Sr. Business Analyst

Job Posting Title:

Sr. Business Analyst

Req ID:

10062661

Job Description:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

• Building the future of Disney’s media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

The Ad Platforms team is responsible for building and operating the technology that supports Disney’s industry-leading, multi-billion dollar global advertising business. Working across all of Disney’s streaming brands and linear channels, this team’s scope is wide ranging - they impact everything from core infrastructure development that powers Disney’s proprietary ad server, to reimagining viewer-first ad experiences and formats. This team’s award-winning, in-house built technologies are the backbone of Disney’s ad business and a critical element of the Company’s streaming future.

The Sr. Business Analyst is a role that draws on advertising and data technology knowledge to drive strategic operations for the Ad Platforms pillar, including rationalizing software lease and development investment, the forecasting and reconciliation of spend across vendors, supporting alignment of resources and financials against priorities and participating in the pillar’s overarching business planning process.

This role will partner closely with stakeholders in product, finance, portfolio, GPM, HR and sales to consolidate the Ad Platforms organization’s resource management, informing AOP/ LRP inputs, quarterly forecasts and actuals.

This role will blend quantitative analysis to provide guidance on key business and operational decisions, while coordinating multi-functional groups to drive operational efficiencies and hands on management of high priority, strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with product and partnerships stakeholders to provide financial analysis and strategic recommendations during the evaluation of build vs lease across the pillar’s product portfolio.
• Provide cost analysis and financial summarization to Ads + Data Platforms leadership during critical vendor evaluation contracting.
• Align with tech and sales finance stakeholders to drive ongoing analysis of launched product ROI.
• Coalesce the Ads + Data Platform pillar’s inputs into the financial planning process (quarterly forecasts/ actuals, AOP, LRP), including forecasting usage of critical software and professional services vendors.
• Maintain a comprehensive repository of pillar’s vendors and forecasted vs actuals spend.
• Support Director, Strategic Operations, in partnership with HR, on headcount & resourcing prioritization across Ads + Data Platforms pillars.
• Contribute to multifunctional, strategic initiatives as surfaced via day-to-day business needs (e.g. organizing executive presentations, contractor onboarding, cross organizational communication).
• Identify and execute opportunities to drive organizational cost efficiencies.
• Contribute to the definition process for organization’s yearly and quarterly Objectives and Key Results (OKRs).
• Report out on OKRs and other KPIs that drive organizational strategic decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve employee efficiencies, morale, and overall experience as an employee with Ads + Data Platforms at TWDC.
• Defines, launches, and drives structural improvements, organizational goals, and a variety of strategic efforts, relying on technical and data analytic skills and expertise.
• Drives continuous improvement by helping drive technology strategy across and within teams, clarity around operational framework, effectiveness and cohesion around initiatives including measurement, management and communication of work.
• Provides business critical insights, ensures cross func