Streaming Media Lead, Live Orchestration

Job ID 10147235 Location Amsterdam, Netherlands Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Apr. 16, 2026

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Job Summary:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology

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.

About the Role & Team

The Live Orchestration Department at DE&E Technology consists of agile and responsive teams of technicians that perform the daily processes and procedures required to run our live and on-demand streaming video products. The department’s responsibilities consist of round-the-clock support for these products, ensuring proper functionality across all platforms. Oversight includes both Linear and Event based content, hands-on operational and procedural support for our products, including system health monitoring and incident management, in addition to live and VOD streaming media orchestration using proprietary software.

A qualified Streaming Media Lead is a key member of a daily operations team responsible for delivering high profile media products to market. By possessing advanced workflow knowledge and operational experience, this Lead has exceptional and specialized expertise in an analytical/scientific method or operational process, typically developed through a combination of job-related training and considerable on-the-job experience. In addition, responsibilities will include collection and organization of data files that drive platforms during optimal and service-outage incidents, and perform client and product support as needed, which can include holidays, nights and weekends.

An Operations Lead will also:

Serve as a shift leader

Implement guidance in regards to technology improvement and daily operations

Run incident management during service outages

Generate procedure documentation

Provide operational efficiency feedback to leadership

Values

You’ll join a team grounded in our Disney values — acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together through Collaboration and caring deeply for our Community. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

-Focus on major areas of work, typically 20% or more of role

Responsible for following operational procedures and raising awareness of issues in workflows when they arise

20% of time

Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services

30% of time

Execute defined processes to validate the quality and availability of live content streams

10% of time

Records steps to troubleshoot workflows when issues arise

20% of time

Fields workflow requirements from senior staff and gathers data in support of documentation of workflows

20% of time

Required Qualifications & Skills

Minimum and Preferred. Inclusive of Licenses/Certs (include functional experience as well as behavioral attributes and/or leadership capabilities)

Basic Qualifications

6+ years of experience in a relevant technical, operational or digital media environment with proven leadership skills

Deep understanding of live streaming media workflows

Exhibits broad skills in data synthesis and data processes

Ability to implement guidance regarding data and technology improvement information from Supervisor

Ability to construct workflow requirements and ensures that team members understand documentation and troubleshooting procedures

Ability to serve as a subject matter expert during Priority 1-2 Incidents

Additional Information

This is an operational role based within a 24/7 environment, and shift-based availability will be required.

Some on-call or extended-hour work may be necessary to support major events or business-critical activity.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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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 TWDC (Benelux) BV, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

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