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 redefining 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 enhance 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.
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 implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
The Commerce, Growth & Identity (CGI) team is dedicated to three business-critical areas at Disney that will help transform its media business. They create seamless user experiences for consumers who can choose from a wide range of subscription plans, enabling more choice and flexibility. The CGI team is also focused on building innovative and pioneering capabilities that will drive subscriptions, engagement, and monetization across Disney’s streaming and digital products.
At Disney Entertainment, we are experiencing dramatic growth, reaching 225M total subscriptions globally across our streaming product portfolio. As we continue growing across all our streaming services (Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Star+) we are looking for a product management leader that thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and can meet opportunities and challenges head-on.
Job Summary
We’re seeking a Sr. Product Manager II - Commerce Performance & Insights to support building tools and capabilities for real-time monitoring and alerting across our Commerce, Growth, and Identity systems. These large scale, distributed systems include a payments system that processes billions of dollars of transactions annually, a fraud system that can provide threat assessment under 20 ms, a Pay-Per-View system that enables purchasing of hundreds of Live products per second and so many more. Also, you will assess the performance of these systems and provide insights that benefit the customers and the business. Additionally, in this highly visible role, where you’ll be working cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, etc.
The Commerce platform at Disney Entertainment has experienced tremendous growth - supporting over 80 countries and 20+ currencies. Yet, we’re still early on our mission to provide entertainment around the world and project significant growth ahead. We’re looking for an entrepreneurial spirit, who will take this growth ahead by embracing unconventional thinking and providing “out-of-box” ideas. Being part of a driven and enthusiastic team on growing products, you will get to make a direct material impact on the future of The Walt Disney Company.
Responsibilities
Design and build automated real-time dashboards to monitor and track performance of commerce systems
Create and embed trigger-based alerts for anomaly detection in real-time dashboards, and identify critical issues impacting performance of systems
Improve ways to capture data into existing tools like Adobe Analytics, Looker, Tableau etc.
Partner with engineering teams to investigate, troubleshoot and resolve anomalies, and restore system health
Collaborate with product to provide insights and recommendations to improve the performance of the systems, and enhance customer experience and business value
Establish critical metrics for performance of key systems, and develop a regular cadence to review them with senior leadership
Make decisions both independently and in concert with other teams while balancing collaboration and push-back as needed
Basic Qualifications
You have 7+ years of relevant work experience within direct-to-consumer, e-commerce, finance/fintech, media, and/or subscription services in domestic and/or international markets is preferred
Bachelor's degree and/or equivalent work experience
Experience with data visualization to demonstrate and explain trends, patterns, outliers etc. to both technical and non-technical audiences
Experience with processing large, complex data sets, and deriving actionable insights from the data
Expertise with structured or unstructured databases, and data processing languages such as SQL and Python
You have the ability to weave data into a narrative and tell a story, and recommend constructive next steps
You communicate exceptionally well - from small group discussions to large group presentations, and through strong product analytics memos that help drive alignment across multiple teams
Experience with anomaly detection, machine learning, and artificial intelligence capabilities at a large scale is a plus
From classic animated features and exhilarating theme park attractions to cutting edge sports coverage, and the hottest shows on television, The Walt Disney Company has been making magic since 1923, creating unforgettable stories that connect with audiences around the world. And we’re just getting started!
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