Business Analytics & Intelligence Manager

About The Role & Team

Do you love using data to answer complex questions? Then you may be interested in learning more about the Licensing Analytics team at Disney Consumer Products! Our mission is to put our data assets to work and apply quantitative techniques to discover previously unknown insights about our licensing partners, retailers and consumers. We work directly with the major decision-makers who shape the Disney Consumer Products experience. Through our insights, we help form and improve Disney offerings.

What You Will Do

• Support the Retail & Marketing teams, serving as the primary analytics lead for developing and facilitating analysis linked to owned retail and licensee data enhanced through industry & macro insights.
• Facilitate analyses and projects across cross-functional teams with direct and indirect leadership of analytics and data partners.
• Support evaluation of product performance, consumer & macro-economic trends, and industry shifts to inform strategic insights.
• Support a team of: Analytics Transformation Enablers, Creative Problem Solvers, Data Coders, Visualizers & Storytellers.
• Translate the business and analytical needs into data requirements to support timely data delivery, routine reporting, and in-depth analysis.
• Develop fully automated data pipelines and analytical tools to minimize time spent on data gathering and preparation.
• Collaborate closely with Technology partners to enhance data quality and governance.
• Leverage data analytics and visualization skills to conduct in-depth analysis with enhanced data streams and quality.
• Build & maintain the data foundation that enables self-service analytics, AI-driven insights, and scalable reporting.
• Stay up to date with industry trends on robotic automation & AI / ML to identify areas for process improvements.
• Develop easy-to-use tools and share best practices with peers to solve problems efficiently and effectively.
• Excellent in communication to translate technical terms into easy-to-understand outputs.
• Partner with IT to systemize planning process leveraging data from disparate sources.
• Willing to be flexible with changing business needs and adaptable with work requests.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of experience in analytical roles.
• Experience leading the lifecycle of analytic products; from requirements gathering to data acquisition to presentation of results, and automation (where applicable).
• Proficient project management skills; ability to organize and manage projects of varying complexity and length.
• Takes initiative and is a self-starter, with the ability to lead projects from inception to completion.
• Advanced user of Tableau, Power BI, and/or other data visualization software.
• Time-management skills, with ability to prioritize multiple requests and communicate status to partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex ideas and develop concise recommendations.
• Experience with working and curating structured and unstructured data.
• Technical proficiency in these data technology subject areas: Data pipeline technologies and ETL tools and languages such as SQL, SSIS, Knime, Alteryx, Tableau Prep, Database technologies such as Snowflake, SQL Server, External syndicated data platforms such as Circana, Euromonitor, and Statista — ability to extract, interpret, and activate third-party market and category data is strongly preferred, Data Visualization and Consumption Tools — primary proficiency in Tableau required; familiarity with Microstrategy, Power BI, or Business Objects a plus, Data warehouse and data lake architecture, Scripting languages such as Snowscript, Javascript, VBA, Python - Preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with large scale retail systems data.
• Experience working with cloud platforms/technologies.
• Experience with machine learning.

Preferred Education

• Bachelor of Science in Data Science, Statistics, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical background.

Our Benefits

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.

Hiring Range

The hiring range for this position based in Glendale, CA is $115,500.00-$154,800.00. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and 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, depending on the level and position offered.