Principal Product Manager, CDI

Job Posting Title:

Principal Product Manager, CDI

Req ID:

10131401

Job Description:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and 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 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 (CDI) 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. 

About The Role

This is a unique, senior product role within the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology organization.  This role will serve as a strategic product leader and trusted advisor to the VP, Data Product Management within Disney’s Entertainment & ESPN Technology division.  It is an individual contributor role (non-people manager), directly reporting to the VP of Data Product Management, and part of the Data Product leadership team.  The role is pivotal in driving the execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives, ensuring operational efficiency, and fostering collaboration, alignment, and product excellence across the data organization. This role will manage key product initiatives, facilitate communication, and provide critical support to data product leadership in achieving the department's goals and driving an innovative strategy for enabling Disney’s Direct-to-Consumer Sports and Entertainment businesses with data solutions to enable quick and impactful insights and power uniquely Disney customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Product Planning and Execution:  Develop and execute strategic data initiatives spanning multiple data infrastructure, tools, and solutions teams in support of major business programs driving growth and engagement with Disney’s direct-to-consumer entertainment & sports streaming platforms (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, etc.).

• Cross-Organizational Operational Efficiency: Oversee daily data product operations, help streamline processes, and implement best practices to enhance productivity and efficiency within the department.

• Communication and Collaboration: Facilitate effective communication within the department and with stakeholders, internal partner teams, vendors, and technology providers by helping to develop impactful executive/board level presentations, status updates, project memos, and product release materials. Help manage critical vendor relationships and contracts, facilitate build/buy decision processes.  Foster a collaborative environment and ensure strategic and operational consistency across teams.

• Executive Support: Provide high-level support to the Vice President, including preparing reports, presentations, and other materials. Assist in decision-making processes by providing insights and recommendations, act as a senior representative for the data product organization to the broader business and partner technol