Executive Director of Product, Growth

Disney Entertainment; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 256,000 - 343,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization building the tech backbone for Disney’s media businesses. We lead growth initiatives, acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization across brands, partnering with engineering, data science, design, finance, and marketing to deliver scalable products.

The Executive Director will shape strategy, mentor PMs, and drive end-to-end growth initiatives in a high-impact role, reporting to senior leadership and

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product management experience, with senior leadership at scale.
• Proven track record in growth, monetization, and subscriber journeys.
• Executive communication and complex stakeholder alignment in entertainment or media.

Responsibilities

• Define and own long-term growth strategy across customer lifecycle from acquisition to retention.
• Oversee roadmaps and delivery to drive measurable business impact in a fast-moving environment.
• Lead and grow a high-performing team of product managers and cross-functional partners.
• Balance value creation with sustainable revenue growth across global brands.
• Foster experimentation, A/B testing, and data-driven learning for optimization.
• Navigate ecosystems and align incentives across customers, business, and partners.
• Collaborate with marketing, engineering, data, finance, and business development.
• Understand platform capabilities and scale monetization globally.

Skills

Growth leadership

Monetization strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Product strategy

Data-driven decisions

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses.We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.

Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.

About the Role

We are seeking an Executive Director of Product, Growth to define and lead the product strategy for how we globally acquire, activate, retain, and monetize customers across multiple global brands. This is a high impact, senior leadership role responsible for driving end-to-end product strategy and execution in a dynamic environment, spanning acquisition, subscriber journeys, upsells, and retention.

This leader will manage and mentor a team of product managers, and shape the future of our growth engine, through a deep understanding of value creation and value capture. They will partner closely with other product teams, business teams, engineering, design, data science, marketing, and finance to deliver sustainable, scalable growth.

Responsibilities

• Define Strategy & Vision: Own the long-term growth strategy across the customer lifecycle—from acquisition to retention, to drive long-term revenue.
• Drive Rapid Execution & Impact: Oversee product roadmaps and delivery, ensuring initiatives drive measurable business and customer impact in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.
• Lead & Grow Team: Build, coach, and scale a high-performing team of product managers, fostering a culture of deep consumer and business understanding, experimentation, learning, and results.
• Balance Value Creation & Capture: Develop innovative offerings that deliver customer value while driving sustainable revenue growth.
• Experimentation & Optimization: Establish a culture of A/B testing, data-driven learning, and rapid iteration across acquisition, conversion, and retention funnels.
• Ecosystem Thinking: Navigate complex ecosystems, understanding incentives and trade-offs across customer, business, and partner needs.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with other product teams, marketing, engineering, design, data, finance, and business development to align on goals and execute effectively.
• Platform Mindset: Deeply understand and influence commerce platform capabilities and technical constraints to scale growth and monetization initiatives globally.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product management experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role managing PM teams at scale.
• Proven track record of delivering growth and monetization impact in a subscription, marketplace, or consumer platform business.
• Deep expertise in customer acquisition, subscriptions, upsell strategies, account subscriber journeys, retention, and monetization.
• Strong growth mindset with the ability to set ambitious goals, test hypotheses, and adapt strategies based on insights.
• Technical aptitude to partner closely with engineering and data teams on platform capabilities and system design.
• Experience considering ROI, financial tradeoffs, value creation, and value capture in product decisions.
• Experience in entertainment, media, or adjacent industries strongly preferred.
• Exceptional analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity and leading cross-functional alignment at the executive level.

Why Join Us

• Lead one of the most critical product portfolios driving the company’s future.
• Shape the growth and monetization strategy at the intersection of entertainment and technology.
• Work with an impact-driven team that values bold thinking, experimentation, and customer obsession.

#TECHATDISNEY

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $280,000.00 to $375,500.00 per year, and in Glendale, CA is $255,600.00 to $342,800.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disclaimer

This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.