Sr Product Manager- Data product management, instrumentation, telemetry

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Product Manager I for Data Product to steer instrumentation and telemetry across its direct-to-consumer streaming experiences. This role sits at the crossroads of analytics, product engineering, and platform teams, translating business questions into actionable data signals that empower experimentation, personalization, and robust data quality.

Location

New York, NY (onsite)

Salary

USD 148,700 - 199,400 per year

Responsibilities

• Own instrumentation outcomes for assigned product areas by translating requirements into clear implementation specs and guiding end-to-end delivery across web, mobile, and connected TV.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering and platform teams to ensure telemetry is accurate, documented, and reliably supports analytics, experimentation, and downstream personalization.
• Demonstrate technical fluency in data collection and instrumentation.
• Approach ambiguous problems with a bias for action and communicate clearly to bridge engineering and business needs.
• Maintain a track record of delivering high-quality telemetry that world-class analytics and data science teams depend on.
• Define analytics instrumentation across Disney's DTC streaming products, accountable for data completeness, accuracy, and quality.
• Translate product requirements and business questions into precise telemetry specs — events, parameters, identifiers, and schemas — for consistent engineering implementation.
• Lead instrumentation from discovery through design, implementation, validation, and launch, coordinating across Product Engineering and Platform teams.
• Work closely with engineering to ensure correct implementation, reliable performance, and alignment with platform standards.
• Proactively identify telemetry gaps and risks and drive resolution through sharper requirements and tight engineering collaboration.
• Ensure telemetry supports experimentation frameworks, personalization, and downstream analytics through consistent, documented signals.
• Use data to audit telemetry health and downstream usage, informing future instrumentation decisions.
• Improve documentation, share learnings, and help evolve instrumentation schemas and patterns across the team.

Requirements

• 5+ years in analytics instrumentation, telemetry, data product management, or a closely related technical discipline
• Hands-on experience designing event-based data models and telemetry schemas, including event taxonomies, parameters, identifiers, and data contracts for web, mobile, or connected TV
• Ability to translate product requirements and business questions into precise, actionable telemetry specifications for engineering teams
• SQL proficiency and comfort working in cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, or equivalent) to validate telemetry quality and perform analysis
• Experience driving cross-functional instrumentation delivery across Product Engineering and platform partners
• Bias for action and comfort with ambiguity, progressing without a fully defined playbook and resolving open questions promptly
• Ability to leverage AI-enabled tools as accelerants to move faster, validate smarter, and solve problems more completely
• Clear written communication: concise technical specs, accessible explanations for engineers and business stakeholders, and the ability to build trust across functions
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Technologies

• Snowflake
• Databricks
• BigQuery

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units
• Other benefits

#DISNEYTECH note: The stated hiring range for this role in New York City is USD 148,700 to USD 199,400 per year. The actual base pay offered will reflect internal equity and may vary based on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may also be part of the compensation, in addition to medical, financial, and other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.