Senior Product Manager II

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s 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 maximize 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 for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s 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 ESPN+, and much more.

• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

As a Sr. Product Manager II within the Ad Platform technology team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, you will be a part of the team redefining multi-media advertising. You will be responsible for establishing product strategy, defining requirements consumable for engineering and driving execution to establish the platform’s future.

The right person for this role can identify business value, solve complex problems, concisely articulate solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders and ultimately drive results. If you are someone who can drive strategy, create data driven experiences and brings a passion for building the future of advertising technology, at a fast pace, this is a great role for you.
 

Responsibilities:

• Own and drive the product strategy, requirements definition, backlog creation, and roadmap for Disney’s Digital and Cross Platform advertisings Billing, Invoicing, and Revenue Recognition products and automated processes. This individual will be responsible for developing detailed, actionable product requirements to ensure your business, architecture, engineering, and QA partners have a clear picture of the product capabilities to be built and how to validate they are functioning as designed. Developing Accounting and Revenue procedures in conjunction with Disney’s Accounting and Finance team that represent Accounting/Finance best practices, including auditing practices and documentation.

• Product & Subject Matter Expert: Intimately know the accounting products you are supporting, the accounting principles and user workflows and how they relate to the “Quote to Cash” revenue lifecycle and supporting technical stack.

• Product Delivery: Own your team’s execution of the product roadmap, including business use cases, user stories, and UX/UI experience, in an agile develop environment. Organize and execute product User Acceptance Testing and product release planning.

• Collaboration: Partner with Engineering and Program Management team members to efficiently estimate level of effort and execute against the product roadmap deliverables within the defined timelines, & budgets.

Maintains a deep empathy for our users and wants to creatively solve problems with a user-first mentality Have a do what it takes attitude. Be flexible, adaptable and a team-player. Experience shipping multiple products in an agile software development environment with on/off shore agile teams.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in a technical field, or equivalent experience in Accounting or Advertising Technology. 

• 7 years of experience in product management and accounting, preferably in video & advertising technology.

• Ability to interpret internal/external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services

• Working knowledge in finance, understanding concepts of account receivables, general ledger and basic accounting

• Expert in working with data and numbers and excellent skills in MS-Excel

• Highly analytical, resourceful, team oriented, and ability to work independently

• Ability to communicate difficult concepts and collaborate with others to adopt a different point of view

• Ability to think strategically to solve complex technical and operational challenges in a timely manner

• Proficient in SQL, JIRA, Excel, Visio/Lucidchart, or similar productivity tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience with the digital advertising life cycle, audience measurement, and ad tech