Join Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology’s Content Data Products team in Santa Monica as a Product Manager II. You will help deliver and optimize feature sets inside a content viewership data ecosystem, turning data signals into insights that support Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. This onsite role pairs hands-on product execution with cross-functional collaboration across data engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders.
What you’ll do
- Own end-to-end delivery for specific feature sets, including backlog refinement, creating user stories, and managing day-to-day activities for a scrum team.
- Collaborate with senior PMs on larger initiatives, strengthening product craft through practical, execution-focused work.
- Serve as a primary contact for routine stakeholder questions and support requests, triaging data quality issues and helping drive efficient resolution.
- Produce and maintain clear product documentation, including resources such as data dictionaries and user guides.
- Partner with data analysts and business leaders to gather requirements for small-to-medium enhancements and translate them into executable direction.
- Track data product health, identify risks, and coordinate with Data Reliability Engineering (DRE) to resolve data incidents and manage backfills.
- Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Data Science, and Governance teams to ensure content data products are reliable and aligned to business needs.
What you bring
- 3+ years of product management experience, or relevant experience in data platforms or analytics-heavy roles.
- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
- Foundational understanding of Big Data ecosystems and SQL, with the ability to discuss data and understand data flow patterns.
- Proven capability to break work into MVPs and iterate through subsequent releases, following established guidelines and procedures.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including summarizing complex data situations for varied audiences.
Tools and technologies
You’ll work with SQL, Tableau, Looker, Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow, and Jira.
Preferred background
- Experience or familiarity with media or entertainment datasets (for example, content metadata and Nielsen ratings).
- Experience with data visualization tools (Tableau, Looker) and exposure to data management technologies (Snowflake, Databricks, Airflow).
- Experience in Agile or Scrum environments, managing backlogs in Jira and participating in sprint ceremonies.
- General entertainment and sports content knowledge.
Compensation
The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $117,500 to $157,500 per year. Base pay offered may consider internal equity and may vary by geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be included, along with medical, financial, and/or other benefits depending on the level and position offered.
Location: Santa Monica, CA (onsite)
Experience: Minimum 3 years
