Lead Data & Analytic Engineer

MOBOLISE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Free Park Entry

Disney Discounts

Excellent parental leave

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Join Disney Entertainment & ESPN as a Lead Data & Analytics Engineer in their London Hammersmith office. This role involves managing the lifecycle of data systems, promoting data literacy, and ensuring data quality across the organization.

You will collaborate with various teams, develop a roadmap for data-driven systems, and track key metrics to inform decision-making. The position provides opportunities to contribute to Disney's strategic direction in data-centric initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience with data lifecycle management from ideation to improvement.
• Strong communication skills and ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to analyse data for trends and inform decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Manage the lifecycle of data systems from planning to ongoing improvement.
• Promote data literacy and accessibility throughout the organization.
• Ensure data quality and compliance with established processes.
• Collaborate with teams to identify data needs and optimize usage.
• Develop a roadmap for data-driven systems aligned with business goals.
• Define and track metrics to measure data system success.

Job description

About the Role & Team

Disney Entertainment & ESPNProduct &Technology (DEEP&T) brings together the best-in-class product, technology, and commercialization teams to drive the global operations for the Company’s content engines. DEEP&T manages the P&L, distribution, network, engineering operations, sales, advertising, and key technology functions for Disney’s streaming services, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+HotStar, as well as domestic broadcast and cable television networks.

DEEP&T plays a pivotal role in developing products, platforms, and innovations, leveraging technology to drive business performance and enhance consumer engagement. The team focuses on creating scalable systems and products that empower DEEP&T’s operations and bring creative ideas to life. With a global reach and a strong local presence, DEEP&T helps optimize platforms, resources, and technology to create industry-shaping approaches.

The Lead Data & Analytics Engineer role is a unique opportunity to be integral part of the team, providing strategic direction for data-centric systems, aligning with TWDC broader strategy and market needs across Domestic, EMEA, APAC and LATAM.

This role will be based in our London Hammersmith office, 4 days a week, witheithera Mondayor Fridayworking from home.

Values

You’lljoin a team grounded in ourDisney values— acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together throughCollaborationand caring deeply for ourCommunity. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

• Manage the entire lifecycle of data systems, from ideation and planning to development, deployment, and ongoing improvement.
• Promote data literacy and accessibility across the organization, enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Ensure data quality, reliability, and compliance, working with data engineers and stakeholders toestablishand maintain robust data processes.
• Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, product managers, and other stakeholders toidentifydata needs, priority projects, andoptimizedata usage.
• Use data to inform media applications decisions,identifyopportunities for new application and features, and develop data-driven applications systems that meet user needs.
• Develop andmaintaina roadmap for data-driven systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and priorities.
• Define and track key metrics and KPIs to measure the success of data systems and inform future development efforts.
• Analyse data toidentifytrends, patterns, and insights that can be used to inform media application decisions and improve user experience.
• Collaborate with DBA’s and systems infrastructure teams to build andmaintainthe data infrastructure for optimalperformance and resilience.

What You Will Bring

• Builds Relationships
• Establishes critical external alliances.
• Engages colleagues across the organization tooptimizeperformance.
• Manages the needs of diverse stakeholders.
• Facilitates win-win situations.
• Resolves conflicts effectively.
• Interacts well with people who havedifferent backgroundsand work styles
• Communicates Effectively
• Obtains full engagement through inspiring communications.
• Providesappropriate rationaleand context to drive commitment.
• Effectively persuades others to support ideas and plans.
• Tailors’messages appropriately to the audience.
• Invites diverse points of view.
• Listens and asks questions to ensure understanding.
• Conveys relevant information in a candid andtimelymanner
• Drives Results
• Translates strategy into specific priorities,objectives, and action plans.
• Developsappropriate metricsto assess business performance.
• Manages projects,processesand resources to produce desired outcomes.
• Holds self and others accountable to high performance standards.
• Achieveshigh levelsof customer satisfaction.
• Analyses problems effectively andtakes action to resolve.
• Uses technology tofacilitatebetter results.
• Keeps commitments.
• Analyses data and information to drive decisions
• Inspires Creativity and Innovation
• Creates an environment that encourages creative thinking and supports risk taking. Proactively looks for new opportunities.
• Takes risks and manages them intelligently.
• Facilitates the exchange of ideas and creation of new ones.
• Transfers ideas and successes across boundaries.
• Challenges the status quo.
• Conceives creative ideas to solve problems or meetobjectives.
• Champions Change
• Articulates a compelling business case for change.
• Leads the change effort frominceptionto the attainment of desired results.
• Builds commitment to change.
• Coachesothers through change.
• Supports new initiatives.
• Demonstrates flexibility in response to changes.
• Remains productive despite uncertainty

The Perks

• 25 daysannual 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&Band ticketing
• Excellent parental and guardian leave
• Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, DisneyMosaic, Disney PRIDE, ourdisability & neurodiversity focused group - 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 committedto forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds,experiencesand perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation toparticipatein the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.