Commercial Planning Supervisor

Job ID 10144736 Location London, United Kingdom Business The Walt Disney Company (EMEA) Date posted Mar. 24, 2026

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Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

Disney+ is The Walt Disney Company’s Direct to Consumer video entertainment service. The service consists of long-form and short-form videos built around key content brands (Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Hulu, and National Geographic) with an appealing and easy to use interface accessed across multiple platforms (e.g. televisions, mobile devices, PCs).

The Disney+ team is responsible for the day-to-day operation and growth of Disney+ across Europe, Middle East and Africa, specifically focused on customer acquisition and retention, marketing, partnerships and synergy, content programming, research and analytics. Within that team, the Commercial Performance and Planning team is responsible for providing a consolidated view of ongoing EMEA trading performance of Disney+, driving insights and decision-making to optimise sign-ups and subscriber growth, and overseeing the Disney+ annual and quarterly planning process.

We are looking for a forward-thinking, analytically minded Commercial Planning Supervisor to join our Disney+ Commercial Performance and Planning team. The purpose of this role is to ensure we have robust, well-defined and socialised targets for sign-ups, retention and other key Direct to Consumer metrics, both for the long term and to guide the business on a quarterly, weekly and daily basis. This role will leverage strategic thinking, ability to pull insights from Disney+ data, bottom-up plans from markets, market intelligence, research and analytics, to synthesise them and define the most appropriate plans for the Direct to Consumer business.

This is a central role within the Disney+ EMEA business, which will work in collaboration with our local European markets, across regional Disney+ functions (incl. marketing, product and content teams), BD & strategy teams, as well as Finance teams across Europe and the US.

What You Will Do

Support in building Disney+ annual strategy and annual planning for Disney+ subscriber growth through acquisition and retention across multiple tiers, plans, and markets, leveraging market and competitor insights, learnings from Disney+ research, past performance, and analysis of future trends
Driving monthly / bi-monthly forecasting process for Disney+ EMEA subscriber growth across acquisition and retention, for retail and wholesale customers, in close partnership with Disney+ Finance and Analytics teams
Modelling for business cases and scenarios to support decision-making on pricing/promotion, go-to-market strategies, new trading models, and other growth initiatives
Become a subject matter expert on key areas of the subscription business, driving impact through your knowledge of subscriber acquisition and retention
Analyse current trends of trading
Work in close collaboration with US Direct to Consumer subscriber planning teams to align on latest EMEA plans, strategic initiatives, content targets, planning methodologies
Supporting in preparation for EMEA & US updates, including gathering relevant data, conducting key analyses, and creating decks

Required Qualifications & Skills

Experience working in data-driven environments and driving decision-making through data
Experience working with large datasets and forming business recommendations at pace
Experience dealing with and presenting to senior level stakeholders
Ability to tailor comms to different audiences (e.g. country teams, execs)
Experience in consulting or media sector preferred

Skills & competencies required

High numeracy and analytical ability & rigour, attention to detail
Excellent Excel skills
Ability to challenge high-level numbers and develop quick & accurate ‘back of the envelope’ scenarios
Strategic mindset, with an ability to extract key insights from datasets
Strong presentation skills, with clear and succinct written and verbal communications
Skilled at prioritising and managing multiple project schedules, analyses, and deadlines that run simultaneously
Demonstrated success in influencing cross-functional teams, stakeholders and leadership
Positive, people-oriented, and energetic attitude
Ability to work autonomously

The Perks

25 days annual leave
Private medical insurance & dental care
Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
Excellent parental and guardian leave
Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney Mosaic, Disney PRIDE, our disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

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 The Walt Disney Company (EMEA):

Disney EMEA aims to drive growth, innovation and brand affinity across an extremely diverse collection of countries with a team of over 6,000 employees operating in 59 markets with offices in 29 countries.

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 The Walt Disney Company Limited, which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (EMEA).

The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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