Director of Product Management, Data Governance

$180,700 - $242,300/Yr

Disney - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Senior

Seattle, WA

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

About the position

The Director of Product Management - Data Governance & Privacy at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is a pivotal executive leadership role responsible for shaping and executing the data governance and privacy strategy across Disney's entertainment and sports brands. This position focuses on enabling Disney's streaming and business teams with top-tier data capabilities, ensuring compliance with privacy laws, and enhancing user experience through effective data management and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the vision, mission, and overall strategy for Data Governance products across Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.
• Lead and grow highly technical product management teams supporting data governance and privacy across the business.
• Drive the strategic direction of data governance and privacy technology across the business.
• Develop and maintain critical business relationships throughout the organization, ensuring senior leaders are consistently well-informed about priorities, capabilities, timelines, issues, and releases.
• Guide product managers in best practices for agile SDLC, ensuring all data products are expertly planned, executed, and supported throughout their lifecycles.
• Build strategic relationships with key technology and business partners to ensure program success.
• Partner with Analytics, Data Science, Data Architecture, Data Quality, Engineering teams, Product Design, and other Technical Program Management team members to develop, test, and deliver high-quality products and features.
• Lead and drive teams on all business readiness activities, including product planning, sequencing, testing, user education, rollout, iteration, and support.
• Ensure teams are consistently developing and documenting detailed product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and success measures.
• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key blockers, and establish appropriate resolution paths.
• Fill in gaps across roles and functions as needed, performing as an adaptive problem solver.
• Champion a collaborative work environment that cultivates shared understanding, transparency, autonomy, innovation, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in product management, data engineering, solution architecture or another relevant technical field.
• 5+ years of management experience leading technical teams.
• Experience working directly with data engineering teams, managing engineering roadmaps, and communicating technical information to senior executives.
• Experience with privacy, consent management, data governance, and data management technology.
• Highly analytical and collaborative qualities with strong technical, strategic and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced operational environment where change is the norm.
• Experience presenting to and working with senior leaders.
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Agile development practices.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in business management or relevant technical field.
• Experience in data or software engineering.
• Experience in executive level leadership within an enterprise-level organization.
• Experience building privacy and governance technology with heavy emphasis on data management, consent management, integrations, reporting, etc.

Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Financial benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.