Lead Product Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead the end-to-end product lifecycle within Disney Data Products & Platforms governance, shaping strategy and roadmaps for data trust at scale. You'll align engineering, data science, marketing, and business stakeholders to deliver cross-system solutions that improve performance, reliability, and user value. You'll define governance-focused product initiatives, drive innovation in data tooling, and communicate impact through compelling presentations. This position combines technical depth with business accountability in a globally recognized brand.

Compensation / Benefits

• bonus and/or long-term incentive units
• medical benefits
• financial benefits
• opportunities across locations
• full range of benefits depending on level
• remote/hybrid options if applicable

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product lifecycle for a defined area with clear vision, goals, and measurable outcomes
• Define and maintain product strategy, roadmap, requirements, and success metrics
• Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, data science, marketing, and business stakeholders
• Lead solution definition and delivery for complex features or workflows, balancing feasibility and value
• Oversee product integrations, architectural considerations, and system dependencies
• Guide development of cross-platform applications and system-to-system experiences
• Use research, experimentation, and KPI analysis to inform prioritization
• Identify systemic issues and drive performance, reliability, and usability improvements
• Create personas, customer journeys, and value frameworks; analyze product metrics
• Collaborate with engineering on technical strategy, testing, and implementation plans
• Champion innovative digital technologies to unlock new customer value
• Build depth in product domains, technology areas, and customer segments
• Lead governance strategy, compliance and tools, driving innovation in product development
• Contribute to estimation and planning of complex, scalable projects, including budgets
• Stay informed about emerging technologies to inform recommendations
• Create and deliver high-quality presentations for diverse audiences to influence stakeholders and drive initiatives

Key requirements

• Minimum 7 years of related work experience
• Experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies
• Familiar with Data Catalogs, Metadata Management, Access Management tools (e.g., Sailpoint), and Data Anomaly tools (e.g., Datadog)
• Skilled in leading a product area end-to-end (strategy, roadmap, outcomes)
• Strong ability to evaluate trade-offs across user value, technical constraints, and business impact
• Experience driving complex features, integrations, or cross-system solutions
• Established depth in a domain or technology area that informs product direction

• Strong communication skills to influence stakeholders
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Analytical thinking and problem solving
• Public Cloud Technologies like AWS
• Understanding of data pipeline challenges and solutions
• Understanding of Agile technical practices (CI/CD, TDD)