Senior Product Manager II, Ad Platforms - The Walt Disney Company
Santa Monica, CA
About the Job
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
_A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology_
+ Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
+ Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
+ Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
The Ad Platforms team is responsible for building and operating the technology that supports Disney’s industry-leading, multi-billion dollar global advertising business. Working across all of Disney’s streaming brands and linear channels, this team’s scope is wide ranging - they impact everything from core infrastructure development that powers Disney’s proprietary ad server, to reimagining viewer-first ad experiences and formats. This team’s award-winning, in-house built technologies are the backbone of Disney’s ad business and a critical element of the Company’s streaming future.
Job Summary
As a Senior Product Manager II on the Ad Platforms technology group, you will be a part of the team redefining TV advertising, and expanding our capabilities globally. You will be responsible for establishing, supporting and advancing our international advertising strategy and capabilities and helping to expand them globally. Our international ad supported product offerings are growing and this role will help shape and evolve our solutions to ensure that business opportunities are delivered through our Disney powered technology solutions. The right person for this role brings creativity and analytical prowess to identify business value, solve complex problems, concisely articulate solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders and ultimately drive results. If you are someone who can drive strategy, align with stakeholders and partners through collaboration, and are passionate about delivering impactful outcomes this is a great role for you.
Responsibilities
+ Establish launch and growth strategies and plans for our ad support offerings across the globe.
+ Facilitate alignment among stakeholders on the key capabilities and features of our global platform, while taking into account regional requirements and market demands, in accordance with our global scalability objectives.
+ Build and maintain a roadmap aimed at ensuring delivery of financial targets as part of long-range planning to maximize business impact.
+ Drive commercialization inputs for product launches and partner with GTM teams to define clear success metrics.
+ Partner with regional sales, operations and technology groups to help shape and deliver requirements for launch success.
+ Maintain cross functional alignment and prioritization of features to help drive clarity and visibility business and functional product needs.
+ Continuously collaborate with cross-functional teams including marketing, sales, engineering, and design to define product requirements, prioritize features, and drive execution.
Basic Qualifications
+ Bachelor's Degree or work equivalent experience
+ 7+ years of experience in product management, preferably in video & advertising technology
+ Demonstrated experience leading high performing product management teams
+ Strong knowledge of global advertising marketplaces
Preferred Qualifications
+ Demonstrated creative prowess and capability, or ability to effectively manage creatives and/or the creative thinking process.
+ Maintains a deep empathy for our users, and wants to creatively solve problems with a viewer-first mentality
+ Have a do what it takes attitude. Be flexible, adaptable and a team-player first
+ Experience shipping multiple products in an agile software development environment
+ Proven understanding of systems architecture, design, and implementation
+ Strong analytical skills and passionate about answering questions with data
+ Experience fostering critical partnership by collaborating with product managers, ad sales and operational teams to drive delivery against roadmap priorities.
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $149,300 to $200,200 per year, in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $156,300 to $209,600 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $163,500 to $219,200 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. 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
Job ID: 10093481
Location: Santa Monica,California
Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email Candidate.Accommodations@Disney.com with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
_A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology_
+ Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
+ Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
+ Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
The Ad Platforms team is responsible for building and operating the technology that supports Disney’s industry-leading, multi-billion dollar global advertising business. Working across all of Disney’s streaming brands and linear channels, this team’s scope is wide ranging - they impact everything from core infrastructure development that powers Disney’s proprietary ad server, to reimagining viewer-first ad experiences and formats. This team’s award-winning, in-house built technologies are the backbone of Disney’s ad business and a critical element of the Company’s streaming future.
Job Summary
As a Senior Product Manager II on the Ad Platforms technology group, you will be a part of the team redefining TV advertising, and expanding our capabilities globally. You will be responsible for establishing, supporting and advancing our international advertising strategy and capabilities and helping to expand them globally. Our international ad supported product offerings are growing and this role will help shape and evolve our solutions to ensure that business opportunities are delivered through our Disney powered technology solutions. The right person for this role brings creativity and analytical prowess to identify business value, solve complex problems, concisely articulate solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders and ultimately drive results. If you are someone who can drive strategy, align with stakeholders and partners through collaboration, and are passionate about delivering impactful outcomes this is a great role for you.
Responsibilities
+ Establish launch and growth strategies and plans for our ad support offerings across the globe.
+ Facilitate alignment among stakeholders on the key capabilities and features of our global platform, while taking into account regional requirements and market demands, in accordance with our global scalability objectives.
+ Build and maintain a roadmap aimed at ensuring delivery of financial targets as part of long-range planning to maximize business impact.
+ Drive commercialization inputs for product launches and partner with GTM teams to define clear success metrics.
+ Partner with regional sales, operations and technology groups to help shape and deliver requirements for launch success.
+ Maintain cross functional alignment and prioritization of features to help drive clarity and visibility business and functional product needs.
+ Continuously collaborate with cross-functional teams including marketing, sales, engineering, and design to define product requirements, prioritize features, and drive execution.
Basic Qualifications
+ Bachelor's Degree or work equivalent experience
+ 7+ years of experience in product management, preferably in video & advertising technology
+ Demonstrated experience leading high performing product management teams
+ Strong knowledge of global advertising marketplaces
Preferred Qualifications
+ Demonstrated creative prowess and capability, or ability to effectively manage creatives and/or the creative thinking process.
+ Maintains a deep empathy for our users, and wants to creatively solve problems with a viewer-first mentality
+ Have a do what it takes attitude. Be flexible, adaptable and a team-player first
+ Experience shipping multiple products in an agile software development environment
+ Proven understanding of systems architecture, design, and implementation
+ Strong analytical skills and passionate about answering questions with data
+ Experience fostering critical partnership by collaborating with product managers, ad sales and operational teams to drive delivery against roadmap priorities.
The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $149,300 to $200,200 per year, in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $156,300 to $209,600 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $163,500 to $219,200 per year based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. 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
Job ID: 10093481
Location: Santa Monica,California
Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email Candidate.Accommodations@Disney.com with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Source : The Walt Disney Company