Senior Product Manager I

Job Posting Title:

Senior Product Manager I

Req ID:

10120589

Job Description:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s 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 maximize 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 for Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DEEP&T Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s 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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we are experiencing explosive growth, reaching 210M total subscriptions globally across our streaming product portfolio. As we continue growing across all our streaming services (Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+), we are looking for a product management leader that thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and can meet opportunities and challenges head-on. We’re looking for a experienced Sr Product Manager to help take our payments performance to the next level.

Responsibilities

• Execute and maintain the payments roadmap by working cross-functionally with members of the product team, engineering team, business team, finance team, legal team, operations team, marketing team and more

• Manage high levels of complexity by collaborating with business leaders of adjacent domains like customer growth & acquisition, identity, lifecycle messaging, billing, etc. to negotiate and identify trade-offs that optimize business holistically

• Challenge the status quo and suggest new features that solve tactical and strategic problems

• Investigate issues using a keen understanding of our data, our payment stack, and the broader payments ecosystem

• Translate new ideas and business needs into detailed product requirements documents and user stories for engineering teams to execute

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

• Become a trusted authority in the payments domain and provide thought leadership across the business

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field, and/or equivalent work experience

• 5+ years of progressive product management experience

• Skilled at identifying key issues/questions, analyzing/visualizing data and then telling a compelling story to senior business partners and key stakeholders to help influence and/or determine important decisions

• Ability to rigorously prioritize while articulating your product roadmap across business teams and geographies

• Demonstrated ability of collaborating with a diverse set of partners and experience working in cross-functional teams

• Demonstrated understanding of good UX and copy; you’ve worked with product designers and copywriters to provide actionable & valuable feedback

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

• Understanding of statistics concepts (e.g., hypothesis testing, regression analysis)

• Exceptional communication skills - from small group discussions to large-scale presentations, and through strong product memos that help drive alignment across multiple teams

Preferred Qualifications

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

• Direct experience working on digital products at a global scale

• Experience with a/b testing on a large scale

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The hiring range for this position in Bristol, Los Angeles, Washington DC, or Chicago is $138,900 - $186,200 per year, in New York City or Seattle is $145,400 - $195,000