Sr Mgr-Product Design

At Disney Experiences , we bring the magic of Disney stories and franchises to life through theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, unique vacation experiences, products, and more around the world. Within Disney Experiences, the Parks Product Development & Retail division’s Hardlines Merchandising & Product Design team creates guest-focused products and experiences across toys, dolls, plush, souvenirs, ornaments, collectibles, and other product categories found worldwide through Disney Parks and Resorts, Disney Store, and flexible business models.

The Senior Manager, Product Design is responsible for leading talented designers and guiding the Ornaments and Collectibles categories across Disney brands. This role transforms category strategy into inspiring product direction, develops people and creative capability, and partners with stakeholders to bring compelling, innovative, guest-focused products from concept through development and execution.

• Lead Product Design across the team and assigned categories while executing product designs from concept through production.
• Oversee product development and lead the team to deliver consistent, high-quality execution that meets timing and cost targets.
• Guide the team in creating guest-focused products and assortments while also producing design deliverables, including concepts, presentations, specifications, and development assets.
• Translate consumer, market, and trend insights into category and team direction.
• Drive and inspire innovation across the team and assigned categories.
• Ensure products deliver excellence in storytelling, character execution, color, materials, form, function, quality, feasibility, and value.

• Develop team capability through coaching, feedback, performance management, and development planning.
• Establish team and category priorities and hold the team accountable for commitments.
• Manage team operations, budgets, resources, calendars, and schedules to enable consistent execution.
• Allocate internal and external resources, balance workloads, and address dependencies across assigned categories.
• Improve workflows, reduce friction, and strengthen team and category effectiveness.

• Align the team, categories, and cross-functional stakeholders while navigating competing priorities.
• Influence decisions, solve complex creative and operational challenges, and remove barriers to progress.
• Integrate AI-enabled and advanced digital technologies into team workflows to improve execution and effectiveness.
• Create clarity through change and maintain momentum toward shared goals.

• 8+ years of product design and development experience, including experience leading products, projects, teams, or people.
• Experience leading hardlines categories, including toys, dolls, plush, souvenirs, ornaments, and collectibles, and translating strategy into team and product outcomes.
• Advanced design leadership and deep knowledge of product development, manufacturing, and execution across teams and categories.
• People leadership and the ability to guide a team, categories, resources, and execution through complexity and change.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and solve complex creative and operational challenges.
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to create clarity and alignment across teams and stakeholders.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and the ability to integrate AI-enabled and advanced digital technologies into evolving team workflows.
• A portfolio demonstrating design leadership, creative range, storytelling, and product problem solving.
• A Bachelor’s degree in…