Lead Data Product Engineer

The Walt Disney Company • Glendale, CA

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About The Position

At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. The Disney Experiences Technology team is responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation, and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including the MyDisneyExperience app and Hey, Disney! You Will Lead the delivery of data modeling, data contract design & creation, and product lifecycle management for enterprise data products. Define and evolve data product strategies aligned with financial and operational objectives. Serve as a subject matter expert on data modeling, and integration practices. Partner with engineering leads to ensure scalable, performant, and secure data solutions. Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment and transparency. Analyze and work on gap analysis for management of financial and operational data pipelines from various sources into a modernized platform. Develop and manage timelines, budgets, acceptance criteria, and service levels for data initiatives. Represent the data product function in executive-level discussions and strategic planning.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience delivering data solutions, including direct leadership of engineering teams and studios.
• Proven experience in data product management, with a strong focus on financial or operational data domains.
• Strong data modelling design and documentation skills following the full delivery life cycle of business engagement through to conceptual, logical and physical data design and project delivery; supporting business units’ data, business intelligence and AI/ML needs
• Deep technical knowledge of platforms and tools such as AWS, Snowflake, dbt, and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/CDK).
• Experience with streaming data processing concepts including batch and real-time in-the-moment insight creation and distribution
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence across all levels of the organization.
• Deep technical authority on data engineering delivery practices, able to speak to capabilities and processes to multiple levels of the organization
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related field and/or equivalent work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in the hospitality, travel, or entertainment industry is a plus.
• Master’s degree in a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of data modeling, data contract design & creation, and product lifecycle management for enterprise data products.
• Define and evolve data product strategies aligned with financial and operational objectives.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on data modeling, and integration practices.
• Partner with engineering leads to ensure scalable, performant, and secure data solutions.
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Analyze and work on gap analysis for management of financial and operational data pipelines from various sources into a modernized platform.
• Develop and manage timelines, budgets, acceptance criteria, and service levels for data initiatives.
• Represent the data product function in executive-level discussions and strategic planning.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees