Senior Product Manager (Rights Management)

The Content Platforms’ Strategy & Monetization team is looking for a Product Manager to support the day-to-day activities of the Product Lifecycle. This individual will have the opportunity be a part of the team that will define and launch products in support of the rights, contract, and avails management.

As the Product Manager, you will have the opportunity to dive deep into the business capabilities and learn the Disney processes. Your responsibilities include gathering & prioritizing business requirements and translating that into product specifications. Working in a cross-functional team environment with design, engineering, infrastructure, and QA, you will help reimagine the product for the future business of The Walt Disney Company, with focus in maximizing automation, driving operational improvements, and support the acceleration of our Direct-to-Consumer business.  

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role

• Collaborate with business partners and cross-functional teams to identify and clearly define business requirements

• Align business partners and cross-functional teams on product vision and strategy

• Exhibit natural and intuitive user empathy

• Can clearly articulate product strategy and manage business partners expectations accordingly

• Make thoughtful, well documented assumptions

• Assist in process alignment and standardization

• Own product management for a distinct Product/Platform in <domain> domain

• Support definition of Product Strategy in <specialized area>

• Define and align Product Roadmaps, clearly communicating the connection between vision, strategy, objectives, and roadmap

• Own definition of cost/benefit analysis and prepare lean business case

• Derive realistic product targets / KPIs (with help for complex products)

• Active use of product frameworks and tools to document information in a structured way (user journey maps, flow, information architecture, etc.)

• Lead business partner engagements to analyze the value proposition of business requests and provide alternative solutions, as needed to ensure we stay consistently focused on the product strategy

• Manage maintenance and prioritization of product backlog, ensuring transparent, well aligned & justified prioritization within your area of responsibility

• Guide team through selecting, crafting, and validating effective solutions for problems (with help for complex problems)

• Slice solutions to a viable minimum product that effectively solve prioritized requirements

• Key participant of daily scrum meetings, planning, reviews, and retrospectives

• Lead Retrospectives, as needed

• Define User Acceptance Test (UAT) Scripts development

• Own User Acceptance Testing (UAT), working in collaboration with Operations & Change Management

• Coordinate major product releases

• Own system processes, demos, user guides, and training materials on product features where needed

• Collaborate, partner and coordinate with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, QA, and product leadership) to streamline product features and enhance business processes

• Partner with engineering and program managers to implement solutions aligned with the product strategy and Content Platforms strategic objectives

• Mentor junior product managers

• Support any other activities / duties to help achieve business objectives

• Support data transformation and migration activities by conducting data audit, analysis, mapping ( current to future system), and validation 

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training ​

Minimum Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in technology related fields, such as Information Systems, Computer Science, or similar field

• 5+ year of product management experience, preferably in digital/mobile environment

• Demonstrate strong product understanding and platform familiarity

• Self-starter and can work independently under time constraints and meet deadlines

• Demonstrate strong presentation and ability to clearly communicate goals, status, and issues

• Demonstrate strong technical writing skills

• Demonstrate ability to derive actionable insights or alternative solutions through research

• Demonstrate ability to craft and validate problems

• Efficiently support experimentation execution and analysis, such as proof of concepts

• Demonstrate ability to define Product Roadmaps

• Demonstrate understanding of business modeling and analysis vis structured cost/benefit analysis

• Demonstrate understanding and ability to write and prioritize user stories

• Demonstrate ability to adjust and pivot as business strategy and product priorities shifts

• Experienced in leading and/or facilitating business workshops

• Exhibits a clear understanding of development process, methodologies, and tools

• Can provide informal guidance to junior team members

• Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and experience in product management for contract and avails management

• Exhibits appreciation and experience in incorporating data science and analytics in holistic product solutions

• Previous experience with Rights Management technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Masters in related technical field preferred

• Exposure or experience with Agile development tools, such as Jira and Confluence

• Prior work experience in <Product Domain>

• Knowledge of or experience in media & entertainment industry

• Enthusiasm and interests in Disney brands

• Understanding of media production workflows, digital video workflows, or consumer-facing video product features

• Previous experience working with Rightsline