Product Manager

About the Role & Team:
The Disney Decision Science & Integration (DDSI) organization provides internal consulting and advanced analytics capabilities across The Walt Disney Company. The Decision Science Product (DSP) team partners with decision scientists data engineers software engineers and user experience designers to build technology-enabled analytics products that shape business decisions and deliver measurable value. This role focused on launching and scaling a new AI-driven decision science product within an emerging products portfolio. This role is to manage the product not the project.

Job Description Recap: Agentic Data Product Manager (Disney DSI):

Lead the development and roadmap of an internal agentic data analytics product focused on Disney character data collaborating with multiple business units across parks cruise lines studios streaming and more. 1 Engage stakeholders to define use cases prioritize data sources and drive adoption with responsibilities including stakeholder interviews requirements gathering and strategic planning. 2 Coordinate with technical leads and global information security to ensure governance data onboarding and compliance. 3 Must have exposure to analytics agentic products and ideally entertainment or similar industries; internal/external product experience both considered. 4 Hybrid role based in Burbank (preferred) or Orlando (secondary) requiring 2 days/week onsite with potential for FTE conversion. 5 Strong collaborative listening and decision-making skills required; ability to navigate competing stakeholder priorities and drive project success. 6 Technical familiarity with SQL and Python is a plus but hands-on coding is not required. 7

What You Will Do:
Own the end-to-end product lifecycle for a new AI and decision science product.
Define product strategy and multi-release roadmaps; translate user and market insights into prioritized backlogs and clear outcomes.
Lead cross-functional teams (engineering data science data engineering UX) to scope solutions run experiments/prototypes and deliver high-quality releases on time.
Convert complex analytical and technical concepts (AI agents knowledge retrieval forecasting) into intuitive user experiences and actionable business capabilities.
Integrate user research usability studies market analysis and evolving AI agent capabilities into requirements; champion user-centric design and measurable success criteria (OKRs/KPIs).
Guide solution testing and evaluations (AI agent evaluations software tests and A/B testing) to ensure accuracy reliability and business impact.
Partner with client stakeholders as a strategic advisor; communicate roadmaps trade-offs and results through compelling narratives and visuals.
Work with data stakeholders across the enterprise to understand translate and develop new access paths to different domains of data.

Required Qualifications & Skills:
At least seven (7) years of experience including product management for technology-based data/analytics or software products and/or novel data science and advanced analytics solution development.
At least two (2) years of experience leading cross-functional agile teams in a matrixed environment.
A dedicated effective leader who effectively collaborates with and helps team members and business partners succeed.
Proven ability to translate technical requirements and analytical methods into customer-facing features and business outcomes.
Experience partnering closely with engineering data science/decision science data engineering and UX/design functions.
Ability to synthesize user research usability testing market analysis and evolving technological capabilities to drive prioritization and product strategy.
Strong executive communication skills with the ability to simplify complex analytics into clear actionable recommendations.
Familiarity with statistical/ML concepts forecasting and/or optimization and data visualization; ability to query and analyze data (e.g. SQL Python).
Active commitment to fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive team environment.
A self-starter: highly entrepreneurial curious and motivated to develop their technical skills process knowledge and business acumen

Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in media video games parks & experiences or other entertainment related consumer domains.
Success launching enterprise-scale AI analytics or data products and integrating them into business processes.
Hands-on familiarity with developing AI agent tools.
Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau) and experimentation platforms.
Consulting experience and/or product operations partnership to scale adoption and sustainment.
Bachelors degree in Statistics Mathematics Engineering Economics Psychology Business Computer Science Analytics or a related quantitative/technical field.
Masters degree

Product Manager - Role Overview

• Product Manager focused on defining and owning the roadmap for a new Agentic AI Analytics product
• Heavy emphasis on product strategy roadmap development and product direction
• Less focused on hands-on development; more focused on product vision and execution (Business Side)

Key Experience Required

• Strong background in analytics/data products
• Experience working with data analytics and AI agents
• Proven experience in product roadmap definition and prioritization
• Familiarity with entertainment media theme parks or hospitality is a plus
• Collaborative strong listener and great communication

Technical Exposure (Nice to Have)

• Exposure to SQL querying to help understand data
• Exposure to Python scripting
• Strong understanding of analytics and AI concepts (depth of understanding more important than hands-on coding)

Interview Process

• 2-part interview:
  1. Directors
  2. Technical Leads

Location & Work Model

• Orlando
• Hybrid: 2 3 days onsite per week