Sr Business Product Mgr I

Department/Group Overview:

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:

1. 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.

2. 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. 

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

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

Job Summary:

The Music Supply Chain fleet oversees products and optimizes workflows that enable users to manage both publishing and recorded music businesses—from acquisition and distribution to administration and monetization—leveraging analytics to drive data-informed decision making.

As a Senior Product Manager I, you will collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders, including business end users, software engineering, quality assurance, shared services teams, third-party vendors, and other product professionals. You will be responsible for refining product designs, defining scope, and documenting epics, features, and user stories in an Agile environment.  You will split their time between supporting a music publishing royalty/income processing system and a data delivery & reporting application, to ensure business continuity across the Accounting, Copyright Administration and Royalties departments within Disney Music Group and Controllership. The Music application ecosystem is dependent upon financial and non-financial data in support of the timely processing and delivery of revenue-expense, royalties, reporting and journal entries on a monthly/quarterly/semi-annual basis. 

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Product Strategy & Ownership 

• Define and articulate product strategy and vision, gaining alignment from business stakeholders and cross-functional technical teams.  
• Create and maintain product roadmaps that clearly connect vision, strategy, objectives, and execution including on-going sustainment activities to support weekly, monthly, quarterly, & semi-annual deadlines (accounting close, royalty statement cycles)  
• Provide end-to-end product management ownership for a specific product or platform within the sales, finance, accounting and royalty for recorded music domain.  
• Evaluate enhancement requests with business partners, assess value proposition, and recommend solutions aligned with overall product strategy.  
• Define product targets, KPIs, and OKRs to measure product success.  

Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Partner with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to identify, document, and clearly define business requirements.  
• Collaborate with engineering, program management, design, and QA teams to deliver solutions aligned with product and overall music supply chain technology and business strategy and vision.  
• Support process alignment and standardization across teams and workflows.  
• Work closely with product leadership and cross-functional teams to optimize product features and improve business processes.  

Product Execution & Delivery 

• Own and manage the product backlog, including prioritization and alignment with strategic objectives.  
• Refine business requirements and solutions into practical minimum viable products (MVPs) that address high-priority needs.  
• Coordinate and support major product releases.  
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily scrums, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.  
• Support issue resolution by helping teams identify, develop, and validate solutions, including complex problem solving when necessary.  

Product Analysis & Decision Support 

• Make thoughtful, well-documented assumptions and product decisions.  
• Conduct cost/benefit analysis and develop lean business cases.  
• Use product frameworks and tools to document and communicate product concepts (e.g., user journey maps, workflows, information architecture).  

User Experience & Product Adoption 

• Maintain strong user empathy and advocate for the end-user experience.  
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve user experience and streamline business operations.  
• Own system processes, user guides, training materials, and documentation for product features as needed. 

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably supporting digital media supply chain, content platforms, or enterprise systems.  
• Proven ability to define product strategy, develop product roadmaps, and manage product backlogs.  
• Experience writing and prioritizing user stories and working within Agile development environments.  
• Strong analytical and business modeling skills, including cost/benefit analysis and business case development.  
• Ability to conduct user research, define problems, and translate insights into actionable product solutions. 
• Experience supporting experimentation, proof-of-concepts, and solution validation.  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and executive presentations.  
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing business strategies and product priorities.  
• Solid understanding of software development processes, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven product decision making. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the entertainment industry, particularly within music publishing and recorded music functions and workflows.
• Accounting Experience: 3+ years working in an Accounting/Finance capacity, or in support of accounting (and/Finance) applications
• Experience supporting Music Publishing (Copyright Admin, Performance, Mechanical) or Music Royalties (Recorded Music: Artist, Mechanical). Experience with integration between applications and ETL systems (upstream/downstream data delivery) 
• Strong documentation, visualization, and presentation skills, with proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Google Workspace, and Lucid chart.
• Familiarity with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Miro, or similar platforms used for wireframing and user experience collaboration.
• Working knowledge of query languages such as SQL for data analysis and validation.
• Experience with Agile development and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Airtable.  
• Experience leveraging AI/ML or automation technologies to improve business processes, workflows, or monetization opportunities.

Required Education  

• Bachelor’s degree and equivalent experience  

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $141,900.00-$190,300.00 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.