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.

Job Summary:

DMED Ad Platforms is responsible for delivering global advertising technology solutions for Disney's Linear and Addressable channels, brands, and streaming services. With unmatched scale, premium content, and innovative capabilities, DMED Ad Platforms is a market leader in advertising. We build and maintain proprietary technology solutions supporting the Quote-To-Cash Advertising Sales workflows, ranging from CRM, Planning, Pricing, Order Management, Forecasting, and Billing as well as all the integrations internal and external that come with evolving and maintaining a best-in-class video advertising business.

As a Product Manager within the Ad Platform technology team at DE&E, you will be a part of the team defining Addressable and Cross Media advertising. You will be responsible for leading the product strategy, and defining business, and functional 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 innovative Ad tech solutions, and brings a passion for building the future of advertising technology, this is a great role for you.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the definition of the product vision, strategy, and delivery plan for Disney’s Addressable Planning and Order management product suite. This includes Proposal generation and optimization, order management, inventory product catalog definition, rate card management, plan versioning, workflows, and partner system integrations.

• Responsible for driving operational efficiency and increasing operating income through our Quote-to-Cash solutions.

• Drive alignment to a common product vision across a diverse set of stakeholders including Product, Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance/Accounting

• Develop and maintain a product roadmap to support and enable system integrations between the Q2C products as well as up and down stream products including, Salesforce, Campaign Management, Ad Server, and MDM Ad Platform products.

• Responsible for management and heath of the product backlog, ensuring concise requirements definition, organization, and prioritization.

• Set and communicate clear priorities for assigned products based on strategic goals, market conditions, and customer requirements, and regularly communicate product status to relevant stakeholders.

• Generate product requirements and documentation consumable for engineering teams to configure and develop against

• Collaborate with Product Management peers to ensure Product Strategy and requirements align with other Sales Channels including Programmatic and Self Service.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a technical field, or equivalent Product Management experience

• 7+ years of experience in product management within an established technology or digital media company

• Maintains a deep empathy for our users and wants to creatively solve problems with a user-first mentality.

• Extensive knowledge of Addressable Planning and Order Management advertising tools, user experiences, and advertising sales revenue lifecycles.

• Excellent requirements & solution design documentation, presentation and communication skills

• Experience shipping multiple products in an agile software development environment.

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $149,300 to $200,200 per year, in NYC and Seattle is $156,300 to $209,600 per year and in San Francisco is $163,500 to $219,200 based on a 40 hour work week. The amount of hours scheduled per week may vary based on business needs. 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: 10093730

Location: New York,New York

Job Posting Company: Disney Direct to Consumer

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