Job Details

Senior Product Manager II - Instrumentation

Job ID: 10131396 | Location: Seattle, Washington, United States / San Francisco, California, United States

Business: Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Date posted: Oct. 29, 2025

Job Summary: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T) 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 worldwide. The team marries technology with creativity to build world‑class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. 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.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the vision, strategy, and technical roadmap for Disney's telemetry data collection, event streaming, and data quality and the associated tooling supporting Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology's digital properties.
• Build strategic relationships with key business, analytics, and technology leaders to ensure program and product success.
• Partner with stakeholders to develop detailed product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and success measures tied to the Data Platform's OKRs.
• Partner with Data governance and Privacy teams to ensure that data is processed in compliance with relevant regulations and policies and is accessible only to those with valid use cases.
• Implement mechanisms to ensure the highest data quality and develop and enforce standards and best practices for data management and quality control.
• Support the delivery team throughout the agile product development lifecycle, ensuring timely releases, excellent communication with partners and stakeholders, and well‑thought‑out delivery planning.
• Build strong relationships with technical partners to ensure consistent delivery and tight alignment on evolving technical solutions.
• Drive teams on all business readiness activities, including product planning, sequencing, testing, user education, rollout communications, iteration, and ongoing support.
• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key blockers, and establish appropriate resolution paths while communicating trade‑offs with stakeholders if needed.
• Fill in gaps across roles and functions as needed, performing as an adaptive problem solver.
• Stay updated with the latest trends and technologies in data management and product development.
• Champion a collaborative work environment that cultivates shared understanding, transparency, autonomy, innovation, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of product management or relevant technical experience in a data‑driven product delivery organization.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required.
• Proven track record of successful agile product delivery, working with a cross‑functional delivery team in a global or highly complex organization.
• Polished communicator comfortable translating stakeholder needs into well‑documented technical specifications.
• Planning acumen and strong ability to break down work and define iterative product release versions.
• Understanding of big data, data modeling, and delivering results for timely and accurate business decisions.
• Highly analytical and collaborative qualities with strong technical, strategic, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and make informed decisions in ambiguous situations.
• Ability to lead through influence across functional and organizational lines.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast‑paced operational environment where change is the norm.
• Experience presenting to and working with senior executive leaders.
• Knowledge of Agile/SDLC project management methodologies, with an understanding of data engineering, data modeling, data warehousing, and big data platforms.
• High level of comfort building a roadmap and working within an agile, Jira‑driven operating model.
• Advanced degree in computer science, information systems, software engineering, or data science (preferred).
• Experience in a data product/data engineering organization building complex data applications for an enterprise organization.
• In‑depth technical experience with modern data warehouses, data lakes, and databases, and understanding of different data model and warehouse approaches.

Pay and Benefits

The hiring range for this position in NYC/Seattle is $163,100 to $218,700 per year, in Bristol and Santa Monica is $155,700 to $208,700 per year, and in San Francisco is $170,500 to $228,600 per year. The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, along with the full range of medical, financial, and other benefits at the level and position offered.

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 Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. We create world‑class stories and experiences for every member of the family worldwide.

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