Manager, Data Analytics – Engagement

The Walt Disney Company

Manager leading a team to analyze engagement trends impacting Disney's strategic goals. Collaborating with stakeholders for insightful analyses on content performance and decision-making.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeSanta Monica • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $141,900 - $190,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ETLSQLTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Diagnose complex trends and develop analytical frameworks to measure drivers of engagement
Communicate analysis results to a wide array of business stakeholders with varying technical expertise from operational teams to executive audiences, both in oral presentations and via written reports
Partner closely with business stakeholders (Content Partnerships, Content Programming and Merchandising, Product/Engineering, Business Operations, Marketing, etc.) to understand business problems and determine methodologies to derive actionable insights
Proactively monitor and stay up-to-date on nuanced data changes, including the introduction of new data that could impact the accuracy and interpretation of streaming analytics reports and dashboards
Maintain a deep understanding of the underlying data pipelines and transformations to quickly identify, troubleshoot, and communicate any potential data integrity issues or anomalies
Translate complex business questions into SQL including proper cohorting, calculations, filtering criteria and/or aggregations
Lead and mentor a high-performing team of analytics professionals, managing day-to-day operations and developing talent.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors or Masters degree in Analytics, Data Science, Statistics, Economics, Mathematics, or related quantitative field
8+ years of strategic analysis to inform product or business decision making with a track record of working closely with Executive leadership
5+ years of hands-on analytical work experience with SQL with 3+ years leading high performing teams of technical analysts
Expertise working with extremely large, disparate data sets and using SQL for data wrangling, ETL design, and analysis
Strong analytical skills with the ability to apply business strategy to data analysis and recommendations
Skilled at simplifying complex problems, distilling data, and constructing compelling data-driven narratives to guide decision making
Very comfortable translating highly technical analyses into easily understandable insights for non-technical stakeholders
Expertise with data exploration and data visualization tools like Tableau or Looker
Ability to effectively communicate key findings and strategic recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
Full range of medical benefits
Financial benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

SQLdata analysisdata wranglingETL designanalytical frameworksdata visualizationstatistical analysisdata integritycohortingcalculations

Soft Skills

analytical skillscommunicationleadershipmentoringproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingcollaborationsimplifying complex problemsstorytellingstakeholder engagement