Senior Manager, Business Planning, Global Brand Commercialization-PH

Job Summary:

At Disney Consumer Products, we inspire imagination around the world and are committed to creating happiness for families and fans by bringing captivating, inspiring, and inclusive products into their daily lives. From toys to T-shirts, console games, books, and more, our team brings our beloved brands and franchises into the lives of families through products and experiences that can be found worldwide.

The Senior Manager, Business Planning (Project Hire) serves as a strategic operator supporting the Director of Strategy & Business Planning for Global Brand Commercialization within Disney Consumer Products (DCP). This role drives clarity, alignment, and follow-through across global priority-bridging strategy and execution for initiatives that span regions, brands, and categories. Acting as an extension of the Director, this leader helps advance high-impact projects, codify ways of working, and strengthen coordination across a highly matrixed global organization.

You Will

• Partner closely with the Director to manage and progress strategic initiatives, ensuring global and regional alignment.
• Translate strategic frameworks into operational delivery plans, connecting goals to clear workstreams, responsibilities, and timelines.
• Drive execution and accountability across global projects and cross-LOB initiatives serving as a central integrator between Strategy, Finance, Commercial, and Operations.
• Facilitate planning, tracking, and reporting on global strategic initiatives, surfacing interdependencies, risks, and enabling decisions.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships across brands, functions, and regions to move work forward in a complex matrix environment.
• Create and manage executive materials including scorecards, updates, and strategic narratives that crisply reflect progress and impact.
• Partner with Global Ops to ensure information flow, governance consistency, and overall operational rhythm—while managing complementary, forward-looking initiatives distinct from day-to-day operations.
• Provide analytical and decision support for business cases, organizational mapping, and resource trade-offs.

You Have

• 8+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, or management consulting ideally within a global organization.
• Proven ability to bridge strategy and execution; adept at turning business goals into actionable, measurable programs.
• Exceptional relationship builder with a track record of influence in matrixed corporate environments.
• Advanced organizational and analytical skills; strong ability to synthesize, simplify, and communicate clearly to senior leaders.

• Superior analytical, financial modeling, research skills, and attention to detail, with high proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience in entertainment, consumer products, or brand strategy preferred.
• Exceptionally comfortability navigating ambiguity and structuring clarity around evolving priorities

Ideal Haves

• Operated as a hands-on strategic executor pragmatic, analytical, and solutions oriented.

• Balanced strategic thinking with deep operational rigor and disciplined follow-up.

• Demonstrated a commitment to collaboration and communication, skillfully gaining alignment across competing needs and geographies.

• Thrived in complex ecosystems, translating big ideas into manageable, measurable actions

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, Master’s degree is a plus.

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 .

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The Walt Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. The Parks, Experiences and Products segment includes Disney's iconic travel and leisure businesses, which include six resort destinations in the United States, Europe and Asia, a top-rated cruise line, a popular vacation ownership program, and an award-winning guided family adventure business. Disney's global consumer products operations include the world's leading licensing business across multiple product categories; the world's largest children's publisher; Disney store locations around the world; and the shopDisney e-commerce platform.

This position is with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc., which is part of a business segment we call Parks, Experiences and Products.

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $139,200.00-$186,600.00. 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.