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Sr. Product Manager

The Walt Disney Company
USA - FL - 210 Celebration Place, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 26 Jun 2024

About the role

Job Posting Title:

Sr. Product Manager

Req ID:

10092231

Job Description:

The Senior Product Manager position will be part of the Digital & Technology team responsible for managing the strategic direction of technology and digital programs for the Disney Cruise Line reservation management system.

The Senior Product Manager collaborates with leadership to establish strategies across latest technologies. You will work with multiple products, teams, and interdisciplinary leaders to bring strategies to market that support business opportunities and enhance the Guest and Crew experience.

This role will develop business and product strategies and implement tactics that create business opportunities to align with the digital and technology roadmap themes for Disney Cruise Line. 

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive business cases to justify new product initiatives or enhancements including detailed financial projections, cost-benefit analysis, and risk assessments.
  • Understanding of the latest product management frameworks and theories and how to apply them to drive impactful experiences.
  • Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
  • Work to gather requirements for all aspects of a project, collaborating with all impacted teams including creative and technology for agreement.
  • Drive implementation of a business and technology roadmap by ensuring the development teams understand the product goals and priority.
  • Document features by translating the product concepts into user stories, epics and other appropriate product deliverables (e.g., project briefs, scope/requirement documents, prioritized needs, etc.)
  • Primary representative for product management in all daily activities related to the roll-out of a product/enhancement, serving as an important resource for the team, escalating to leadership.
  • Support defect triage activities by working with technical, creative and production teams to identify cause through resolution, providing support and escalation for blockers/impediments.
  • Communicate with partners of multiple levels across the organizations (Technology and Business) through several mediums (ie. presentations, email, formal/informal meetings).
  • Assist in creating and implementing a strategy to create a Product-Centric team for this application arena.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant area of study and/or equivalent relevant experience
  • Minimum 5+ years of product management experience, working with technology, design, project management, business, and user experience teams.
  • Ability to use hard data to form assumptions and develop business cases.
  • Experience presenting out on Product performance and success of programs.
  • Ability to lead others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgement and identify innovative solutions.
  • Ability to think strategically and guide ideas into action with a willingness to take personal initiative.
  • Experience collaborating with and achieve results through partnerships with others and the capability to interact within all leadership levels.
  • Experience identifying technical, user and business issues in an organization.
  • Experience with Agile software development methodology.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Certified Product Owner or Equivalent 

Job Posting Segment:

Technology & Digital

Job Posting Primary Business:

Technology & Digital

Primary Job Posting Category:

Product Management

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Celebration, FL, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2024-06-26

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