Sr Business Product Mgr

Sr Business Product Mgr

Job
Location Glendale, California, United States
Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Date posted Jul. 02, 2026

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.

The Content Platforms’ Rights Management Team is looking for a Product Manager to support the day‑to‑day activities of the Product Lifecycle. This individual will be part of the team that will define and launch products supporting the distribution of The Walt Disney Company’s amazing content, including Direct‑to‑Consumer (Disney+, Hulu, etc.), Content Sales, Transactional, Syndication, and Airlines. Rights Management ensures legal compliance, protects intellectual property, and enables content monetization across various channels.

The primary Rights Management product is Rightsline, and experience with this SaaS solution is preferred.

• Articulate product strategy and gain alignment from business stakeholders and cross‑functional technical teams
• Create product roadmaps that clearly link vision, strategy, objectives, and execution
• Provide end‑to‑end product management for a specific product or platform within the Rights Management domain
• Collaborate with business partners to evaluate the value proposition of enhancement requests and propose alternative solutions when necessary, ensuring alignment with the overall product strategy

• Collaborate with business partners and cross‑functional teams to identify and clearly define business requirements
• Assist in process alignment and standardization
• Work with engineering and program managers to deliver solutions that support product and Content Platforms’ strategy
• Work closely with cross‑functional teams—including engineering, design, quality assurance, and product leadership—to optimize product features and improve business processes

• Manage maintenance and prioritization of product backlog, ensuring transparent, well‑aligned, and justified prioritization within your area of responsibility
• Support the team in identifying, developing, and verifying appropriate solutions for issues, including assistance with complex problems when needed
• Refine solutions into a practical minimum viable product that efficiently addresses the highest‑priority requirements
• Coordinate major product releases
• Participate in daily scrum meetings, planning, reviews, and retrospectives

• Make thoughtful, well‑documented assumptions
• Own cost/benefit analysis and prepare lean business cases
• Define realistic product targets / KPIs / OKRs
• Leverage product frameworks and tools to document information in a structured way (user journey maps, flow, information architecture, etc.)

• Exhibit natural and intuitive user empathy
• Constantly seek out ways to improve the user experience and streamline business operations
• Own system processes, user guides, and training materials for product features as needed

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in digital media supply chain
• Strong product understanding and platform familiarity
• Knowledge and experience in product management for content rights and availability
• Knowledge and experience in the first‑party, third‑party, and acquired content workflows for direct‑to‑consumer streaming service
• Self‑starter and can work…