Product Operations Manager II

Job ID 10143730 Location Glendale, California, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Mar. 04, 2026

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Job Summary:

Department/Group Overview:

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News … and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.

Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

As a member of the Product Operations team, you will have the opportunity to dive deep into the business capabilities and learn the processes behind the supply chain for Disney's top tier content – from the planning stage, all the way through delivery to consumers. Working in a cross-functional team environment with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, QA, and Support, you will help ensure the smooth-running operations of content distribution, with focus on driving operational improvements and supporting the acceleration of our content businesses.

Job Summary:

The Content Platforms team is seeking a Product Operations Manager II to join our Product Operations organization. Our team strives to deliver operational excellence by elevating and evangelizing the Content Platforms products and services to our various business partners. In this role, you will be responsible for the enablement of our content platforms products and tools, working closely with our Product management and Engineering partners to sustain and improve current products, launch new systems, and support clients as they navigate our platforms to operate their business.

This role will serve as a key touchpoint for business partners, responsible for participating in the product lifecycle and being a subject matter expert on process workflows and functional requirements. In addition, the role will own documenting new features and disseminating those updates to the customers through coordinating user acceptance testing, conducting user trainings, and crafting release and informational communications. Finally, this role will lead best practices for metrics reporting, providing stakeholders with monthly performance retrospectives, and translating raw metrics into actionable insights. The ideal candidate must work well in a collaborative environment and be able to define and implement processes that effectively deliver on the Product Operations team’s mission. 

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Serve as a platform expert, analyzing customer requests, identifying and documenting patterns and trends, and providing actionable insights to Product and Engineering for system improvements
Guide the day-to-day activities of a remote team of business analysts supporting multiple systems across diverse disciplines
Own stakeholder engagement, including relationship management, addressing support inquiries, troubleshooting of potential issues, performing trainings, and onboarding users to new products
Own communication to product end users, including feature release notes, project updates, and other strategic announcements
Create, facilitate, and deliver root cause analysis reports for critical outage incidents to internal teams and customers
Provide periodic updates/presentations on initiatives and metrics to peers, leadership, and business partners
Participate in larger organizational Product Operations initiatives, such as crafting evergreen documentation, executing strategic communication plans, and defining processes that contribute to an improved team working culture
Flexibly support evolving business priorities as needed to help achieve business objectives for the Product Operations team
Demonstrate a commitment to fostering an inclusive and welcoming environment for all team members

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum 3 years of experience in a professional role, preferably supporting clients in a technology/product environment
Familiarity with content distribution and enterprise systems, such as content, asset, and metadata management; knowledge of talent residuals and/or participations applications is desirable, but not essential
Experience working within a defect management process, providing a link between Product/Engineering and end users, translating highly technical concepts to more human-friendly terms
Excellent communication skills – with a bent towards customer service, an ability to navigate both internal and external stakeholders, and a talent to distill information accurately and convey it (verbally and/or written) to business partners and internal technology teams
Experience crafting a range of documents, from documentation/operational guides to formal announcements/release notes
Strong prioritization and organization skills with experience juggling time-sensitive requests from multiple business partners
Energetic self-starter with a technical aptitude, a logical approach to problem solving, and demonstrates determination in finding solutions to complex puzzles
Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic and matrixed organization, executing on several initiatives concurrently while balancing competing priorities
Enthusiastic about helping people, solving problems, and championing products

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field, and/or equivalent work experience

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $106,900.00 to $143,300.00. 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.

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About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world’s most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney’s ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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