About the Role
The Strategy & Operations team within Disney Entertainment and ESPN - Product and Technology is responsible for shaping the organization’s long-term vision, developing actionable product strategies, and executing against the org’s most critical near-term priorities. The team reports directly to the Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO), and uses strategic analysis, creative storytelling, and operational rigor to surface insights, frame trade-offs, and guide decision-making for Disney’s senior leadership. As a Principal of Streaming Strategy & Operations you will be the analytical backbone and connective tissue of the Streaming Product & Technology leadership group that oversees Disney+ and Hulu. Specifically, you will use data-driven rigor and execution discipline to set OKR targets, manage performance, and maintain operational momentum.
Responsibilities
- Drive the OKR-setting process for Streaming Product & Technology leadership, including objective setting, target definition, and performance assessment.
- Serve as the analytical backbone for key metrics, understanding data sets, identifying trends, surfacing insights, and optimizing performance with Product, Engineering, and Data Science.
- Support leadership review forums including Product Reviews, Weekly Stats, and OKR Grading.
- Proactively identify opportunities to improve velocity and impact through operational rigor.
- Partner with Corporate Communications, Creative Storytelling, and/or Workplace Experience to plan large-scale events where Streaming Product and Technology is represented.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in ProdOps, Strategy, or Analytics roles within top-tier Technology Companies, Start Ups, Management Consulting, and/or Professional Services firms.
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
- Expertise in organizing complex data to create clear, concise narratives.
- Strong spreadsheet (Excel, Google Sheets) and SQL skills.
- Proficiency with Tableau, Looker, or similar BI tools is highly preferred.
- Experience defining and measuring OKRs, KPIs, or other comparable success metrics.
- Proactive self-starter with a passion for driving outcomes and a bias for action.
- Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously with high attention to detail.
- Ability to conduct executive-level discussions.
- Team-oriented culture carrier with a proclivity towards cross-functional collaboration.
- Embrace of dynamic, fast-paced, and matrixed organizations with significant executive visibility.
- Comfortable influencing in the absence of direct control.
- Strong written, presentation, and oral communication skills.
- Capable of developing high-level presentations for senior executive audiences.
Skills
- Analytical skills
- Structured problem-solving skills
- Spreadsheet skills (Excel, Google Sheets)
- SQL skills
- Tableau
- Looker
- BI tools
- OKR definition and measurement
- KPI definition and measurement
- Communication skills (written, presentation, oral)
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Influencing skills
Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
Work Type
- Full time
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience
Education Level
- BS/BA in Business
- BS/BA in Computer Science
- BS/BA in Data Science
- BS/BA in a related field
Salary/Compensations
- $187,900.00 to $252,000.00 per year in San Francisco, CA
- $171,600.00 to $230,100.00 per year in Los Angeles, CA
Benefits
- Bonus
- Long-term incentive units
- Medical benefits
- Financial benefits
- Other benefits
About the Company
- The Strategy & Operations team within Disney Entertainment and ESPN - Product and Technology shapes the organization’s long-term vision, develops actionable product strategies, and executes critical near-term priorities.
- The team reports directly to the Chief Product and Technology Officer (CPTO).
- The team uses strategic analysis, creative storytelling, and operational rigor to surface insights, frame trade-offs, and guide decision-making for Disney’s senior leadership.
