Hybrid Senior Product Manager II – Instrumentation

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Senior Product Manager II – Instrumentation
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $163,100 - $218,700 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Seattle, United States

About the role

• Senior Data Product Manager responsible for telemetry data collection and data quality. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive product strategy and compliance in Disney's media businesses.

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 help make sure data is accessible only to those with valid use cases.
• Implement mechanisms to ensure the highest data quality.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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 how to deliver results for the purpose of making 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.

Benefits

• 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.