Lead Product Designer

Job ID 10122171 Location New York, New York, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Aug. 29, 2025

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Job Summary:

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

About The Role & Team

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

We are looking for a Lead Product Designer who will be an exceptional role model to our growing Enterprise Design team. You will partner closely with Product and Engineering to create innovative and intuitive tooling solutions that support and streamline our internal operations. This specific role will work on our experimentation platform, a complex and highly technical product that empowers product managers, engineers, data analysts, data scientists, and other roles internal to Disney Streaming to make data informed decisions. You will report to the Senior Manager of Product Design and collaborate closely with teams across the organization.

A few reasons why we believe you’d love working here:

Impact – We are shaping the future of Disney Entertainment. Our design and research drive innovation across our entire portfolio, from ESPN to Marvel and beyond, creating magical experiences for audiences worldwide.

Collaboration – Our team includes the industry's most talented designers, UX engineers, design operations experts, and leaders, all working together to push the boundaries of creativity and user experience.

Innovation – We pioneer groundbreaking products and techniques that redefine industry standards, transforming how audiences engage with sports, entertainment, and news.

What You Will Do

Our mission in Enterprise Design is to develop and design platform solutions, tools, dashboards, and processes that drive efficiency, optimization, and new value across streaming, content operations, media and broadcast, and BI products. You will:

Lead product design for the Enterprise Design team, overseeing the work of at least 1-2 other designers
Define app and web experiences for enterprise products, taking ownership of large, complex projects and work with cross-functional leads to shape the product vision
Contribute to product strategy by leveraging user research, data, and insights, understanding business needs, and innovating within technical constraint
Drive the design process and user research strategy across your projects, shaping the long-term design direction for large-scale systems
Use data to guide your design decisions, ensuring that we are pursuing measurable, achievable, impactful outcomes
Communicate your ideas effectively and partner closely with cross functional partners and stakeholders to execute on design solutions
Mentor and provide design directions for senior, mid-level designers, and associate designers

We are looking for candidates who:

Have experience designing high quality solutions for enterprise workflows and are adept at managing complexity
Have worked on experimentation tooling, feature flag controls and deployment, data visualization
Showcase a strong understanding and application of user-centered design process and best practices and have a data-driven mindset
Are self-motivated, innately curious, and passionate about problem solving
Possess a high bar of craft and design excellence
Collaborate well with others, communicate effectively, and contribute positively to their setting and have strong communication skills
Have a growth mindset and display an aptitude for learning new technologies and design skills
Have a passion for evolving the design practice; its people, processes and tools
Possess the ability to help stakeholders & partners uncover project goals, constraints & dependencies; and then guide them to optimal solutions

Required Qualifications & Skills

Minimum 7 years in Product Design at a technology company
Minimum 1 year(s) of experience leading other designers either as a project lead or people manager
A strong portfolio demonstrating both personal and team-based work
A deep arsenal of design tools (Figma, Sketch, InVision, Framer, Mural, Keynote)
Proficiency in user-centered design thinking methodologies
Excellent prioritization and documentation skills

The hiring range for this position in New York is $145,400 to $195,000 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.

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About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world’s most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney’s ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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