ESPN
Product Manager I
Job Location
Bristol, CT, United States
Job Description
Department/Group Overview:
Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E Technology) brings together the Company’s best-in-class product, technology, and commercialization teams together into one global organization. DE&E Technology is responsible for the P&L management and all distribution, network and engineering operations, sales, advertising, data, and certain key technology functions worldwide for the Company's content engines. DE&E Technology also manages operations of the Company's streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and Disney+ HotStar; and domestic broadcast and cable television networks.
DE&E Technology creates products, platforms, and innovations for the DE&E Technology Segment and The Walt Disney Company by driving the strategic development and use of technology, building scalable systems and products to empower our businesses and engage consumers. With global scale, local presence, and deep technological excellence, DE&E Technology helps DE&E Technology and The Walt Disney Company optimize technology, platforms, and resources, while bringing creative ideas to life and creating industry-shaping approaches.
This role will be as a member of the Product Development team within the DE&E Technology Engineering Services organization. Product Development is a tightly collaborative product management and software engineering team responsible for the development of a suite of internal productivity solutions. Included in this effort is the continued creation, enhancement, and unification of customer and vendor applications for Service, Delivery, and Data Management. In addition, the team is responsible for the ongoing ownership of a centralized transformation, storage, data modeling, and visualization solution for operational data reporting and analytics. The members of the Product Development team approach every project with a focus towards quality, performance, maintainability and overall usability.
Individuals interested in joining our organization should be highly motivated and committed to lifelong learning and improving, both in and out of the office. We strive to be flexible and adaptable to change, whether in the execution of projects or in the technologies we use to deliver our solutions. Members of this highly collaborative team rely on transparency, valuing the trust and relationships that evolve organically because of honesty and openness from both management and your peers.Success is not measured by individual accomplishments, but by the creation of solutions delivered as a result of effective partnership.
Job Summary:
As a Product Manager, you will participate in efforts to identify and create product features that are delivered as part of the Engineering Services product roadmap. This will include defining problem statements and product requirements with transparency, as well as designing and prioritizing features that take into consideration organizational trends and stakeholder needs. The candidate will work closely with engineering teams to deliver new features that will contribute to successful high quality on time product launches. In addition, the candidate will drive usage and adoption of new features and services with customers, including evangelization of features internally and externally, ensuring users benefit and derive value from the products we build.
The ideal candidate will be someone who can apply a general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience, with at least an internship level of experience in project or product management, and an entry level of experience in project tracking.
The Walt Disney Company strives to get things done quickly, at high quality, and we are committed to the agile methodology. We do our work guided by a lean principle, looking at value and avoiding waste, with an emphasis on not doing anything ‘for the sake of doing it’. An ideal candidate is a passionate and impactful individual interested in adding their chapter to the long and storied history of The Walt Disney Company. Someone who holds themselves and their teammates accountable in a professional, collaborative manner while also seeking to bring the best out in themselves and those around them.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
Minimum Qualifications
Location: Bristol, CT, US
Posted Date: 11/21/2023
Disney Entertainment & ESPN (DE&E Technology) brings together the Company’s best-in-class product, technology, and commercialization teams together into one global organization. DE&E Technology is responsible for the P&L management and all distribution, network and engineering operations, sales, advertising, data, and certain key technology functions worldwide for the Company's content engines. DE&E Technology also manages operations of the Company's streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and Disney+ HotStar; and domestic broadcast and cable television networks.
DE&E Technology creates products, platforms, and innovations for the DE&E Technology Segment and The Walt Disney Company by driving the strategic development and use of technology, building scalable systems and products to empower our businesses and engage consumers. With global scale, local presence, and deep technological excellence, DE&E Technology helps DE&E Technology and The Walt Disney Company optimize technology, platforms, and resources, while bringing creative ideas to life and creating industry-shaping approaches.
This role will be as a member of the Product Development team within the DE&E Technology Engineering Services organization. Product Development is a tightly collaborative product management and software engineering team responsible for the development of a suite of internal productivity solutions. Included in this effort is the continued creation, enhancement, and unification of customer and vendor applications for Service, Delivery, and Data Management. In addition, the team is responsible for the ongoing ownership of a centralized transformation, storage, data modeling, and visualization solution for operational data reporting and analytics. The members of the Product Development team approach every project with a focus towards quality, performance, maintainability and overall usability.
Individuals interested in joining our organization should be highly motivated and committed to lifelong learning and improving, both in and out of the office. We strive to be flexible and adaptable to change, whether in the execution of projects or in the technologies we use to deliver our solutions. Members of this highly collaborative team rely on transparency, valuing the trust and relationships that evolve organically because of honesty and openness from both management and your peers.Success is not measured by individual accomplishments, but by the creation of solutions delivered as a result of effective partnership.
Job Summary:
As a Product Manager, you will participate in efforts to identify and create product features that are delivered as part of the Engineering Services product roadmap. This will include defining problem statements and product requirements with transparency, as well as designing and prioritizing features that take into consideration organizational trends and stakeholder needs. The candidate will work closely with engineering teams to deliver new features that will contribute to successful high quality on time product launches. In addition, the candidate will drive usage and adoption of new features and services with customers, including evangelization of features internally and externally, ensuring users benefit and derive value from the products we build.
The ideal candidate will be someone who can apply a general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience, with at least an internship level of experience in project or product management, and an entry level of experience in project tracking.
The Walt Disney Company strives to get things done quickly, at high quality, and we are committed to the agile methodology. We do our work guided by a lean principle, looking at value and avoiding waste, with an emphasis on not doing anything ‘for the sake of doing it’. An ideal candidate is a passionate and impactful individual interested in adding their chapter to the long and storied history of The Walt Disney Company. Someone who holds themselves and their teammates accountable in a professional, collaborative manner while also seeking to bring the best out in themselves and those around them.
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
- Shadow and assist Product Manager(s)/Sr Product Manager(s) with daily activities for one or more products.
- Assists in coordinating/tracking the work of cross-functional teams (i.e. schedules and milestones).
- Assists with drafting up product requirements.
- Conducts technical and market research to support Product Management team.
- Uses existing procedures to solve standard problems; analyzes information and standard practices to make judgments.
- Participates in thinking about the product across all screens and environments.
- Compiles and analyzes metrics.
- Performs routine assignments in the entry level as part of a professional job progression.
- Responsible for supporting product management activities for one or more products.
Minimum Qualifications
- Has 0-1 years of experience in project management
- College or university degree (or equivalent work experience) that provides knowledge and exposure to engineering adjacent theories, principles and concepts.
- Conceptual knowledge of practices and procedures within a technology related specialty.
- Fundamental understanding of how technical tools and services work
- Entry level understanding of programming paradigms and core software design principles and product roadmaps
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Educational background in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied and Computational Math Sciences, Human Computer Interaction, Information Systems or related disciplines.
- Internship in supporting a Product or Project Manager
- Strongly passionate about the opportunity to work for The Walt Disney Company.
Location: Bristol, CT, US
Posted Date: 11/21/2023
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