Senior Business Product Manager (Rights Management)

Responsibilities

• Articulate product strategy and create roadmaps that link vision, strategy, and execution for the Rights Management domain
• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle, including gathering and prioritizing business requirements and translating them into product specifications
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams—including engineering, design, QA, and program managers—to deliver solutions and optimize features
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring transparent and justified prioritization
• Refine solutions into practical minimum viable products (MVPs) to address high-priority requirements
• Define realistic product targets, KPIs, and OKRs while performing cost/benefit analyses and lean business cases
• Improve user experience and streamline business operations through user research and documentation of system processes

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably within the digital media supply chain
• Deep knowledge of content rights, availability, and workflows for direct-to-consumer streaming services
• Proven ability to define product roadmaps and write/prioritize user stories
• Strong technical writing and presentation skills
• Ability to derive actionable insights through user research and validate complex problems
• Experience leading or facilitating business workshops and working in Agile environments

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree in a related technical field
• Experience with Rightsline or Workato
• Exposure to Agile development tools such as Jira, Airtable, or Confluence
• Background in financial operations, accounting, or content exploitation
• Experience utilizing AI/ML to automate business processes
• Knowledge of media production or digital video workflows

About the Company

The Walt Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology works to build the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally, marrying technology with creativity to enhance storytelling and drive innovation for brands like Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and ABC.