At Disney, we‘re storytellers, making the impossible, possible. We deliver unparalleled creative content to audiences around the world. We do this through cutting-edge technology and by pushing the envelope to bring stories to life through our movies, products, interactive games, parks and resorts, and media networks.
Disney Advertising Sales (DAS) drives the advertising revenue across platforms for the entire media portfolio – including Disney+, Hulu, ABC, ESPN, Freeform, FX, National Geographic, Disney Channels Worldwide, and more.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Senior Manager, Business Operations will lead a team focused on delivering performance metrics, actionable insights, and reporting that directly influence key business decisions. Reporting to the Director, Business Operations, this role ensures data quality, aligns sales reporting methodologies, and champions process improvement initiatives to drive operational efficiency.
This role plays a critical part in identifying revenue trends, enhancing sales performance, and delivering data-driven recommendations to support strategic organizational goals. This person is expected to be a strong problem-solver, leveraging both quantitative and qualitative methods to enable decisions to effectively drive the company’s growth objectives forward. They will partner with the Sales leadership team, Finance, Operations, Sales Enablement, and Revenue and Yield Management teams to tie strategic business initiatives to metrics, reporting and analytical insights. They will champion and develop clear rationale to justify process improvements and resource allocation/investment decisions that materially increase speed to market and reduce costs. Finally, they will work with sales leaders and key partners to enable good decision-making by understanding their business, highlighting risk/opportunities via analytics and marketplace context.

EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years in media or related field, with experience in ad sales, strategic planning, business development, consulting or analytics preferred
• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage people across functions and projects to contribute to the success of a large & matrixed organization
• Experience building relationships with and influencing colleagues across departments to meet target delivery dates.

SKILLS

• Strong understanding of media math, addressable advertising, and the distribution platform landscape.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills with the ability to influence and persuade senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills, with the ability to synthesize complex data and provide actionable insights and recommendations.
• Skilled at translating data into powerful stories via advanced PowerPoint or Keynote skills.
• Adept technical/functional experience in Excel.
• Ability to leverage AI for automating tasks, improving workflow efficiency, and enhancing decision-making processes.
• Ability to navigate a highly complex, matrixed, organization.
• Relentless curiosity, flexibility and willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Able to work comfortably & confidently under pressure and aggressive deadlines.
• High level of integrity, accountability and dedication.

Education

• Master’s degree or MBA preferred

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The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $157,600 - $192,600 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA is $150,500 - $183,900 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