Full-Time

Senior Product Manager

DreamWorks Animation

DreamWorks Animation

1,001-5,000 employees

Produces animated films and TV series

Compensation Overview

$130k - $170k/yr

+ Bonus

New York, NY, USA

Remote

Remote role; US residents only.

Bachelor's

Category
Product
Required Skills
SQL
Machine Learning
Data Governance
Data Analysis

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Requirements
  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Analytics or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
  • Experience in media, entertainment, or advertising technology industries
  • 8+ years of experience in product management, with at least 2 years owning data or analytics products
  • Proven ability to translate complex data and measurement concepts into clear product requirements
  • Advanced technical, quantitative, analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
  • Experience working with modern data platforms and technologies (cloud data warehouses, BI tools, semantic layers, AI)
  • Working knowledge of SQL to validate data, metrics, and analytical outputs
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Fully remote work arrangement
Responsibilities
  • Enterprise Data Platform Architecture: Lead product strategy & development for large-scale data platform solutions, supporting petabyte-scale data processing for analytical workloads
  • Universal Data Discovery & Access Solution: Create & govern common platform for data discovery and enable enterprise cross platform data sharing patterns
  • Streamlined data consumption: Drive Semantic Modelling and metadata management strategy for BI/AI consumption
  • Data Governance and Compliance: Implement enterprise data governance frameworks ensuring data quality, lineage tracking, privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA), and security standards
  • AI Readiness Acceleration: Prepare data infrastructure for advanced analytics, machine learning, and generative AI applications
  • User Adoption: Monitor & Drive user adoption of data platform solutions, own Monthly OKRs to assess success of products
  • Data Driven decision making: Use data & insights to inform ongoing product development and find opportunities for efficiency and addressing customer pain points.
  • Capture lifecycle for surfacing new features and capabilities from a Sandbox environment for preliminary testing. Operate as a single point of contact between Product Platform and Engineering DE/Platform
  • Strategic Vendor Relationships: Serve as key point of contact for data technology vendors, representing enterprise-wide business needs and evaluating emerging solutions.
  • Coordinate a single conversation between Data product, Engineering and vendor partner teams
  • Technology Evaluation and Selection: Conduct comprehensive assessments of data platforms, tools, and services to support build-vs-buy decisions
  • Strategic Risk Mitigation & Vendor Collaboration: Propose and enforce strategies to minimize dependency on vendor roadmaps and to avoid vendor lock in, while ensuring speedy time to market
  • Innovation: Identify and pilot emerging data technologies that could provide competitive advantages to the business
  • Define a roadmap for our internal platforms including agentic AI, MCP, new feature capability, etc. Coordinate communications across product and engineering teams.
  • Develop and Execute Comprehensive Data Strategy: Create and continuously evolve enterprise-wide data strategy that scales with changing market conditions and business requirements across NBCUniversal's diverse brand portfolio
  • Executive Stakeholder Management: Gain buy-in and consensus from executive leadership and domain leaders through strategic presentations & ROI analysis
  • Market Intelligence: Monitor and assess emerging data technologies, competitive landscape, and industry best practices to inform strategic decision-making
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with media, entertainment, or advertising analytics.
  • Experience supporting or building AI-driven analytics solutions or agents.
  • Up-to-date knowledge of emerging AI, LLM, machine learning technologies, and relevant vendor ecosystems.
  • Experience operating in Agile product delivery environments.
  • Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and enterprise analytics best practices.
  • Experience with product and delivery tools like Jira and Confluence.

DreamWorks Animation produces animated films and television shows for family and children audiences, creating stories and characters that appeal to multiple generations. Its products are brought to life through a full animation pipeline, including in-house technology like the Moonray rendering platform, and a studio ecosystem that supports development from concept to release. Work combines artistry and engineering to deliver feature films, TV series, and related experiences, with revenue coming from box office, licensing, merchandise, and partnerships with streaming services. The company differentiates itself with its proprietary animation technology, a large creative talent pool at its Glendale campus, and a track record of popular franchises such as How to Train Your Dragon, along with award-winning storytelling. Its goal is to produce high-quality, engaging animated content and advance animation technology while expanding its franchises across theaters, TV, and digital platforms.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

$15M

Headquarters

Glendale, California

Founded

1994

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What believers are saying

  • The Bad Guys 2 grossed $240 million worldwide after August 1, 2025.
  • Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie began streaming exclusively on Peacock January 23, 2026.
  • Forgotten Island opens September 25, 2026, extending DreamWorks' theatrical pipeline.

What critics are saying

  • Shrek 5 slipped from July 2026 to June 30, 2027, delaying a franchise tentpole.
  • DreamWorks cut Glendale staff through natural attrition and third-party outsourcing in 2024-2025.
  • Universal now owns DreamWorks; another flop pushes more production offshore permanently.

What makes DreamWorks Animation unique

  • Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and The Wild Robot give DreamWorks durable multigenerational IP.
  • NBCUniversal integrates theaters, Peacock, consumer products, and theme parks around DreamWorks franchises.
  • The Wild Robot took 11 Annie Awards in 2025, proving premium creative credibility.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Tuition Reimbursement

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-12%

1 year growth

-12%

2 year growth

-12%
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