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Senior Product Manager II – Platform

Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10125001 Location Glendale, California, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States / New York, New York, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted7月. 23, 2025

Job Summary:

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses.We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here:

• Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

• Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.

• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products – driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.

As a Senior Product Manager II within the Ad Platform technology team at DE&ET, you will be a part of the Ad Decisioning responsible for leading the product strategy, business, and functional requirements that help us select the right ads for the right user at the right time. Through experimentation and performance analysis, this opportunity centers around optimizing our ad pacing, selection, and holistic yield optimization products. Ideal candidates have an extensive track record in successfully launching products in the domain of ad ranking, pacing, and selection.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Define compelling product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, rooted in strong rationale and KPIs across Disney's proprietary ad decisioning domain.

• Drive consensus and communication around a shared product vision, KPIs and prioritized roadmap across a diverse set of senior stakeholders across Product, Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Finance/Accounting

• Ensure high bar technical execution serving as a key voice in relevant product and engineering ceremonies including backlog grooming, sprint planning, demos, and launch.

• Collaborate seamlessly with senior research engineering and analytical leaders to relentlessly ideate, test, and ship iterative enhancements to our suite of algorithms.

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of product management or relevant experience in an enterprise setting

• Bachelors degree in a related field of study; and/or equitable work experience

• Experience launching performance optimization algorithms while managing opportunity costs.

• Highly truth-seeking and effective in selecting of north star KPIs, assessing authenticity of analyses, and testing rationale of data narratives to surface effective next-steps.

• Ability to distill desired outcomes into yield principles that optimize ad decisioning across various advertising demand channels.

• Unwavering bias for execution and impeccable follow-through.

• Highly articulate with penchant for summarizing nuanced myriad into essential takeaways.

• Ability to influence, collaborate, and deliver solutions in a fluid environment across a diverse set of technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters degree in a related field, and/or related certification/s

• Prior experience in video advertising yield optimization, pacing, selection, and/or ad ranking

• Familiarity in experimentation lifecycle including exploration/sequencing strategy, effective treatment & control definition, communicating results, and production rollout.

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The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $152,200 to $204,100 per year, in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $159,500 to $213,900 per year, and in San Francisco, CA is $166,800 to $223,600 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

About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we're blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world's most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney's ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC , which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology .

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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