Senior Manager, Production Technology

Disney Disney · Media · Burbank, CA +1

This role is for a Senior Manager of Production Technology at Disney Entertainment Television, focusing on implementing innovative solutions for episodic television production. The role involves understanding the production business, building relationships with stakeholders, applying technology strategically, and translating business needs into technical requirements. Responsibilities include leading change management, user acceptance testing, project planning, and risk communication. The ideal candidate has a strong background in custom software development, team management, and business relationship management, with experience in financial planning or similar domains. Familiarity with Agile/SCRUM and data analysis using SQL or Excel is required.

What you'd actually do

  1. Develop a deep understanding of the television production business
  2. Build trusted relationships with senior executives and stakeholders
  3. Apply a strategic and structured approach to technology enablement
  4. Serve as a strategic advisor and liaison between business units and technology teams
  5. Identify opportunities to apply technology to add value and increase efficiencies

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree in any field or equivalent years of experience
  • 10 years of overall experience working on custom software development projects
  • 4+ years of managing a team and leading projects
  • Deep business domain experience within financial planning, financial reporting, ERP, or similar
  • Strong background in business relationship management
  • Highly analytical with strong data analysis skills
  • Ability to understand complex systems and end-to-end business processes
  • Ability to work at a detailed level
  • Ability to analyze data using a SQL database, multi-dimensional database, or Excel
  • Experience writing test plans and performing application testing
  • Experience conducting user acceptance testing
  • Experience with data conversion testing
  • Experience validating data using Excel and SQL
  • Experience creating training materials and training users
  • Comfortable working in Agile/SCRUM environment with teams of 4-8 people
  • Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate closely with developers and business analysts
  • Produces high quality written deliverables (specifications, test plans)
  • Advanced Excel skills to include pivot tables, vlookup, formulas

Nice to have

  • Experience working at a major studio
  • Experience working in television production or distribution
  • Experience working on financial systems
  • Experience with SAP financials
  • Experience with Airtable
  • Experience with Snowflake or Oracle relational databases
  • Experience using Hyperion Planning
  • Experience with SOX applications

What the JD emphasized

  • Deep business domain experience within financial planning, financial reporting, ERP, or similar
  • Highly analytical with strong data analysis skills
  • Ability to analyze data using a SQL database, multi-dimensional database, or Excel
  • Experience writing test plans and performing application testing
  • Experience conducting user acceptance testing
  • Experience with data conversion testing
  • Experience validating data using Excel and SQL
  • Experience creating training materials and training users