Director, Product Management (Advertising Financial Systems)

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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 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 & ESPN Technology

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E 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.

DE&ET Ad Platforms is responsible for delivering global adverting technology solutions for Disney's Linear and Addressable channels, brands, and streaming services. With unmatched scale, premium content, and innovative capabilities, DE&ET Ad Platforms is a market leader in advertising. We build and maintain proprietary technology solutions ranging from ad serving, programmatic ad solutions, self-service platforms, audience targeting, and advertising data.

As a Director, Product Management, within the Ad Platform technology team at DE&ET, you will be a part of the team defining Addressable advertising. You will be responsible for leading a team of product managers responsible for Disney’s advertising sales financial systems including Invoicing, Revenue Recognition, and Content Partner payments.  In this role you will own the product strategy, roadmap development, success measurement, and senior stakeholder management for your domain. The right person for this role can identify business value, solve complex problems, lead and grow talent, concisely articulate solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders and ultimately drive results. If you are someone who can drive strategy, create innovative Ad tech solutions, and brings a passion for building the future of advertising technology, this is a great role for you.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Defines the vision, tenets, principles, requirements, and priorities for the suite of Disney’s Advertising Sales and Content Partner financial systems.
• Serves as a Financial Systems domain expert within the business and Ad Platforms technical community
• Drives executive and leadership alignment amongst business and technical partners around priorities and resourcing decisions
• Organizes team structure to maximize business success while ensuring appropriate matching between team member responsibilities and areas of expertise.
• Responsible for multiple roadmaps within their product domain and resolves any priority conflicts or trade-offs within those roadmaps.
• Defines success KPIs for their product domain.
• Drives alignment to a common product vision across a diverse set of stakeholders including Product, Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance/Accounting
• Collaborates with Product Management peers to ensure Product Strategy and requirements align

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of product management or relevant experience
• Minimum 7 years of team management experience, including managing managers
• Minimum 5 years of subject matter expertise or expertise in adjacent industry

Preferred Qualifications / Experience:

• Proven track record of building and launching products at scale
• Ability to articulate strategy and define roadmap
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with CTV digital advertising  
• Experience with Streaming TV business models and ad monetization
• Experience with Financial Systems and Accounting principals of a fortune 500 company
• Knowledge of agile software development practices
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills

Required Education  

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience required