Senior Product Manager I

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 151,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Senior Product Manager for its Data Platform within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology in Seattle. You will own the centralized identity and customer data platform, guiding strategy, governance, and cross‑functional execution to enable analytics, activation, and secure data sharing across business units.

You will lead modernization of legacy pipelines, partner with identity vendors, and drive scalable, compliant data products while balancing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required in a related discipline or STEM field.
• 5+ years of experience in data product management or related areas.
• Experience with third-party identity resolution and data enrichment vendors (e.g., Acxiom, TransUnion, Experian).
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional engineering teams and complex data migrations.
• Familiarity with identity resolution, authentication flows, and third-party data pipelines.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted productivity tools to accelerate development and analysis tasks.

Responsibilities

• Own vision, strategy, and roadmap for centralized data platform initiatives.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Data Architecture, Privacy, Governance, and Business Teams to build scalable data products.
• Manage integrations with identity vendors to enhance customer profiles.
• Onboard new business units’ customer data into centralized platform for enrichment and activation.
• Oversee data processes with upstream and downstream partners to ensure timely data flow.
• Enable data activation for analytics, ML, marketing, and data use cases.

Skills

Identity resolution

Data enrichment

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decision making

AI productivity tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/Math/Economics

Tools

Druid

Kafka

Snowflake

Redshift

Job description

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Job ID 10164612 Location Seattle, Washington, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Nov. 06, 2026

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming our 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.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

• Building the future of Disney’s media: We are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our 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 much more.
• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

About the Role

The Data Platform organization in Disney Entertainment ESPN Product & Technology is looking for a Senior Product Manager to own and evolve our centralized source of truth for identity, device, and enterprise-wide customer data integration. This role is pivotal in ensuring seamless cross-platform user experiences, accurate device and access intelligence, and compliant data activation for analytics, personalization, and security.

As a key leader within the Data team, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap. Your work will empower internal teams by managing a unified view of customers across multiple diverse business units – this will power marketing activation, analytics, and more.

This role requires a strategic thinker with deep data expertise, capable of translating ambiguous business needs into actionable product roadmaps while balancing scalability, performance, and privacy compliance. You will also lead the product strategy for modernizing legacy customer data pipelines. This includes migrating legacy systems to modern data-sharing architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and define the vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Data Architecture, Privacy, Governance, and Business Teams to build scalable, compliant, and highly available data products
• Manage relationships and technical integrations with third-party identity matching and data enrichment vendors to enhance customer demographic profiles.
• Define and own the long‑term strategy and repeatable processes for onboarding new business units' customer data into the centralized data platform for enrichment and activation.
• Oversee the management, integration, and planning of data processes with associated upstream and downstream partner teams, ensuring seamless data flow to support timely and informed decision-making
• Help enable data activation by ensuring data is easily accessible for analytics, machine learning, data science, marketing, and other data use cases
• Oversee stakeholder engagement, prioritizing intake requests, defining requirements, and ensuring timely, compliant data delivery
• Develop and maintain clear product documentation, including detailed product briefs, roadmaps, and success metrics
• Drive awareness and engagement by delivering timely communications and targeted presentations to highlight feature launches and their business impact.
• Identify and mitigate risks, addressing key blockers and dependencies across teams

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required. An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Economics or related discipline is a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in data product management, platform development, data engineering, or related fields
• Demonstrated experience working with third-party identity resolution and data enrichment vendors (e.g., Acxiom, Transunion, Experian) to support customer data unification
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional engineering teams, complex enterprise data migrations, and vendor relationships
• Familiarity with identity resolution, authentication flows, device metadata management, and third-party data enrichment pipelines
• Ability to translate complex business needs into clear technical requirements and deliver scalable, high‑impact data solutions
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to measure success through data-driven insights
• Proficiency with AI‑assisted productivity tools (e.g., Gemini, Claude, Cursor) to accelerate development, documentation, and data analysis tasks

Preferred Qualifications

• Shown experience in video streaming, OTT, and subscription based services
• Experience working with data ingestion APIs, warehouse infrastructure, and data sharing technologies
• Experience applying AI/ML techniques for identity resolution, data enrichment, or customer segmentation
• Demonstrated experience leading product strategy for household-level identity resolution, linking related individuals, devices, and accounts into unified household groupings to power suppression, attribution, and personalization use cases across business units
• Familiarity with big data storage, processing technologies, and modeling techniques (Druid, Kafka, Snowflake, Redshift, star schema, OLAP, etc.)

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Disclaimer

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $150,900 to $202,400 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.

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

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world‑class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

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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