Staff Product Manager

This is a Full Time Job

Staff Product Manager (Legal)

Location: Burbank, California, United States; Orlando, Florida, United States

Job Summary:

At Disney, we're storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt's passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world-a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences - and we're constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.

The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. Our group drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.

Team Description:

The Corporate Technology group is part of the Products organization, responsible for delivering and supporting the technology that powers TWDC's corporate functions, enterprise workflows, and service management platforms. Our scope spans the entire product lifecycle - from setting strategy and roadmaps to overseeing project delivery, engineering, and ongoing support. Through these efforts, we drive digital transformation across our business, workforce, and technology communities.

We partner with a diverse range of internal corporate teams - including Brand Management, Corporate Communications, Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Social Responsibility, Global Labor & Product Standards, Global Security, Investor Relations, Management Audit, Legal & Global Affairs, and Supply Chain Compliance, Trade Management, & Logistics. Additionally, these solutions extend to our segment partners, ensuring a cohesive and connected technology experience across the company.

Responsibilities of Role:

The Staff Product Manager is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining and driving the strategy, planning, and execution oversight for a portfolio of internal technology products. With a deep understanding of business needs and technology capabilities, this role partners closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, and senior leaders to deliver solutions that generate measurable business value. The Staff Product Manager serves as the strategic owner for multiple complex products, overseeing the entire product lifecycle from ideation to operations, and acting as the primary liaison between Corporate Technology and our customers to deliver world class solutions. This role requires strong product leadership, cross-functional influence, and a balance of strategic vision with pragmatic execution.

Product Strategy & Vision
• Partner with Legal Operations to identify metrics-based business cases and ROI while analyzing and optimizing existing technology-related processes to improve workflow and productivity within the legal department
• Stay updated on emerging legal technologies and trends to help the department remain at the forefront of innovation
• Collaborate with Legal Operations to identify technology needs and work with technology staff and other areas in and outside of Disney to identify solutions that support legal strategies, ultimately supporting the creation and maintenance of 3-5-year legal technology roadmaps.
• Act as a domain expert across multiple product areas or business domains, using data, user insights, and market knowledge to guide decisions
• Develop core product positioning, messaging, and strategic narratives that communicate product value to executive stakeholders

Product Planning & Delivery Oversight
• Create and maintain 12- to 24-month product roadmaps that deliver measurable business value
• Oversee the development of product requirement documents (PRDs), prioritizing features based on user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility
• Manage the full product lifecycle, from ideation and discovery through development, launch, sustainment, and retirement or replacement
• Collaborate with agile delivery teams and Product Owners to ensure successful planning and execution of product initiatives
• Lead cross-functional product initiatives or special projects requiring complex coordination and strategic influence

Stakeholder & Partner Engagement
• Build trusted relationships with business partners and segment leaders, serving as a collaborative partner for decisions related to product direction and prioritization
• Lead and/or participate in commercial contract terms negotiations with technology vendors
• Facilitate ongoing alignment between enterprise technology and business partners to ensure products meet evolving compliance needs while continuing to deliver strategic value
• Collaborate with various internal and external stakeholders to gather and consolidate all the information needed to present project funding requests to key executives
• Serve as an escalation point for complex business inquiries, stakeholder concerns, and cross-team dependencies

Product Value Management, Market Awareness & Competitive Landscape
• Partner with Legal Operations and legal technology vendors to share, manage, and prioritize internal capability needs from vendors' products while aligning with and influencing vendor roadmaps
• Manage relationships with legal technology vendors, acting as an escalation point to help remove obstacles and partner at higher levels within the vendor organizations to influence creative solutions, quality, and expedience
• Maintain an understanding of the competitive landscape, industry trends, and alternative products
• Conduct landscape analyses and deliver executive-level presentations to inform strategic planning and product positioning
• Partner with Legal Operations to lead or support product pilots and beta programs to validate market fit and refine offerings based on feedback

Financial Planning & Resource Management
• Partner with business stakeholders and the technology organization to develop the 5 year plan and annual operating budgets
• Manage product budgets and resource forecasts, collaborating with Finance and the PMO to ensure alignment with investment plans
• Partner with leadership to develop internal product cost models and charge-back frameworks that support sustainable operations
• Track product budget performance and adjust forecasts based on licensing consumption, delivery progress, scope changes, and business needs

Leadership, Coaching & Standards Development
• Contribute to the maturity of the product management discipline by sharing best practices, frameworks, and templates across teams
• Mentor product owners, and business analysts to elevate product thinking and delivery capability

Key Attributes

Thinks Strategically
• Stays current on business domain trends and technological advances
• Uses knowledge of the company's products and services to meet customer needs and financial targets
• Identifies key business opportunities and challenges
• Examines issues from a broad perspective, considering impact beyond immediate scope
• Makes sound business decisions that balance competing priorities
• Able to see the ''forest'' as well as the individual ''trees'' – can articulate how specif

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