Sr Business Product Mgr I

The Walt Disney Company • Glendale, CA

1d • $141,900 - $190,300 • Onsite

About The Position

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization focused on building and advancing the technological backbone for Disney’s media business. The team combines technology with creativity to create world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive innovation and scalability. Technologists in this group design and build products and platforms powering media, advertising, and distribution businesses. The products and brands, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and ABC, are significant touchpoints for millions of fans globally. The team develops and implements groundbreaking products and techniques to solve complex technical problems.

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and advancement of technical and operational functions for worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes the media supply chain, storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, and network transmission and origination. The team also serves as a key collaboration point between Product & Technology and regional business teams in EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.

The Music Supply Chain fleet specifically oversees products and optimizes workflows for managing publishing and recorded music businesses, covering acquisition, distribution, administration, and monetization, using analytics for data-informed decisions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of product management experience, preferably supporting digital media supply chain, content platforms, or enterprise systems.
• Proven ability to define product strategy, develop product roadmaps, and manage product backlogs.
• Experience writing and prioritizing user stories and working within Agile development environments.
• Strong analytical and business modeling skills, including cost/benefit analysis and business case development.
• Ability to conduct user research, define problems, and translate insights into actionable product solutions.
• Experience supporting experimentation, proof-of-concepts, and solution validation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including technical documentation and executive presentations.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and adapt to changing business strategies and product priorities.
• Solid understanding of software development processes, cross-functional collaboration, and data-driven product decision making.
• Bachelor’s degree and equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the entertainment industry, particularly within music publishing and recorded music functions and workflows.
• Accounting Experience: 3+ years working in an Accounting/Finance capacity, or in support of accounting (and/Finance) applications
• Experience supporting Music Publishing (Copyright Admin, Performance, Mechanical) or Music Royalties (Recorded Music: Artist, Mechanical). Experience with integration between applications and ETL systems (upstream/downstream data delivery)
• Strong documentation, visualization, and presentation skills, with proficiency in tools such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Google Workspace, and Lucid chart.
• Familiarity with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Miro, or similar platforms used for wireframing and user experience collaboration.
• Working knowledge of query languages such as SQL for data analysis and validation.
• Experience with Agile development and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Airtable.
• Experience leveraging AI/ML or automation technologies to improve business processes, workflows, or monetization opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Define and articulate product strategy and vision, gaining alignment from business stakeholders and cross-functional technical teams.
• Create and maintain product roadmaps that clearly connect vision, strategy, objectives, and execution including on-going sustainment activities to support weekly, monthly, quarterly, & semi-annual deadlines (accounting close, royalty statement cycles).
• Provide end-to-end product management ownership for a specific product or platform within the sales, finance, accounting and royalty for recorded music domain.
• Evaluate enhancement requests with business partners, assess value proposition, and recommend solutions aligned with overall product strategy.
• Define product targets, KPIs, and OKRs to measure product success.
• Partner with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to identify, document, and clearly define business requirements.
• Collaborate with engineering, program management, design, and QA teams to deliver solutions aligned with product and overall music supply chain technology and business strategy and vision.
• Support process alignment and standardization across teams and workflows.
• Work closely with product leadership and cross-functional teams to optimize product features and improve business processes.
• Own and manage the product backlog, including prioritization and alignment with strategic objectives.
• Refine business requirements and solutions into practical minimum viable products (MVPs) that address high-priority needs.
• Coordinate and support major product releases.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including daily scrums, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Support issue resolution by helping teams identify, develop, and validate solutions, including complex problem solving when necessary.
• Make thoughtful, well-documented assumptions and product decisions.
• Conduct cost/benefit analysis and develop lean business cases.
• Use product frameworks and tools to document and communicate product concepts (e.g., user journey maps, workflows, information architecture).
• Maintain strong user empathy and advocate for the end-user experience.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve user experience and streamline business operations.
• Own system processes, user guides, training materials, and documentation for product features as needed.

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