About this role
Job Posting Title:
Principal Software Product Manager, AIReq ID:
10134709Job Description:
About the Role & Team:
Walt Disney Imagineering is the creative force that imagines, designs, and brings to life all Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions, and cruise ships worldwide. Working across a spectrum of disciplines that range from creative and conceptual to scientific and technical, Imagineers blend an innovative mixture of storytelling, art, science, and technology to create immersive experiences, memorable destinations, and innovative entertainment for families around the globe.
Nearly every project at Walt Disney Imagineering includes a first-of-its-kind. Innovation is in our DNA, and Imagineers constantly push the boundaries of technology and invent new goals as well as the solutions to achieve them. As Imagineers, one of our greatest rewards is knowing that the experiences and environments we create inspire others. The diversity of expertise at Imagineering makes us uniquely capable of influencing positive change in our communities and around the world. And knowing that we have helped make a difference is incredibly fulfilling and inspiring for all of us.
AI tools will augment how Imagineering creates, designs, and delivers attractions and experiences around the world. We’re looking for a creative product leader driven to bridge our unique design practices with modern AI technologies. This Principal Product Manager will drive and deliver AI products, functions, and workflows for our internally used Imagineering product portfolio, bringing AI to life within WDI. This individual will be responsible for shepherding AI software technologies (both buy and build) across various states of maturity, working alongside product peers, technical program managers, software engineers, research scientists, stakeholders, and leadership. In this role, you will communicate a clear vision and create equally strong partnerships to make these technologies relevant and successful within our creative-first business.
You will report to the Product Executive – WDI Apps.
This is a Full-Time role.
What You Will Do:
Drive product direction and implementation for first-of-their-kind AI products within Walt Disney Imagineering.
Advocate as the voice of the Imagineer, placing grounded problem-solving before solutioning, exemplifying WDI’s core design and delivery principles.
Draft product requirements, user research, user stories, mockups, visualizations, product memos, presentations, roadmaps, and other pertinent strategy materials.
Liaise, network, and partner with other product managers across the Walt Disney Company to identify opportunities for integration, lessons learned, and shared engagements.
Present to and collaborate with senior leadership on vision, strategy, and direction for AI within Imagineering.
Partner with peer leaders across software engineering, product design, technical program management, project technology integration, finance, and legal.
Drive the annual investment and funding strategy for product functions and features within the AI portfolio.
Required Qualifications & Skills:
10+ years of strong software product management acumen and leadership experience
Expertise with 0-1 software development. You can craft clarity, starting from the blank page.
Excellent communication skills: written, verbal, and presentational. You can communicate across mediums.
Passion for solving problems within creative/entertainment cultures. You love the output of what we do: design and deliver immersive, world-class experiences.
Desire to work on internal technologies used by Imagineers (not consumer-facing). You care deeply about the craft of Imagineering.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Recent experience with current AI software technologies, user patterns, and architecture.
Experience with microservice ecosystems and component-based web apps.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, media management, or an engineering or science discipline required, or equivalent experience.
Master’s degree preferred.
Additional Information:
Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits.
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Job Posting Segment:
WDI R&D and Tech StudioJob Posting Primary Business:
R&D and Tech Studio (WDI)Primary Job Posting Category:
Product ManagementEmployment Type:
Full timePrimary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Glendale, CA, USAAlternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2025-11-07Other facts
About The Walt Disney Company
Imagine a career at Disneyland Paris.
From the moment you arrive, you’ll be immersed in a dynamic and multicultural team of talent that welcomes our Guests every day to create magical souvenirs they’ll cherish forever. Since 1992, we’ve opened our Park gates to 320 million visitors and made the dreams of millions come true!
You too could be part of the magic!
The success in delivering these projects and their stories is thanks to our team of 15,000 Cast Members who live Walt Disney’s vision: they bring imagination and wonder to our guests while seeing their own careers flourish.
And this is where you can get involved. We have 500 different job profiles across our corporate and operations departments, so whether you’re interested in the operational roles within our Park, maybe to work part-time alongside your studies, or if you’re interested in Marketing, Finance, Engineering and our other corporate roles, we invite you to apply to us!
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What you'll do
- Drive product direction and implementation for AI products within Walt Disney Imagineering. Collaborate with various teams to ensure the successful integration and delivery of AI technologies.
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