Lead Data Analyst — Personalization & AI Analytics

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 208,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Lead Data Analyst to drive personalization strategy across Disney and Hulu platforms. You will craft data-informed stories, lead cross-silo projects, and translate complex findings into actionable business decisions.

The role combines advanced analytics, experimentation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve product performance, with opportunities to influence strategy and work with engineering, product, and programming teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or another technical field
• Advanced SQL and Python skills, including complex analysis of large datasets, notebook-based workflows, and scheduled analytical jobs
• Advanced knowledge of experimentation and statistical analysis, including hypothesis testing, power analysis, metric selection, regression, causal inference, test design, and interpretation
• Product analytics experience, including user behavior, funnels, engagement, and feature performance
• Experience building analyses, dashboards, and visualizations in Looker, Tableau, or a comparable BI platform
• Proven ability to lead end-to-end analytical projects, define requirements, manage timelines, partner with data engineering, and deliver strategic outcomes
• Strategic communication skills, with the ability to translate complex findings into clear recommendations for technical, business, and executive audiences
• Experience building or applying AI-assisted analytics tools and workflows

Responsibilities

• Deep-Dive Research: Lead large-scale analyses of product performance and user behavior. Apply statistical modeling, experimentation, and causal inference to identify opportunities and influence product strategy.
• A/B Testing & Experimentation: Lead the design, analysis, and interpretation of personalization experiments, including power analysis, metric selection, SQL/Python analysis, and stakeholder recommendations.
• Analytics Foundations: Partner with product and data engineering teams to improve data quality, build scalable datasets, and instrument new product features for reliable analysis and reporting.
• AI-Enabled Analytics: Use and help advance AI-assisted tools and workflows to improve the speed, scale, and quality of analysis.
• Ad Hoc Analysis: Investigate product issues, analyze user behavior, and rapidly answer complex business and product questions using large datasets.

Skills

SQL

Python

Experimentation

Product analytics

Looker

Tableau

BI tools

Strategic communication

AI-assisted analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Looker

Tableau

BI platforms

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Lead Data Analyst to drive personalization strategy across Disney and Hulu platforms. You will craft data-informed stories, lead cross-silo projects, and translate complex findings into actionable business decisions.

The role combines advanced analytics, experimentation, and AI-assisted workflows to improve product performance, with opportunities to influence strategy and work with engineering, product, and programming teams.