• Director, Data Product Management

    The Walt Disney Company (Burbank, CA)


    About the Role & Team

     

    The Disney Corporate Brand team is looking for a Director, Data Product Management to own and evolve our unified view of enterprise consumer data. This role is pivotal in ensuring our data products and technical architecture are best-in-class to drive robust analytics, personalization, and marketing activation, including ongoing optimization & evolution of data collection and management for future transformation and development.

     

    What You Will Do

     

    As a key leader within the team, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for managing our unified enterprise consumer data technical architecture and a strategic suite of related data products. You will collaborate closely with internal teams across Disney – including Analytics, Data Science, Marketing, and Business teams – empowering them to leverage trusted, high-quality data to drive business decisions, marketing activation, and enhance user experiences across the enterprise.

     

    This role requires a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise, capable of translating business needs into actionable data architecture and product roadmaps while balancing scalability, performance, and privacy compliance.

     

    + Own and define the **vision, strategy, and technical architecture for full data product suite** (e.g., consumer database, activation toolset(s), governance toolset(s), etc.) ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements.

    + **Lead cross-functional collaboration** with Engineering, Data Architecture, Privacy, Governance, and Business Teams to **build scalable, compliant, and highly available data products** to enable effective use of cross-enterprise consumer data

    + Lead **new data product ideas & initiatives** , including development of robust **product roadmap(s)** ; track progress to build enhanced capabilities over time

    + **Lead data engineering and operational functions & staff** , including overseeing inbound/outbound data feeds and managing system performance and availability

    + Enable **data activation** by ensuring consumer data is architected for analytics, machine learning, data science, and other data use cases. Oversee stakeholder access, prioritizing intake requests and ensuring **timely, compliant data delivery**

    + Develop/manage **privacy compliance technical framework** , including data access and related controls.

    Qualifications & Skills

    + 10+ years of experience in data product management, platform development, data engineering, or related fields

    + Strong experience with big data storage, processing technologies, and modeling techniques (Snowflake, Redshift, OLAP, etc.)

    + Experience & familiarity with CDPs, activation platforms, and governance tools

    + Experience working with data ingestion APIs, warehouse infrastructure, and data sharing technologies

    + Strong understanding of identity resolution and effective data management

    + Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and vendor relationships

    + Ability to translate complex business needs into clear technical requirements and deliver scalable, high-impact data solutions

    + Ability to lead, support, and grow a high-performing team

    Education

    + Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field

    + Graduate degree in a related field

     

    The hiring range for this position in California is $184,300 to $247,100 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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.

     

    **Job ID:** 10130592

    **Location:** Burbank,California

    **Job Posting Company:** The Walt Disney Company (Corporate)

     

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