Senior Manager, Product Management

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.

Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across the Disney enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney.
 

We are looking for a high-performing Senior Manager, Product Management to lead a dynamic team of product managers in driving the strategy, roadmap, and execution for our Data Governance domain. This role focuses on Privacy, Consent Management, and Global Data Compliance, sitting at the intersection of data platform engineering, legal/privacy compliance, and user trust. You will play a vital part in building scalable, secure, and compliant data capabilities.

This strategic leadership position is focused on driving governance solutions, ensuring compliance, and delivering value to customers. This role requires a blend of deep product sense, technical expertise, and strong cross-functional collaboration. You’ll drive the development of products and platform services that enable our enterprise to meet evolving privacy regulations (like GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, COPPA) while also delivering seamless experiences for customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of product managers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, autonomy, transparency, and continuous learning.

• Demonstrate strong leadership qualities by inspiring and motivating your team to achieve their best performance. Cultivate a positive and inclusive work environment that encourages creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Implement effective performance management practices, including setting clear goals, providing regular feedback, and conducting performance reviews. Recognize and reward high performance and address areas for improvement.

• Develop and communicate a clear strategic vision for the Data Governance domain, aligning product initiatives with the overall business goals and objectives. Ensure that the team understands and is committed to this vision.

• Define and lead the strategic roadmap for Data Governance with an emphasis on privacy, consent, and regulatory compliance.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including engineering, legal, compliance, and user trust teams. Ensure effective communication and collaboration to achieve common goals.

• Drive complex cross-functional data governance product initiatives and build a center of excellence with subject matter expertise around data privacy compliance, data governance, data quality practices, upcoming regulations, and relevant products to convey compliance product requirements.

• Translate complex global privacy regulations into scalable, user-friendly platform capabilities (e.g., consent capture, data subject request workflows, privacy preference centers).

• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for data governance features—from ideation through launch and ongoing adoption.

• Ensure solutions meet both internal operational needs and external customer-facing requirements, with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, and performance.

• Build robust platform services and third-party product integration capabilities that support global privacy operations at scale.

• Champion a privacy-first architecture across data collection, ingestion, classification, usage, and retention workflows.

• Define and track KPIs to measure the success and impact of privacy and governance products (e.g., consent opt-in rates, DSAR resolution time, audit readiness).

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal teams and external vendors to ensure scalable implementation of privacy and compliance tools.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science or a related field; or requisite work experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience in an enterprise software development environment, with a minimum 6 years as a product manager

• Expertise with Privacy Rights Management, Data Management, Big Data & Analytics, Data Warehouse, Data Quality, Data Governance or related field.

• Experience with regulatory and legal implications for integrated data platforms. e.g., CCPA, GDPR, COPPA, VPPA across complex data architectures.

• Proven ability to develop product strategies and effectively communicate recommendations to executive management.

• Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams and influencing conversations to drive positive outcomes for the product and the business

• Adept at driving clarity through all levels of the organization for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.

• Demonstrable analytical & problem-solving skills with ability to balance various priorities.

• Strong bias for action, tenacity, and “get it done” attitude

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in a related field; and/or relevant certification/s

• Hands-on experience in configuring, managing, or integrating with privacy management tools such as OneTrust, TrustArc.

• Knowledge of data security approaches and requirements considerations.

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The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $193,000 to $258,900 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $184,300 to $247,100 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.