Overview
Lead Data & Analytic Engineer role with Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T). DEEP&T brings together product, technology, and commercialization teams to drive the global operations for the Company’s content engines. DEEP&T manages the P&L, distribution, network, engineering operations, sales, advertising, and key technology functions for Disney’s streaming services, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+HotStar, as well as domestic broadcast and cable television networks. DEEP&T focuses on developing scalable systems and products that empower DEEP&T’s operations and bring creative ideas to life, with a global reach and strong local presence to optimize platforms, resources, and technology for industry-shaping approaches.
The role is integral to providing strategic direction for data-centric systems and aligning with TWDC broader strategy across Domestic, EMEA, APAC and LATAM. This role will be based in our London Hammersmith office, four days a week, with either a Monday or Friday working from home.
Values
You’ll join a team grounded in Disney values — integrity, inclusion, creativity, collaboration, and community. These values shape how we work and support one another every day.
What You Will Do
- Manage the entire lifecycle of data systems, from ideation and planning to development, deployment, and ongoing improvement.
- Promote data literacy and accessibility across the organization, enabling data-driven decision-making.
- Ensure data quality, reliability, and compliance, working with data engineers and stakeholders to establish and maintain robust data processes.
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, product managers, and other stakeholders to identify data needs, prioritize projects, and optimize data usage.
- Use data to inform media applications decisions, identify opportunities for new applications and features, and develop data-driven application systems that meet user needs.
- Develop and maintain a roadmap for data-driven systems, ensuring alignment with business goals and priorities.
- Define and track key metrics and KPIs to measure the success of data systems and inform future development efforts.
- Analyze data to identify trends, patterns, and insights that can inform media application decisions and improve user experience.
- Collaborate with DBAs and systems infrastructure teams to build and maintain the data infrastructure for optimal performance and resilience.
What You Will Bring
- Builds Relationships
- Establishes critical external alliances
- Engages colleagues across the organization to optimize performance
- Manages the needs of diverse stakeholders
- Facilitates win-win situations
- Resolves conflicts effectively
- Interacts well with people who have different backgrounds and work styles
- Communicates Effectively
- Obtains full engagement through inspiring communications
- Provides appropriate rationale and context to drive commitment
- Effectively persuades others to support ideas and plans
- Tailors messages appropriately to the audience
- Invites diverse points of view
- Listens and asks questions to ensure understanding
- Conveys relevant information in a candid and timely manner
- Drives Results
- Translates strategy into specific priorities, objectives, and action plans
- Develops appropriate metrics to assess business performance
- Manages projects, processes and resources to produce desired outcomes
- Holds self and others accountable to high performance standards
- Achieves high levels of customer satisfaction
- Analyses problems effectively and takes action to resolve
- Uses technology to facilitate better results
- Keeps commitments
- Analyses data and information to drive decisions
- Inspires Creativity and Innovation
- Creates an environment that encourages creative thinking and supports risk taking
- Takes risks and manages them intelligently
- Facilitates the exchange of ideas and creation of new ones
- Transfers ideas and successes across boundaries
- Challenges the status quo
- Conceives creative ideas to solve problems or meet objectives
- Champions Change
- Articulates a compelling business case for change
- Leads the change effort from inception to attainment of desired results
- Builds commitment to change
- Coaches others through change
- Supports new initiatives
- Demonstrates flexibility in response to changes
- Remains productive despite uncertainty
The Perks
- 25 days annual leave
- Private medical insurance & dental care
- Free Park Entry: opportunity to enter any of our parks with family and friends for free
- Disney Discounts: discounts on designated Disney products, resort and ticketing
- Excellent parental and guardian leave
- Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, DisneyMosaic, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and TRUST
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Policy: This role is part of Content Platforms & Operations, within CPO – EMEA & APAC Tech & Ops, and is a full-time position based in London, United Kingdom.
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