Sr Product Mgr I

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Careers; Santa Monica (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus incentives

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Careers in Glendale, CA is seeking a Senior Product Manager I for the Ad Platform team. You will own the experimentation lifecycle, translate data into actionable product insights, and collaborate across Data Science, Engineering, and Analytics to optimize viewer experience and monetization.

You will lead end-to-end launches, design testable experiments, and present executive‑level results.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in data‑driven, experimentation‑heavy environments and a Bachelor's degree in a related field of study.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to reason about tradeoffs using quantitative and qualitative inputs.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with Engineering, Data Science, and Analytics teams.
• Hands‑on experience throughout lifecycle including experiment sequencing strategy, effective treatment & control definition, communicating results, production rollout, and holdout group strategy.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to conduct and validate quantitative analysis
• Highly truth‑seeking and effective in selecting north star KPIs, assessing authenticity of analyses, and testing rationale of data narratives to surface effective next‑steps.
• Unwavering bias for execution and impeccable follow‑through.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex results to non‑technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Advance and refine our ad experience and ad optimization vision by exploring new features through experimentation and achieving performance objectives.
• Join a team of Product and Engineers to plan and prioritize our viewer and supply optimization roadmap by connecting experimentation learnings to longer‑term product strategy.
• Own end‑to‑end launch of experiment initiatives from hypothesis definition to results interpretation and presentation.
• Partner with Data Science and Analytics teams to translate business questions into testable experiment designs and clear evaluation plans.
• Coordinate cross‑functional execution with Engineering, Operations and Business, to ensure experiments launch on time with high quality.
• Synthesize experiment results into clear narratives and recommendations for product and business leaders, including executive‑level readouts.
• Help operationalize experimentation processes, documentation, and tooling to improve velocity and clarity across the organization.
• Proactively identify new opportunities to improve lever efficiency, user experience, and monetization outcomes through experimentation.
• Influence prioritization and decision‑making across fleets by framing clear, data‑backed recommendations.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Experimentation

AI tools usage

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Job description

Job Requirements

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.

Our teams merge 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.

Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney’s industry‑leading ad technology and products – driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney’s sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.

As a Senior Product Manager I within the Ad Platform technology team, you will be responsible for maximizing insight velocity to inform product feature optimization and to vet early stage opportunities across a wide variety of ad initiatives.

As a Senior Product Manager I within the Ad Platform technology team at DEEP&T, you will help craft and optimize key elements of our ad experience through experimentation. This role will own critical parts of the experimentation lifecycle—from problem definition and experiment design through launch coordination, results interpretation, and executive communication. Given the dual focus of shaping viewer experience and revenue outcomes, tight cross‑functional coordination is essential across Data Science, Engineering, Product Insights, Operations stakeholders. Join us as we leverage data‑backed insights to elevate our viewer‑first ad experience.

What You’ll Do

• Advance and refine our ad experience and ad optimization vision by exploring new features through experimentation and achieving performance objectives.
• Join a team of Product and Engineers to plan and prioritize our viewer and supply optimization roadmap by connecting experimentation learnings to longer‑term product strategy.
• Own end‑to‑end launch of experiment initiatives from hypothesis definition to results interpretation and presentation.
• Partner with Data Science and Analytics teams to translate business questions into testable experiment designs and clear evaluation plans.
• Coordinate cross‑functional execution with Engineering, Operations and Business, to ensure experiments launch on time with high quality.
• Synthesize experiment results into clear narratives and recommendations for product and business leaders, including executive‑level readouts.
• Help operationalize experimentation processes, documentation, and tooling to improve velocity and clarity across the organization.
• Proactively identify new opportunities to improve lever efficiency, user experience, and monetization outcomes through experimentation.
• Influence prioritization and decision‑making across fleets by framing clear, data‑backed recommendations.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in data‑driven, experimentation‑heavy environments and a Bachelors degree in a related field of study.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to reason about tradeoffs using quantitative and qualitative inputs.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with Engineering, Data Science, and Analytics teams.
• Hands‑on experience throughout lifecycle including experiment sequencing strategy, effective treatment & control definition, communicating results, production rollout, and holdout group strategy.
• Experience leveraging AI tools to conduct and validate quantitative analysis
• Highly truth‑seeking and effective in selecting north star KPIs, assessing authenticity of analyses, and testing rationale of data narratives to surface effective next‑steps.
• Unwavering bias for execution and impeccable follow‑through.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex results to non‑technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience launching and optimizing machine learning models.
• Prior experience in video advertising with a focus on balancing advertising with user‑experience.
• Prior roles in growth or similar domain expertise in assessing user experience change to incremental customer lifetime value.
• Working proficiency in SQL

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Disclaimer

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $141,900 - $190,300 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.

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