financial discipline, and experience managing operating budgets, P&L accountability, competing priorities, and resource trade-offs for a major marine operation. •Excellent communication skills, including the ability to translate complex maritime, regulatory, and operational issues for executive, operational, and shipboard audiences in a clear and persuasive manner. •Demonstrated capacity to travel domestically and internationally to ships, shipyards, ports, private destinations, and international offices as needed. Compensation: •$259,600 - $348,100 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!