About the position
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. 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.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the strategy, planning, and execution oversight for a portfolio of internal technology products.
- Partner with Legal Operations to identify metrics-based business cases and ROI while analyzing and optimizing existing technology-related processes.
- Stay updated on emerging legal technologies and trends.
- Collaborate with Legal Operations to identify technology needs and work with technology staff to identify solutions.
- Act as a domain expert across multiple product areas or business domains.
- Develop core product positioning, messaging, and strategic narratives.
- Create and maintain 12- to 24-month product roadmaps.
- Oversee the development of product requirement documents (PRDs).
- Manage the full product lifecycle, from ideation and discovery through development, launch, sustainment, and retirement.
- Collaborate with agile delivery teams and Product Owners.
- Build trusted relationships with business partners and segment leaders.
- Lead and/or participate in commercial contract terms negotiations with technology vendors.
- Facilitate ongoing alignment between enterprise technology and business partners.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex business inquiries.
- Manage relationships with legal technology vendors.
- Conduct landscape analyses and deliver executive-level presentations.
- Partner with business stakeholders to develop the 5 year plan and annual operating budgets.
- Manage product budgets and resource forecasts.
- Contribute to the maturity of the product management discipline by sharing best practices.
Requirements
- Minimum of 7 years of experience managing complex products within a large, multi-national corporation.
- Demonstrated experience in legal technology and operations.
- Demonstrated ability to define multi-year product strategies and roadmaps.
- Experience acting as a strategic thought partner to business stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of legal document management, matter management, contract management, knowledge management, and spend management.
- Hands-on experience overseeing the full product lifecycle.
- Proven ability to prioritize features based on value, feasibility, and dependencies.
- Strong working knowledge of agile product delivery.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong analytical skills and experience conducting product, competitor, or industry landscape assessments.
- Experience managing product budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation.
Nice-to-haves
- ITIL Foundation Certification or advanced certifications for ITIL v3 or later.
- Certifications in agile software development methodologies.
- Other advanced product, platform, or agile courses/certifications.
Benefits
- Medical, financial, and/or other benefits.
- Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided.
