Lead Product Mgr

The Walt Disney Company • Glendale, CA

1d • $148,300 - $198,800

About The Position

As a Lead Product Manager in Data Products and Platforms, you will own the what and why behind data products and platform capabilities. You will represent internal analysts, business stakeholders, and engineering teams, translating their needs into a clear product vision and roadmap.

You will prioritize intake and ensure data roadmaps accelerate business value realization while aligning with the team's vision, strategy, and OKRs. You will be accountable for building a high-performing team and meeting key intake and product requirement SLAs.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of product management experience.
• Experience with scaled agile practices (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, Nexus), product portfolio management, and prioritization frameworks.
• Experience writing product requirements documents (PRDs).
• Experience in product management, data platforms, and strategy development.
• Strong written and oral communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to influence and achieve actionable results through others, including senior business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience working with technical and business users.
• Data-driven mindset with experience defining and tracking product metrics.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and make difficult trade-off decisions.
• Comfort with ambiguity and ability to drive clarity in complex environments.
• Understanding of modern cloud-based data platforms and architectures, such as ingestion patterns and medallion architecture.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Business Management, Engineering, or a comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with remote repositories such as GitHub and GitLab.
• Experience working with AI tools, such as Claude.
• Experience working with Snowflake.
• Experience applying product management principles to data products.
• Experience planning and delivering large-scale data or platform initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform-wide intake and prioritization process across all teams.
• Manage the DPP product portfolio, balancing investment across foundational, domain, and strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and sequencing of platform investments.
• Own stakeholder communication at the portfolio level, including roadmaps, status, and trade-offs.
• Drive standards and best practices for product management across DPP.
• Partner with leadership to align product investments with organizational strategy.
• Build a high-performing team and meet key intake and product requirement SLAs.

Benefits

• A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.
• Medical, financial, and/or other benefits may be provided, dependent on the level and position offered.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior