Commercial Planning Manager

We are looking for a forward-thinking, analytically minded Commercial Planning Manager to join our Disney+ Commercial Performance and Planning team. The purpose of the role is to ensure we have well-defined and socialised targets for sign-ups, marketing budgets, retention and other key DTC metrics, both for the long term and to guide the business on a quarterly, weekly and daily basis. You will be working closely with the EMEA Partnership Growth team.

This role will leverage strategic thinking, ability to pull insights from Disney+ data, bottom-up plans from markets, market intelligence, research and analytics, to synthesise them and define the most appropriate plans for the DTC business. 

This is a pivotal, central role within the Disney+ EMEA business, which will work in collaboration with our local European markets, across regional Disney+ functions (incl. marketing, product and content teams), BD & strategy teams, as well as Finance teams across Europe and the US. 

What You Will Do

• Building D+ annual strategy and annual planning for Disney+ subscriber growth across acquisition and retention across multiple tiers and markets, leveraging market and competitor insights, learnings from D+ research, past performance, analysis on future trends  

• Driving monthly / bi-monthly forecasting process for Disney+ subscriber growth across acquisition and retention, for retail and wholesale customers, in close partnership with Disney+ Finance teams 

• Work in close collaboration with US DTC Commercial and EMEA Partnerships teams to align on latest EMEA plans, strategic initiatives, content targets, planning methodologies  

• Modelling for business cases and scenarios to support decision-making on pricing, go-to-market strategies, optimisation of monetisation  

• Supporting in preparation for EMEA & US commercial updates 

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Excellent stakeholder management with experience of dealing with senior level stakeholders 

• Ability to tailor comms to different audiences (e.g. country teams, DSS, execs)

• Experience working in data-driven environments and driving decision-making through data  

• Experience in consulting or marketing planning preferred 

• High numeracy and analytical ability & rigour, attention to detail 

• Ability to challenge high-level numbers and develop quick & accurate ‘back of the envelope’ scenarios 

• Skilled at prioritising and managing multiple project schedules and deadlines that run simultaneously 

• Demonstrated success in influencing cross-functional teams, stakeholders and leadership  

• Ability to work autonomously 

The Perks

• 25 days annual leave

• Private medical insurance & dental care

• Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free

• Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing

• Excellent parental and guardian leave

• Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.