Manager, Product Design

The Walt Disney Company

Manager of Product Design leading a team at Disney+ to create human-centric experiences across various product areas. Collaborating strategically to align design with business goals in media technology.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeSanta Monica • California, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $155,700 - $208,700 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set team values and manage individuals at different stages of development
Own the vision for your group, its relationship with the department and business goals, and provide clarity when it's needed
Help your ICs work more effectively and encourage them to implement the most desirable design solution
Develop, codify, and evangelize best practices, primarily focusing on design excellence, team growth, and stakeholder management
Guide your team to develop processes for ensuring a high bar of quality, including evolving critique practices, design rituals, and workflows that keep pace with emerging tools and technologies
Set the strategy and vision for your area of ownership, even as the boundaries of that area shift
Offer a strong product and design voice with your cross-functional partners
Partner closely with product management, engineering, research, and data science as a true strategic peer
Co-author product strategy and champion the user perspective in roadmap conversations
Stay close to users through research and experimentation, helping define how people discover, interact with, and experience content across current and future paradigms
Foster a culture of confidence, accountability, design thinking, continuous learning, and constructive critique
Recruit new designers and actively participate in the hiring process, raising the bar for talent while building a team that reflects diverse perspectives and backgrounds

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience building or leading teams of full-time designers
7+ years of product design experience across consumer-facing digital products or platforms
Ability to cultivate a positive environment for outstanding designers and continually raise the bar for quality and innovation
Demonstrated experience and expertise in high-level product design strategy, with the instincts to co-create product vision documents and connect design decisions to business outcomes
A strong understanding of user-centered design principles and design thinking practices
Proven leadership and mentorship competencies, with a clear philosophy on growing designers at different career stages
Comfort navigating ambiguity and turning new technology opportunities into human-centered experiences
The ability to clearly articulate your team's design decisions to internal partners and build trust with cross-functional and executive stakeholders through storytelling and clear design documentation
Experience leading design across multiple or shifting product areas, where the problem space and team scope evolve
A commitment to adding to an inclusive design culture, fostering psychological safety, and attracting world-class talent
The ability to adapt department plans and priorities and drive business and viewer needs
Experience leveraging AI-powered design, research, and productivity tools (e.g., generative AI, prototyping, or analytics tools) to enhance product design workflows is strongly preferred.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical, financial, and/or other benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product DesignDesign ThinkingDesign DocumentationPrototypingUser ResearchDesign Critique PracticesDesign WorkflowsDesign ExcellenceStakeholder ManagementTeam Development

Soft Skills

StorytellingBuilding TrustFostering Psychological SafetyEncouraging InnovationCultivating Positive Environment

Certifications

Bachelor's Degree