The Walt Disney Company

Executive Director of Product, Growth & Monetization

The Walt Disney Company$251K — $337K *
Consumer Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of product management experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role managing PM teams at scale.
  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Proven track record of delivering growth and monetization impact in a subscription, marketplace, or consumer platform business.
  • Deep expertise in customer acquisition, plan tiering, upsell strategies, account management, retention, and monetization.
  • Strong growth mindset with the ability to set ambitious goals and adapt strategies based on insights.
  • Technical aptitude to partner closely with engineering and data teams.
  • Exceptional analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Own the long-term growth and monetization strategy across the customer lifecycle.
  • Oversee product roadmaps and delivery for measurable business and customer impact.
  • Build, coach, and scale a high-performing team of product managers.
  • Develop innovative offerings that deliver customer value while driving revenue growth.
  • Establish a culture of A/B testing and data-driven learning.
  • Navigate complex ecosystems, understanding trade-offs across needs.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align on goals and execute.

Benefits

  • Lead one of the most critical product portfolios driving the company’s future.
  • Shape the growth and monetization strategy in entertainment and technology.
  • Work with an impact-driven team that values bold thinking and experimentation.
Full Job Description

Job Posting Title:

Executive Director of Product, Growth & Monetization

Req ID:

Job Description:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company. 

 

About the Role

We are seeking an Executive Director of Product, Growth & Monetization to define and lead the product strategy for how we globally acquire, engage, retain, and monetize customers across multiple brands. This is a high impact, senior leadership role responsible for driving end-to-end product strategy and execution in a dynamic environment, spanning acquisition, plan tiering, upsells, account management, retention, and monetization.

 

This leader will manage and mentor a team of product managers, and shape the future of our growth engine, through a deep understanding of value creation and value capture. They will partner closely with other product teams, engineering, design, data science, marketing, and finance to deliver sustainable, scalable growth.

Responsibilities

·Define Strategy & Vision: Own the long-term growth and monetization strategy across the customer lifecycle—from acquisition to retention and revenue optimization.

·Drive Rapid Execution & Impact: Oversee product roadmaps and delivery, ensuring initiatives drive measurable business and customer impact in a fast-moving, dynamic environment.

·Lead & Grow Team: Build, coach, and scale a high-performing team of product managers, fostering a culture of deep consumer and business understanding, experimentation, learning, and results.

·Balance Value Creation & Capture: Develop innovative offerings that deliver customer value while driving sustainable revenue growth.

·Experimentation & Optimization: Establish a culture of A/B testing, data-driven learning, and rapid iteration across acquisition, conversion, and retention funnels.

·Ecosystem Thinking: Navigate complex ecosystems, understanding incentives and trade-offs across customer, business, and partner needs.

·Cross-Functional Leadership: Collaborate with other product teams, marketing, engineering, design, data, finance, and business development to align on goals and execute effectively.

·Platform Mindset: Deeply understand and influence platform capabilities and technical constraints to scale growth and monetization initiatives globally.

Qualifications

·12+ years of product management experience, with at least 5+ years in a senior leadership role managing PM teams at scale.

·Bachelor’s degree

·Proven track record of delivering growth and monetization impact in a subscription, marketplace, or consumer platform business.

·Deep expertise in customer acquisition, plan tiering, upsell strategies, account management, retention, and monetization.

·Strong growth mindset with the ability to set ambitious goals, test hypotheses, and adapt strategies based on insights.

·Technical aptitude to partner closely with engineering and data teams on platform capabilities and system design.

·Experience considering ROI, financial tradeoffs, value creation, and value capture in product decisions.

·Experience in entertainment, media, or adjacent industries strongly preferred.

·Exceptional analytical, storytelling, and executive communication skills.

·Comfort operating in ambiguity and leading cross-functional alignment at the executive level.

 

Why Join Us

·Lead one of the most critical product portfolios driving the company’s future.

·Shape the growth and monetization strategy at the intersection of entertainment and technology.

·Work with an impact-driven team that values bold thinking, experimentation, and customer obsession.

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The hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $275,900 to $370,000 per year, and in Glendale, CA is $251,900 to $337,800 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.

Job Posting Segment:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Commerce, Data & Identity

Primary Job Posting Category:

Product Management Tech

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

San Francisco, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave

Date Posted:

2025-11-12

About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows. Using the company's portfolio of brands to differentiate our content, services, and consumer products, Walt Disney seeks to develop creative, innovative, and profitable entertainment experiences and related products.

The Walt Disney Company Careers

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Learn more about The Walt Disney Company
Size
190,000 employees
Market Cap
$155.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$4.9 billion
Founded
1923
5 Year Trend
+3.9%
Revenue
$60.7 billion
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