Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future.

Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds andoperatesdelight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Commerce, Growth & Identity (CGI)

The Commerce, Growth & Identity (CGI) team is dedicated to three business-critical areas at Disney that will help transform its media business. They create seamless user experiences for consumers who can choose from a wide range of subscription plans, enabling more choice and flexibility. The CGI team is also focused on building innovative and cutting-edge capabilities that will drive subscriptions, engagement, and monetization across Disney’s streaming and digital products.

J ob Summary:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology team is looking for a passionate Senior

Engineering Manager to lead the MarTech Tooling team. This team is responsible for building a suite of tooling solutions for marketing needs for our internal Marketing Partners to build marketing assets and manage them throughout their lifecycle for - Disney+, ESPN+ and Hulu.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Create, drive and help execute the technical vision and evolution of the applications owned by the team.

• Identify opportunities to create solutions to improve Marketing efficiency and visibility for operations

• Lead architectural and design discussions to help the team build efficient and optimized workflows for configuration driven applications

• Work with Product Managers, Product Designers, QA, Support and other cross-functional teams to drive the vision and roadmap for the team.

• Lead and grow the team by hiring and retaining top engineering talent and engineering leaders

• Foster a growth mindset and provide coaching to the Engineering leaders in your organization

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of total experience out of which 5+ years of people management experience and 2+ years of experience managing Engineering Managers

• Demonstrated success working on complex workflows and systems to drive efficient

• processes

• Experience hiring top engineering talent and making tough decisions.

• Strong partner and communicator with ability to articulate the team vision and technical concepts to cross-functional stakeholders.

• Ability to make decisions in ambiguous situations and a fast paced environment with constantly changing business needs.

• Excellent motivator driving influence and high throughput from the team.

• Passionate about engineering best practices and leading by example.

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Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience building Internal Tooling

• Experience working with Marketing technologies and MarTech domain

• Knowledge of Marketing Lifecycle.

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $180700-242300, and NYC $189300- $253800, and San Francisco $197900- $265400. 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.

Job ID: 10082739

Location: Santa Monica,California

Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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