Director, Decision Science AI/ML Engineering – Ops

The Walt Disney Company

Director of Decision Science at Disney overseeing AI/ML engineering and operations. Leading the team to drive decision science initiatives and deliver scalable solutions.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeBurbank • California, Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $217,800 - $306,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

DockerPythonSQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Develop and keep relevant a vision for team in a fast-paced, complex and evolving arena.
Foster a high-performing team of AI/ML engineers and drive a culture of excellence.
Define and execute a comprehensive MLOps roadmap.
Manage a high-performing team in a matrixed environment.
Design, build, and champion a library of reusable building blocks for scientists and modelers.
Champion the adoption of a portfolio-wide metrics process to increase visibility of KPIs.

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of related experience
Prior experience leading decision scientists and/or machine learning engineers to deploy production solutions
Sufficient statistical and modeling fluency to partner effectively with decision scientists
Experience with analytical coding languages such as Python, R, SQL
Experience designing and implementing complex algorithms
Ability to learn technical methods and tools independently
Experience with software development tools (e.g. GitLab/GitHub, Docker, CI/CD practices, etc.)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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Hard Skills & Tools

MLOpsPythonRSQLstatistical modelingalgorithm designanalytical codingsoftware developmentCI/CD practicesreusable building blocks

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementhigh-performance culturecommunicationindependent learningvision developmentmatrix managementexcellencecollaborationKPI visibility