Sr Manager, Product Management

Disney Experiences Technology (DXT), a division of the Walt Disney Company, creates world-class immersive online & mobile experiences for premier vacation brands including Walt Disney World, Disneyland Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Shanghai Disney Resort, Disney Cruise Line and Disney Vacation Club.

Our team delivers large-scale, data-driven initiatives that enable financial insight, operational efficiency, and enterprise-wide value across Disney Experiences. The Finance Transformation Delivery Management Organization (DMO) partners closely with Finance, Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Technology leaders to execute complex, initiatives that accelerate value by enabling data analytics and AI-ready capabilities at scale.

The Senior Manager, Product Management is accountable for the full product lifecycle including defining the DXT strategy and delivery of their products. This role will manage integrated workstreams across data acceleration, EPM delivery, international enablement, and advanced analytics and AI. The role requires strong cross-segment collaboration, strategic mindset, Data and AI competencies and executive-level communication to deliver strategic and measurable outcomes.

This position reports to the Director, Product Management

What You’ll Do

• Lead the strategy and delivery of the Finance Transformation product, owning the vision, roadmap, value definition and lifecycle of enterprise-scale data and EPM capabilities that drive business outcomes

• Develop and lead a high-performing team of Cast members, and contractors to define product strategy and drive execution, delivering value across multiple integrated product areas including:

  • Data acceleration of source systems into a unified data platform

  • Ensuring data product delivery into the corporate Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) system

  • Identification, prioritization, and delivery of enterprise data value, including advanced analytics and AI-enabled use cases

• Lead cross-functional teams across Finance, Technology, 3rd party vendors, and Corporate to establish an outcome-driven roadmap, prioritize the work according to value, and efficiently manage dependencies to ensure successful delivery

• Lead executive level communication, driving alignment on product strategy across multiple stakeholders and mediums

• Proactively monitor performance and risks, escalating issues as needed to protect delivery outcomes and maximize business value

• Stay abreast of the latest technology trends find strategic opportunities to use innovation to solve business problems

• Input on Capital and Expense Long Term Plans (LTP) and Annual Operating Plans (AOP), maintain financial ownership throughout the year to ensure forecasts accurate and actuals are on-target

Requirements

• 10+ years combined business and digital experience with 5+ years in a management position

• Leader of team being able to set a clear vision and drive accountability to meet goal

• Served as the lead on medium to large technology projects in a matrixed organization, including evaluating and improving estimates, scope, and plans

• Experience with AI tools and ability to apply to working teams to drive productivity and innovation

• Experience collaborating with and achieve applicable results through others and the capability to interact within all levels

• Coach/mentoring and conflict management/negotiation

• Experience with Agile software development methodology

Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, technology, science, or a related discipline plus 10 years of relevant experience

Preferred Education

• Master’s Degree in business, technology, science, or a related discipline plus 10 years of relevant experience

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