Product Operations Manager II

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.

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

As a member of the Product Operations team, you will have the opportunity to dive deep into the business capabilities and learn the processes behind the supply chain for Disney's top tier content – from planning all the way through delivery to consumers. Working in a cross-functional team environment with product, engineering, infrastructure, QA, and support, you will help ensure the smooth-running operations of content distribution, with focus on driving operational improvements and supporting the acceleration of our content businesses.  

Job Summary:

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The Content Platforms team is seeking a Product Operations Manager II to join our Product Operations organization. Our team strives to deliver operational excellence by elevating and evangelizing the Content Platforms products and services to our various business partners. In this role, you will be responsible for the enablement of our content platforms products and tools, working closely with our Product management and Engineering partners to sustain and improve current products, launch new systems, and support clients as they navigate our platforms to operate their business.  

This role will serve as a key touchpoint for business partners, responsible for providing day-to-day support for general questions, workflow guidance, and troubleshooting. In addition, the role will own documenting new features and disseminating those updates back to the customers through coordinating user acceptance testing, conducting user trainings, and crafting release communications. Finally, this role will lead the way with best practices for metrics reporting, updating stakeholders with retrospectives on past monthly performance, as well as translating raw metrics into a comprehensive narrative. The ideal candidate must work well in a collaborative environment and be able to define and implement processes that effectively delivers on the Product Operations team’s mission.  

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

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• Be a platform expert that can perform analysis on customer request, identify and document patterns and trends to share with Product and Engineering teams for potential system improvements

• Guide the day-to-day activities of a team of remote business analysists supporting multiple systems across different disciplines

• Responsible for supporting business stakeholders, including relationship management, addressing support questions, light troubleshooting of potential issues, performing trainings, and assisting in user onboardings to new products

• Own communication to product end users, including feature release notes, project-specific updates, and other general announcements

• Create internal and customer-facing root cause analysis reports for critical outage incidents

• Provides periodic updates/presentations on initiatives and metrics to leadership and business partners.

• Participate in larger organizational Product Operations initiatives, such as crafting evergreen documentation, executing strategic communication plans, and defining processes that contribute to an improved team working culture 

• Perform any other duties needed to help achieve Business Objectives for the Product Operations team

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Minimum and Preferred. Inclusive of Licenses/Certs (include functional experience as well as behavioral attributes and/or leadership capabilities). Include both degree required and relevant years of experience, if substituting for a degree. Align requirements with the Global Leveling Framework.

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a professional role, preferably supporting clients in a technology / product environment

• Experience with a variety of systems within Enterprise Platforms, including Content, Assets, and Metadata Management, as well as Content Distribution

• Experience working within a defect management process, providing a link between Product/Engineering and End Users, translating highly technical concepts to more human-friendly terms

• Excellent communication skills, with a bent towards customer service, an ability to navigate both internal and external stakeholders, and a talent to distill information accurately and convey it (verbally and/or written) to business partners and internal technology teams

• Experience crafting a range of documents, from documentation/operational guides to formal announcements/release notes

• Strong prioritization and organization skills with experience juggling time-sensitive requests from multiple business partners

• Energetic self-starter with a technical aptitude, a logical approach to problem solving, and demonstrates determination in finding solutions to complex puzzles

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and matrixed organization, executing on several initiatives concurrently while balancing competing priorities

• Enthusiastic about helping people, solving problems, and championing products 

The hiring range for this position in California is $104,600.00 - $140,200.00 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.