Lead Product Manager, Production Technology

The Walt Disney Company • Burbank, CA

1d • $155,700 - $208,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Technology team builds solutions supporting production, production finance and business affairs across multiple studios and distribution platforms. We are seeking a Lead Product Manager to own the product vision, roadmap, and strategy for some of our key applications.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of experience
• 7+ years of product management experience
• Strong background in business relationship management
• Strong analytical and data skills
• Ability to understand complex systems and end-to-end business processes
• Ability to produce high-quality product specifications and documentation
• Experience delivering custom software projects from discovery through launch
• Experience partnering with the business on user acceptance testing
• Experience delivering financial systems
• Experience managing a product backlog
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment supporting multiple products

Nice To Haves

• Experience working at a major studio in television production
• Experience with enterprise financial systems (SAP)
• Experience with data and analytics platforms (Snowflake, Cortex AI)
• Experience with AI productivity tools (Claude Cowork, Cursor, Copilot)
• Experience with Airtable

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the product roadmap for multiple applications
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows through technology
• Align priorities with business goals and stakeholder needs
• Define and own metrics to measure adoption, efficiency gains, and business impact post-launch
• Conduct discovery to surface user and business pain points
• Translate complex business requirements into actionable product specs
• Build trusted relationships with senior executives and stakeholders
• Identify, communicate, and mitigate product risks and issues
• Collaborate closely with developers in the role of subject matter expert
• Lead change management efforts to ensure business preparedness and user adoption
• Triage user reported issues and prioritize fixes within the backlog

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree