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Senior Manager, Data Engineering

The Walt Disney Company.com

188k - 253k USD/year

Office

CA

Full Time

Job Posting Title:

Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Req Id:

10133658

Job Description:

At Disney Experiences Technology, our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company’s premier vacation brands including Disney’s Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Aulani, A Disney Resort & Spa, and Disney Vacation Club. The Disney Experiences Technology team is responsible for the end-to-end digital and physical Guest experience for all technology & digital-led initiatives across the Attractions & Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Resorts & Transportation, and Merchandise lines of business as well as other initiatives including the MyDisneyExperience app and Hey, Disney!

We are looking for a Sr Manager, Data Engineering to drive the development and successful delivery of modern data products. You will own the successful roll-out of new features and capabilities that provide useful insights and drive growth for our business. You will lead all aspects of data initiatives including a studio of engineers who craft, build, and improve the framework and processes handling consumer data, ensuring freshness, completeness, security, and privacy. You will sit in Data Products & Platform within the Technology & Digital organization for Disney Experiences. You will work closely with internal segment partners and technical authorities from across Disney.

Responsibilities:

  • Work with partners from around Disney to understand business needs and translate those into high value capabilities and features
  • Develop the strategy and roadmap for data products supporting Guest experiences
  • Lead the team delivering against plans, including both highly technical and non-technical resources
  • Build a strong culture of best practices and standards in data and engineering
  • Act as the deep technical authority on delivery practices, able to speak to capabilities and processes to multiple levels of the organization
  • Advance data collection strategies and onboarding processes enabling improved data capabilities while adhering to data privacy requirements
  • Stay in the known on the product direction for applicable technologies to understand how shifts in the consumer privacy landscape alter the Guest data strategy

Required Qualifications & Skills:

  • 10+ years related work experience in a Data Engineering field
  • Advanced knowledge of Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Advanced Analytics, and Data Science implementations
  • Experience across Data Warehouse platforms such as Snowflake and BigQuery, with expert level knowledge in the Snowflake Platform
  • Expertise with Data Lakehouse architectures and formats/standards, such as Parquet and Iceberg
  • Experience designing automated, highly available ETL/ELT big data pipelines at scale
  • Experience with data transformation and orchestration tools as well as DBT and AirFlow
  • Knowledge of data quality practices and tooling such as Data Dog and Anomalo
  • Familiarity with data security and privacy regulations
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, compelling storytelling and presentation skills.
  • A team player with vision, passion, discipline, and integrity
  • Demonstrated inclusive and collaborative leadership that embraces diverse thought. Ability to develop geographically and otherwise diverse highly technical teams.
  • Proven ability to successfully operate in a highly matrix organization where partnership and influence are key drivers of success
  • Ability to work rapidly and efficiently in a fast paced and changing environment

Required Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Education:

  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
The hiring range for this position in Anaheim is $188,400 to $252,600 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:

DX Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Emerging Tech & Data

Primary Job Posting Category:

Data Engineering

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Anaheim, CA, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - FL - Kirkman Point 2

Date Posted:

2025-10-09

Senior Manager, Data Engineering

Office

CA

Full Time

188k - 253k USD/year

October 9, 2025

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The Walt Disney Company

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