Sr Data Analyst

The Walt Disney Company; California, Northern (MO, KY); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company, a leading global entertainment entity, seeks a Sr Data Analyst to drive personalization for Disney+ and Hulu. You will turn raw data into strategic insights, communicating clear, data-informed stories that guide product decisions and cross-silo initiatives.

You will partner with personalization teams, leadership, and ML experts to measure, test, and optimize recommendation systems, with an emphasis on turning insights into business actions and scalable analytics

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or related experience.
• 5+ years of data analytics experience with senior-level exposure.
• 3+ years creating complex SQL/Python queries on large datasets.
• 3+ years Looker or similar BI tool experience.
• 3+ years experience with A/B testing including power analysis.
• Strong statistics knowledge: hypothesis testing, power, CI, regression.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for diverse audiences.
• Experience leading end-to-end analytic projects with data engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, analysis and interpretation of experiments across personalization.
• Collaborate with data engineers and product managers to ensure data quality.
• Perform deep-dive analyses and present actionable insights with visuals.
• Partner with AI tools and methods to accelerate analytics for stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

A/B testing

Looker

Statistics

Communication

Education

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

Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or related field

Tools

Snowflake

Databricks

Job description

Sr Data Analyst

Job ID 10157869 Location New York, New York, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date postedAug. 19, 2026

Job Summary:

The Product & Tech Analytics team is seeking a Sr. Data Analyst who will be a key player in driving personalization strategy on Disney+ and Hulu. We partner across the business to turn raw data into meaningful insights, and then turn those insights into strategic recommendations that steer key decisions in the product. Our ideal candidate is an excellent coder and communicator who crafts high-impact, data-informed stories to decode challenging and unstructured problems, and can responsibly manage complex projects that cross several silos. If you go beyond gathering data and you consistently transform it into knowledge and meaningful business action, this is a great role for you.

You’ll work with personalization product teams, business leadership, and industry-leading machine learning experts to understand recommendation system performance and identify areas for strategic investment. Through this collaboration, you’ll design innovative approaches to measure success, test hypotheses, extract actionable insights, and develop recommendations that drive key decisions behind our algorithms. You’ll be a critical voice informing and shaping the future of personalization for Disney Streaming.

Core Responsibilities

• A/B Testing & Experimentation: Lead the design, analysis, and interpretation of experiments across personalization. Partner with stakeholders to ensure experiments are designed and interpreted correctly. Conduct power analysis, contribute strong code to our advanced experimentation libraries, perform post-analysis on complex questions in SQL and Python, and provide expert clarity on results.




• Analytics Engineering & Reporting Foundations: Collaborate closely with data engineers and product management to tackle data consistency challenges, ensure the accuracy and quality of data required for analysis, and improve foundational datasets. Instrument new product features from the ground up - managing the project end-to-end - and ensure we have the right data built the right way, leading a group of partners from data product and data engineering.




• Deep-Dive Analysis: Help cross-functional stakeholders understand platform performance. Dig into metrics that are ahead or behind expectations, surface actionable insights, and present them effectively through data visualization tools and live presentations. Apply advanced techniques (statistical modeling, experimentation, causal inference) to user behavioral data to identify patterns and uncover opportunities. Don’t just describe what happened with data - help people see what it means and what they can do about it. Become a key voice for setting our strategy.




• AI Enablement: This is an AI-first analytics team that has a robust assortment of tools (Claude, Cursor, Snowflake Cortex, Gemini, and more) available to accelerate analytics engineering and answer stakeholder questions. We are constantly sandboxing and inventing, so we’re looking for somebody excited and curious to take advantage of our tools and be a cutting-edge innovator in AI for analytics.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related field




• 5+ years of experience in data analytics, including 2+ years at a senior level




• Proficiency and 3+ years of applied experience creating complex queries and analysis on very large datasets in SQL and Python, leveraging Snowflake, Databricks, or a similar data warehouse




• 3+ years of applied experience with data exploration, visualization, and instrumentation in Looker (or an equivalent tool like Tableau)




• 3+ years experience with A/B testing - including power analysis, use of experimentation code libraries, metric selection, test design, and interpreting complex results




• Familiarity with notebooking and scheduled job instrumentation in Python




• Strong understanding of statistics concepts (e.g. hypothesis testing, statistical power, confidence intervals, regression analysis, Type I/II error, etc.)




• Ability to think strategically and interpret market and consumer information contextually




• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including written and verbal presentation skills, with experience presenting to diverse audiences and managing strong personalities




• Experience managing end-to-end analytical projects, including documenting requirements up front, setting deadlines, and delivering strategic meaningful impact

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Analytics, or a related field




• Experience with product analytics, especially user funnels and user behaviors




• Hands‑on experience with advanced statistical methods such as causal inference




• Background in streaming media or subscription-based products




• Experience building agentic analytics tools




• Advanced knowledge of Looker




• Proven ability to manage projects that require new datasets, collaborating with data engineering teams to improve data quality and build foundational datasets for scalable analysis

The hiring range for this position in New York City, NY is $123,000 - $165,000 per year, in Santa Monica, CA is $117,500 - $157,500 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $128,700 - $172,500 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.

About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world’s most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney’s ability to marry world‑class technology with one‑of‑a‑kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

About The Walt Disney Company:

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.

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, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. 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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