Senior Product Manager II

Job ID 10119387 Location Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States / New York, New York, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States Business Disney Entertainment Date posted Apr. 23, 2025

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Job Summary:

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to help deliver the best consumer-facing commerce services in the world. Part of the rapidly growing Commerce Product team, you will be tasked with defining and supporting key aspects of our commerce experiences as part of the Subscription and Billing group. This role functions as a day-to-day liaison between business, data and analytics, technology and product organizations to maximize commerce objectives.

The ideal candidate is collaborative, makes data-driven decisions, obsesses about the customer, forms strong yet loosely held opinions, and can build trust with all areas of the business. We value passionate product leadership that drives with discipline and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

Establish product strategy for the next generation commerce platform that powers Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, and Star+ consumer experiences
Deliver features that allow us to continue to scale our services globally
Foster data-driven prioritization of features and set measurable objectives
Provide domain expertise and leadership for features and systems in your portfolio
Work cross functionally with members of the product team, legal teams, data & analytics teams, customer service teams, localization teams and more, to identify requirements for new features
Maintain all necessary JIRA tasks, boards and detailed documentation across teams, as well as all necessary communication to internal stakeholders
Collaborate and coordinate with engineering, design, marketing, product leadership, analytics and business insight teams on objectives and business requirements
Translate inputs and business needs into detailed product requirements documents and user stories for engineering teams to execute
Develop a product roadmap that accomplishes business/customer goals and aligns with the team charter

Basic Qualifications

7+ years of product management experience, supporting large scale efforts, and supporting internationally distributed digital products
Familiarity with the streaming video industry, understanding the different value propositions that all the market leaders offer their customers
Direct experience using JIRA and other product and project management tools
Excellent written and oral communication skills, with an ability to coordinate multiple projects at a time while providing updates to individuals at varying leadership capacities
Act as an analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to make quick decisions to solve complex technical and operational challenges
Familiarity with working on projects with distributed teams, making use of technology and process to overcome the challenges of working with remote staff
Bachelor's degree in a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

Masters Degree in a related field
Related Certification/s
Experience supporting subscription products

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The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $152,200 to $204,100 per year, in Seattle, WA is $159,500 to $213,900 per year, and in New York, NY is $159,500 to $213,900 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.

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About Disney Entertainment:

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

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 Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment.

Disney Streaming 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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