The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH
Director, Data Product Management
The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH, Burbank, California, United States, 91520
The Disney Corporate Brand team is looking for a Director, Data Product Management to own and evolve our unified view of enterprise consumer data. This role is pivotal in ensuring our data products and technical architecture are best-in-class to drive robust analytics, personalization, and marketing activation, including ongoing optimization & evolution of data collection and management for future transformation and development.
What You Will Do As a key leader within the team, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for managing our unified enterprise consumer data technical architecture and a strategic suite of related data products. You will collaborate closely with internal teams across Disney – including Analytics, Data Science, Marketing, and Business teams – empowering them to leverage trusted, high-quality data to drive business decisions, marketing activation, and enhance user experiences across the enterprise.
This role requires a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise, capable of translating business needs into actionable data architecture and product roadmaps while balancing scalability, performance, and privacy compliance.
Own and define the
vision, strategy, and technical architecture for full data product suite
(e.g., consumer database, activation toolset(s), governance toolset(s), etc.) ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements.
Lead cross-functional collaboration
with Engineering, Data Architecture, Privacy, Governance, and Business Teams to
build scalable, compliant, and highly available data products
to enable effective use of cross-enterprise consumer data
Lead
new data product ideas & initiatives , including development of robust
product roadmap(s) ; track progress to build enhanced capabilities over time
Lead data engineering and operational functions & staff , including overseeing inbound/outbound data feeds and managing system performance and availability
Enable
data activation
by ensuring consumer data is architected for analytics, machine learning, data science, and other data use cases. Oversee stakeholder access, prioritizing intake requests and ensuring
timely, compliant data delivery
Develop/manage
privacy compliance technical framework , including data access and related controls.
Qualifications & Skills
10+ years of experience in data product management, platform development, data engineering, or related fields
Strong experience with big data storage, processing technologies, and modeling techniques (Snowflake, Redshift, OLAP, etc.)
Experience & familiarity with CDPs, activation platforms, and governance tools
Experience working with data ingestion APIs, warehouse infrastructure, and data sharing technologies
Strong understanding of identity resolution and effective data management
Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and vendor relationships
Ability to translate complex business needs into clear technical requirements and deliver scalable, high-impact data solutions
Ability to lead, support, and grow a high-performing team
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
Graduate degree in a related field
The hiring range for this position in California is $188,400.00 to $252,600.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Disability Accommodation for Employment Applications The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, visit the Disney candidate disability accommodations FAQs. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
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What You Will Do As a key leader within the team, you will define the vision, strategy, and roadmap for managing our unified enterprise consumer data technical architecture and a strategic suite of related data products. You will collaborate closely with internal teams across Disney – including Analytics, Data Science, Marketing, and Business teams – empowering them to leverage trusted, high-quality data to drive business decisions, marketing activation, and enhance user experiences across the enterprise.
This role requires a strategic thinker with deep technical expertise, capable of translating business needs into actionable data architecture and product roadmaps while balancing scalability, performance, and privacy compliance.
Own and define the
vision, strategy, and technical architecture for full data product suite
(e.g., consumer database, activation toolset(s), governance toolset(s), etc.) ensuring alignment with business goals and regulatory requirements.
Lead cross-functional collaboration
with Engineering, Data Architecture, Privacy, Governance, and Business Teams to
build scalable, compliant, and highly available data products
to enable effective use of cross-enterprise consumer data
Lead
new data product ideas & initiatives , including development of robust
product roadmap(s) ; track progress to build enhanced capabilities over time
Lead data engineering and operational functions & staff , including overseeing inbound/outbound data feeds and managing system performance and availability
Enable
data activation
by ensuring consumer data is architected for analytics, machine learning, data science, and other data use cases. Oversee stakeholder access, prioritizing intake requests and ensuring
timely, compliant data delivery
Develop/manage
privacy compliance technical framework , including data access and related controls.
Qualifications & Skills
10+ years of experience in data product management, platform development, data engineering, or related fields
Strong experience with big data storage, processing technologies, and modeling techniques (Snowflake, Redshift, OLAP, etc.)
Experience & familiarity with CDPs, activation platforms, and governance tools
Experience working with data ingestion APIs, warehouse infrastructure, and data sharing technologies
Strong understanding of identity resolution and effective data management
Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and vendor relationships
Ability to translate complex business needs into clear technical requirements and deliver scalable, high-impact data solutions
Ability to lead, support, and grow a high-performing team
Education
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
Graduate degree in a related field
The hiring range for this position in California is $188,400.00 to $252,600.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Disability Accommodation for Employment Applications The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, visit the Disney candidate disability accommodations FAQs. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
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