Lead Product Manager, Data & AI Integration, Technology VMO (Project Hire)

Job Summary:

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 & Data mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation.

Team Description:

The Technology Process and Performance organization partners across all organizations to drive process efficiencies and effectiveness by measuring the organization's performance and driving excellence. As part of the TP&P team, the Technology Vendor Management Office (VMO) is dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of vendor-related processes across our organization. As part of this mission, the VMO aims to leverage data-driven insights to optimize vendor management, streamline operations, and support informed decision-making.

The Lead Product Manager, Data & AI Integration, VMO Transformation owns the strategy, roadmap, and execution of the Technology VMO, Sourcing and Business Management data and AI capabilities that enable vendor management optimization, cost transparency, and operational decision making.

The Lead Product Manager, Data & AI Integration, VMO Transformation focuses on delivering end-to-end visibility into demand, spend, cost drivers, and performance, enabling leaders to manage vendor portfolios with greater financial discipline and clarity. Operating as a senior individual contributor, this role partners across VMO, finance, sourcing, business operations, and technology to translate complex cost, demand, and performance needs into durable data and AI enabled product capabilities, integrating the enterprise data & AI strategy to drive standardization, transparency, and optimization across vendor related operations while reducing manual effort and reconciliation.

This is a project hire role with an expected assignment length of 24 months.

• Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for data integration, analytics, and AI capabilities supporting vendor management optimization and cost transparency.
• Drive outcome based prioritization across initiatives (e.g., cost transparency, spend visibility, performance insights, workflow automation), balancing stakeholder needs, feasibility, and measurable impact.
• Translate business and operational needs into epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and a prioritized backlog, partnering with delivery teams through refinement and release planning.
• Define and deliver product capabilities that enable vendor performance visibility, portfolio insights, and spend transparency, including clear success criteria and user outcomes.
• Define data requirements and integration needs, enabling reliable, analytics ready views across systems to support planning, forecasting, and performance tracking.
• Support delivery of AI‑assisted capabilities (e.g., forecasting, anomaly detection, insight summarization) within established platforms, standards, and guardrails.
• Lead ongoing backlog management, UAT, and release readiness, accountable for adoption and delivery of measurable business outcomes.
• Communicate product plans, trade‑offs, risks, and insights clearly to business and technical stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment across cross‑functional partners with differing priorities through structured discussions and clear decision framing.
• Support governance, controls, and compliance requirements related to data, financial transparency, and operational processes.
• Help drive adoption of new product capabilities and workflows through clear documentation, enablement, and change support.
• Contribute to risk mitigation and continuous improvement through standards, transparency, KPI tracking, and post‑implementation review.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $141,900 to $190,300 per year, in Orlando, FL is $135,200 to $181,200 per year and in Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.