Senior Manager, Production Technology

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of the television production business
• Build trusted relationships with senior executives and stakeholders
• Apply a strategic and structured approach to technology enablement
• Serve as a strategic advisor and liaison between business units and technology teams
• Identify opportunities to apply technology to add value and increase efficiencies
• Translate complex functional requirements into technical requirements
• Collaborate closely with developers in the role of subject matter expert
• Lead change management efforts to ensure business preparedness and user adoption
• Lead user acceptance testing and document results as required for governance and compliance
• Provide first line support for user reported issues
• Develop project plans and track sprint progress
• Identify and communicate risks and issues

Requirements

• 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
• 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
• Job Posting Segment:
• Disney Television Studios & Business Operations
• Job Posting Primary Business:
• Strategy & Operations
• Primary Job Posting Category:
• Product Management Solutions
• Employment Type:
• Full time
• Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
• Burbank, CA, USA
• Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
• Date Posted:
• 2025-12-08

Benefits

Additional Information

Job Posting Title: Senior Manager, Production Technology Req ID: 10136134 Job Description: The Disney Entertainment Television Production Technology team is focused on implementing innovative solutions to support the production of episodic television. The team works to implement solutions across multiple studios and delivery platforms with a focus on building solutions to business problems that increase insight and operational efficiency.

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