Senior Product Manager II

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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.

Job Summary

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 core platform group. This role functions as a day-to-day liaison between business, data and analytics, legal and compliance, finance and accounting,  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+, and Hulu consumer experiences, with a focus on finance and accounting data

• Define and own the product strategy and roadmap for systems and services that support accounting and revenue operations across multiple products

• 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, partnering with finance, accounting, tax, legal, product, data, and engineering and other stakeholders to ensure accurate, compliant, timely, and scalable financial reporting processes

• Monitor data system performance and integrity, proactively identifying and resolving issues that impact reporting accuracy or downstream financial dependencies

• Maintain all necessary JIRA tasks, boards and detailed documentation across teams, as well as all necessary communication to internal stakeholders

• 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 in an enterprise environment

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; and/or equivalent work experience

• Direct experience working with an internationally distributed digital product.

• Familiarity with the streaming video industry and understand the different value propositions that all the market leaders offer their customers.

• 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.

• Strong problem-solving skills, with an ability to make quick decisions to solve complex technical and operational challenges.

• Able with working on projects with distributed teams, making use of technology and process to overcome the challenges of working with remote staff

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters Degree in a related field/MBA, and/or related certification/s

• Direct experience supporting subscription products

• Familiarity with recurring revenue recognition standards (ASC 606) and SOX compliance

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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 and New York, NY is $159,500 to $213,900 per year, and in San Francisco, CA is $166,800 to $223,600 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.