Sr Product Manager I at The Walt Disney Company in Santa Monica, CA

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Job Posting Title: Sr Product Manager I Req ID: 10160224 Job Description: On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world. A few reasons why we think you’d love working here: Building the future of Disney’s media: We are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and much more. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news. About the Role The Data Platform organization in Disney Entertainment ESPN Product & Technology is looking for a Senior Product Manager to own and evolve our centralized source of truth for identity, device, and enterprise-wide customer data integration. This role is pivotal in ensuring seamless cross-platform user experiences, accurate device and access intelligence, and compliant data activation for analytics, personalization, and security. As a key leader within the Data team, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap. Your work will empower internal teams by managing a unified view of customers across multiple diverse business units – this will power marketing activation, analytics, and more. This role requires a strategic thinker with deep data expertise, capable of translating ambiguous business needs into actionable product roadmaps while balancing scalability, performance, and privacy compliance. You will also lead the product strategy for modernizing legacy customer data pipelines. This includes migrating legacy systems to modern data-sharing architectures. Key Responsibilities Own and define the vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, Data Architecture, Privacy, Governance, and Business Teams to build scalable, compliant, and highly available data products Manage relationships and technical integrations with third-party identity matching and data enrichment vendors to enhance customer demographic profiles. Define and own the long-term strategy and repeatable processes for onboarding new business units' customer data into the centralized data platform for enrichment and activation. Oversee the management, integration, and planning of data processes with associated upstream and downstream partner teams, ensuring seamless data flow to support timely and informed decision-making Help enable data activation by ensuring data is easily accessible for analytics, machine learning, data science, marketing, and other data use cases Oversee stakeholder engagement, prioritizing intake requests, defining requirements, and ensuring timely, compliant data delivery Develop and maintain clear product documentation, including detailed product briefs, roadmaps, and success metrics Drive awareness and engagement by delivering timely communications and targeted presentations to highlight feature launches and their business impact. Identify and mitigate risks, addressing key blockers and dependencies across teams Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree required. An undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Economics or related discipline is a plus. 5+ years of experience in dat