Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
About the Role
We are seeking an Executive Director of Product, Growth & Monetization to define and lead the product strategy for global customer acquisition, engagement, retention, and monetization across multiple brands. This senior leadership role is responsible for driving end-to-end product strategy and execution, managing a team of product managers, and shaping the future of our growth engine.
Responsibilities
- Define long-term growth and monetization strategy across the customer lifecycle.
- Oversee product roadmaps and delivery to drive measurable business and customer impact.
- Build, coach, and scale a high-performing team of product managers.
- Develop innovative offerings that deliver customer value while driving sustainable revenue growth.
- Establish a culture of A/B testing, data-driven learning, and rapid iteration.
- Navigate complex ecosystems, understanding incentives and trade-offs.
- Collaborate with other product teams, marketing, engineering, design, data, finance, and business development.
- Influence platform capabilities and technical constraints to scale growth and monetization initiatives globally.
Requirements
- 12+ years of product management experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role managing PM teams at scale.
- Proven track record of delivering growth and monetization impact in a subscription, marketplace, or consumer platform business.
- Deep expertise in customer acquisition, plan tiering, upsell strategies, account management, retention, and monetization.
- Strong growth mindset with the ability to set ambitious goals, test hypotheses, and adapt strategies.
- Technical aptitude to partner closely with engineering and data teams.
- Experience considering ROI, financial tradeoffs, value creation, and value capture in product decisions.
- Experience in entertainment, media, or adjacent industries strongly preferred.
- Exceptional analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills.
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and leading cross-functional alignment at the executive level.
Skills
- Product Management
- Growth Strategy
- Monetization Strategy
- Customer Acquisition
- Customer Engagement
- Customer Retention
- Product Roadmaps
- Team Leadership
- A/B Testing
- Data Analysis
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Platform Strategy
- Financial Analysis
- Executive Communication
Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave
Work Type
- Full time
Experience Level
- Senior Leadership
- 12+ years of product management experience
- 5+ years in a senior leadership role managing PM teams
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- San Francisco, CA: $275,900 - $370,000
- Glendale, CA: $251,900 - $337,800
Benefits
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided
- Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
About the Company
- 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.
- The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses.
- Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses, including digital commerce, identity, growth, messaging, privacy, and data engineering, science, and products.