Principal Software Product Manager

Salary: $179,500 - 240,600 per year
Requirements:
We require 10+ years of software product management experience. We need expertise in complex enterprise product ecosystems and operational workflows, especially those tied to planning, costing, delivery, or systems of record. We require experience building 0-to-1 software products and evolving existing tools and workflows over time. We need strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across functions and levels. We require the ability to translate highly complex business processes into clear product direction, requirements, and phased delivery plans. We need strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder management skills, with experience aligning technical teams and business operators around shared outcomes. We require experience identifying where automation, intelligence, or AI can improve workflows, data interpretation, or decision-making in enterprise software. We want someone who is passionate about solving problems within creative and entertainment-driven environments. We require a strong interest in internal technologies used behind the scenes rather than consumer-facing products. Preferred: experience with estimating, budgeting, cost modeling, forecasting, or financial planning systems in capital projects, construction, manufacturing, design, or related fields. Preferred: experience with scope management, configuration management, bill of materials, asset hierarchies, package planning, or parts and component tracking. Preferred: recent experience with AI-enabled product capabilities or enterprise AI workflows such as prediction, classification, summarization, search, recommendation, or decision support. Preferred: experience evaluating and implementing both commercial software platforms and custom-built internal tools. Preferred: familiarity with project delivery, design development, fabrication, procurement, and installation workflows. Preferred: experience with data models, taxonomies, and structured information systems for organizing complex project scope. Preferred: experience with microservice ecosystems and component-based web applications. We require a bachelors degree in computer science, computer engineering, media management, or an engineering or science discipline, or equivalent experience. A masters degree is preferred.
Responsibilities:
We will lead product direction and implementation for estimating and scope management products, including AI-enabled capabilities that improve speed, insight, and decision support. We will define product strategy for systems and workflows supporting estimating, budgeting, forecasting, scope generation, scope cataloging, scope change management, and AI-assisted analysis across project phases. We will represent the needs of Imagineers, estimators, planners, and delivery team members, prioritizing practical problem-solving over premature solutioning. We will partner with stakeholders across estimating, project management, production, engineering, design, sourcing, finance, and technology to uncover needs, pain points, dependencies, and opportunities for transformation. We will create product requirements, user research, user stories, process models, taxonomies, mockups, product memos, presentations, roadmaps, and related strategy documents. We will guide product development for systems that define and manage project scope from high-level experience structures down to detailed assemblies, systems, parts, packages, and fabricated or procured components. We will evaluate buy-versus-build decisions and determine where commercial tools or custom functionality are needed to meet our unique needs. We will collaborate with software engineering, product design, technical program management, finance, sourcing, legal, and data partners to deliver reliable, usable, scalable capabilities aligned with responsible AI practices. We will present product vision, roadmap direction, demos, and delivery progress to senior leadership and key stakeholders. We will drive annual investment and funding strategy for product functions and features within the estimating and scope management portfolio.
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Walt Disney Imagineering is our creative engine that designs and delivers Disney theme parks, resorts, attractions, and cruise ships worldwide. We blend storytelling, art, science, and technology to create immersive experiences and memorable destinations for families around the globe. Our work is highly innovative, often pioneering first-of-their-kind solutions, and we take pride in shaping experiences that inspire others and create positive impact. This full-time Product Manager, Principal role reports to the Product Executive - WDI Apps and is based in Orlando, FL, with a hiring range of $179,500 to $240,600 per year. We also offer a rewards package that includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities, and additional Disney perks, along with potential bonus and long-term incentive units.
last updated 31 week of 2026