Senior Manager, Product Transformation

Senior Manager, Product Transformation

Senior Manager, Product Transformation responsible for leading the transformation of Enterprise Technology & Data from a project-oriented to a product-oriented organization. This role requires a seasoned technology leader with strong foundation in product management, agile delivery, and stakeholder engagement, and exceptional soft skills such as storytelling, negotiation, persuasion, and a consultative approach.

• Establish and maintain strategy and roadmaps with accompanying storytelling
• Define Objectives & Key Results that reflect the ambitions of the program
• Track and report on performance, leveraging data-driven insights to drive continuous improvement
• Oversee project and cost center budgets, providing accurate monthly forecasts and optimizing resource allocation
• Manage relationships with third‑party vendors and partners, ensuring successful delivery execution and sustained operation

• Drive cross‑functional collaboration across engineering, product, project and program teams to align on and adopt new work practices in order to achieve shared goals
• Drive Organizational Change Management activities for this program to ensure broad awareness of goals, objectives, and progress
• Build and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders at all levels—from engineers to senior executives—to ensure strategic alignment and buy‑in

• Drive product management, agile adoption and best practices, ensuring teams follow iterative development, backlog prioritization, value‑driven delivery, and continuous feedback loops whilst aligning to transformation program management structures
• Proactively identify potential risks in the execution lifecycle and implement mitigation strategies to ensure successful delivery
• Oversee project and cost center budgets, providing accurate monthly forecasts and optimizing resource allocation
• Manage relationships with third‑party vendors and partners, ensuring successful delivery execution and sustained product operations

• Develop and lead a high‑impact, cross‑functional team to drive the objectives of the POM transformation with measurable outcomes
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of direct reports, providing career guidance, training, and structured development plans
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning, ensuring teams are engaged and motivated
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture grounded in TWDC values

• 10+ years of experience in project and program management — managing multiple complex products in a large, multi‑national corporation with multiple business units
• 5+ years of agile ways of working and product mindset
• 3+ years of direct people management experience, with progressive leadership responsibilities
• Proven track record of leading high‑impact transformational initiatives, ensuring alignment with business goals and technology strategy
• Strong strategic thinking and execution skills, with the ability to balance long‑term vision with pragmatic decision‑making
• Experience managing cross‑functional stakeholders, engaging with senior leadership, and driving business‑aligned outcomes
• Experience leading matrixed teams, including product managers, software engineers, operations, program managers, and vendor partners

• Relevant industry Agile and Product Management qualifications (e.g. AIPMM Certified Product Manager, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Agile Coach (ICP‑ACC), SAFe Program Consultant (SPC))
• Experience with driving large scale organization change by embedding new mindsets, ways of working, and operating models

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

This position is with Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., which is part of The Walt Disney Company (Corporate).

The hiring range for this position in Orlando, FL is $179,500 - $240,600 per year and in Burbank, CA is $188,400 - $252,600 per year and in Seattle, WA is…