Senior Manager, Network Product Engineering & Operations

Job Summary

At Disney,we’restorytellers. We make the impossible,possible. The Walt Disney Company(TWDC) is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion thatremainsour touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news,moviesand a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — andwe’reconstantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

Reporting to the Director of Network Engineering & Operations within Global Network Engineering & Operations (GNEO), this role sits at the intersection ofcutting-edge technology and world-class storytelling at The Walt Disney Company.

As Senior Manager, you will lead the engineering and delivery of high-performance network solutions that power some of the most dynamic media workflows in the world—from live broadcast, streamingplatformsand film production to broadcast and post-production environments. Your teamis responsible for designing, architecting, deploying, and operating network services that function as critical “products,” purpose-built to support the unique demands of Disney’s global media businesses.

This role goes beyond traditional network operations. It blends deep technicalexpertisewith a product mindset, ensuring that network services are scalable, resilient, and aligned with the evolving needs of internal stakeholders. You will play a key role in shaping solutions that not only meet technical requirements, butalso drive measurable business value and enable creativity ou’repassionate about building innovative infrastructure that powers iconic content and experiences, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact atone of the world’s most influential entertainment companies.

• Lead high-performing teams of Managers, Senior Engineers, and Architects, providing hands-on leadership and product vision across network platforms that are critical for Disney’s media, broadcast, studio, and production operations.

• Exercise full end-to-end product ownership for network platforms—including defining the long-term product vision,developing and prioritizing product roadmaps, and ensuring successful execution from strategy through deployment, operations, and ongoing improvement.

• Establish and own the product lifecycle for network platforms, taking responsibility for ideation, requirements gathering, architecture, delivery, operational excellence, customer feedback loops, and product retirement.

• Integrate deep domain and customer empathy, balancing creative, editorial, technical, and business

• requirements to create and evolve differentiated network products that drive value and competitive advantage for the organization.

• Develop andmonitorclear platform SLAs, KPIs, and business outcomes to measure product success and ensure transparency with stakeholders; lead regular reviews to adjust strategy and tactics foroptimalvalue.

• Champion and drive the adoption of a product mindset within the organization, fostering continuous improvement, innovation, and delivering compelling user and business experiences.

• Provide architectural leadership for the design, deployment, and evolution of scalable, reusable, and resilient network solutions spanning on-premises, hybrid, cloud, and edge environments.

• Advance the use ofNet Dev Ops , automation, and AI/ML to streamline operations, enhance product capabilities, and drive efficiency and reliability at scale,leveraging modern toolsets such as Python, Ansible, Terraform, Git, APIs, and CI/CD.

• Collaborate closely with Studio, Media Engineering, TV Production, ESPN, ABC,…