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Lead Technical Recruiter @ The Walt Disney Company | Recruitment, Diversity, Inclusion
Job Description
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.
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 including ad serving, ad delivery, campaign management, reporting as well as all the integrations internal and external that come with evolving and maintaining a best-in-class video advertising business.
Job Summary
As a Senior Product Manager II, within the Ad Platform technology team at DMED, you will be responsible for establishing the strategy and drive execution to establish the future of The Walt Disney Company’s customer-facing advertising platform: Disney Campaign Manager. In doing so, you will be introducing transformational technology to the Connected TV (CTV) advertising industry. 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 technical strategy at scale and brings a passion for advertising technology, join us in building the future of video advertising.
What You'll Do
Drive product definition, strategy, and features across our proprietary customer-facing advertising platform
Own product roadmap and delivery execution of advertising initiatives, aligning stakeholders and driving results
Responsible for product prioritization, including value identification, cost savings and progress against the broader business strategy
Work backwards from users to abstract form from substance and author clear functional requirements in close partnership with engineering teams.
Partner with our UX/UI design teams to build the next generation of our internal demand management platform
Maintain expected standards across the team for product specifications, backlog health, and consumable user stories for engineering partners
Product owner for a Scrum team by participating agile ceremonies, responsible for prioritization, backlog refinement, and feature definition
Hold a deep compassion for our users, and creatively tackle problems with a viewer-first mentality
Evaluate and recommend investments to maximize the financial results of the product portfolio
Collaborate with other product managers to drive innovation across our ad products including but not limited to ad serving, campaign management, order management, measurement, creative management, and reporting.
Enumerate and identify clear business critical metrics for setting annualized objectives and partnering with GTM and financial planning to meet them
Partner with Engineering and Program Management organizations to execute against the product roadmap, delivering on the needs of the business
What to Bring
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in technology or business domains
7+ years of product management or equivalent experience
Highly logical, truth-seeker able to problem solve through data and clear rationale
Ability to harness creative ideation alongside pragmatic prioritization and execution sequencing
Unwavering bias for execution and impeccable follow-through
Proven success in a product role with the ability to demonstrate a record of delivery and excellence.
Track record partnering with UX Designers to deliver highly efficient and scalable experiences.
Ability to influence, collaborate, and deliver solutions in a fluid environment across a diverse set of technical and non-technical stakeholders
Excellent leadership and communication skills
Domain expertise and problem solving around self-service advertising preferred
#Disneytech
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Product Management
Industries
Technology, Information and Media
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