Lead Product Manager

The Walt Disney Company•Celebration, FL

5d•$135,200 - $181,200•Onsite

About The Position

As a Lead Product Manager within DX Media & Growth Marketing, you will recognize, scope and build strategic solutions across Disney Experience businesses. You will use your knowledge of product management, agile and waterfall methodology, project planning, data, ROI, deep understanding of business domains, and interpersonal skills to develop and prioritize product artifacts (features, user stories, etc.) for development. You will also be a key player in sustainment of the solutions built and purchased. You will be responsible for ensuring that solutions exceed expectations by working closely with business partners and users through measurement of key performance indicators. The role reports to the Mgr-Product Mgmt-Media Planning & Integration and is based in Celebration, FL.

Requirements

7+ years of professional experience in product management including experience in project management practices, methodologies, and frameworks
5+ years of experience with Snowflake SQL
6+ months of hands-on experience in Generative AI
Possess high levels of ownership, adaptability, and attention to detail with the ability to find mutually beneficial solutions for all stakeholders
Experienced in all areas of the Product Process (all phases in Strategy, Execution and Sustainment) – experience with defining, quantifying, driving, and championing value add product strategies
Demonstrated success defining and launching excellent products
Ability to balance multiple competing priorities while maximizing value
Knowledge and experience with data, data science, analytics, and business intelligence and passionate about delivering projects and features in a team environment
Ability to develop and oversee research needed to determine the needs and desires of customers
Develop deep business expertise and provide thought partnership around the use of data to solve problems and drive improvements
Ability to perform across multiple phases of development for complex projects, from ideation to deployment
Genuine empathy for the customer and a commitment to delving deep into the challenges they present or experience
Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including storytelling, relationship-building, influence and negotiation
Demonstrates ability to adapt communication style for executive leadership, cross-functional partners, and front-line end users across varying technical and organizational levels
Proven track record of products managed, launched, or developed
Translating product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes

Nice To Haves

Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority and experience presenting and gaining buy in for the product vision from a variety of levels of internal and external stakeholders/partners
Experience working with both Tech and Non Tech partners in a creative environment such as marketing, media, entertainment, etc.
Experience using a variety of MarTech tools and platforms.
Deep understanding of tools such as Workfront, Jira, Confluence, Slack, Miro, Product, Board, among others
2+ years of working Python experience

Responsibilities

Ownership of the evolution of our Marketing Tools and Products serving as a subject matter expert on current and desired abilities
Be responsible for driving the vision, market strategy, design, implementation, and sustainment of MarTech products with Leadership and working team inclusive of Product, Compliance, Data, Analytics and Measurement
Develop and track progress against a product roadmap to build enhancing capabilities over time
Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that improve customer experience, demonstrate a clear ROI and drive growth
Understand the COE marketing approach and its impact across DX businesses
Develop new product ideas and data use cases, and advocate for the use of data and advanced analytics inside and outside the organization
Compare purchased versus in-house solutions including sustainment cost, speed to market and expected product lifecycle
Create buy-in for the product vision internally and with key external partners as well as across multiple job levels from entry to executive
Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs)
Define and track value streams ensuring product features are delivering on said value streams
Understand market needs for the use of MarTech tools, data and reporting
Balance commercial, technical, operational, and strategic issues to inform product improvements
Manage impediments and problems, resolve issues, and fix broken processes where possible
Lead change, release planning, and management efforts for projects with key and impacted stakeholders
Be open to feedback from business partners, teams, and peers; willing to give feedback
Align with other product managers when needed from an overall product, organization, or Guest perspective
Own business/technical partner relationships and represent business goals/solutions, collaborate cross-functionally to arrive at optimal outcomes for both products and customers