Product Owner, Identity Access Management (IAM)
The Walt Disney Company
Job Posting Title:
Product Owner, Identity Access Management (IAM)Req ID:
10124673Job Description:
At Disney, we’re storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks, resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences.
The Enterprise Technology mission is to deliver technology solutions that align to business strategies while enabling enterprise efficiency and promoting cross-company collaborative innovation. The Enterprise Technology organization drives competitive advantage by enhancing our consumer experiences, enabling business growth, and advancing operational excellence.
Team Description:
Disney’s Enterprise Technology Identity and Access Management (IAM) Group is responsible for providing a Core IAM ecosystem of products and platforms in use across the company by cast members, employees, and partners within Disney’s Business segments and Corporate functions. Our vision is to provide modern Identity and Access Management capabilities and services that are simple, seamless, and secure to protect our workforce, our data, and our brands.
Responsibilities of Role:
The Sr. IAM, Product Owner is responsible for providing leadership to the Authorization delivery team. They serve as a key member of the Enterprise IAM engineering team and is responsible for ensuring the team effectively and efficiently deliver their commitments to customers, on time, on budget and on function. This role will also contribute to the critical product directions and design decisions during IAM transformation & operational performance optimization. The Authorization delivery team supports multiple custom enterprise solutions such as Keystone, AuthManager, and AuthZ.
This role demonstrates customer centricity and service orientation, by building collaborative relationships across the enterprise and ensuring the delivery of quality products that deliver the desired business outcomes. In this role, you will:
Provide leadership and direction to the delivery team(s) consisting of software engineers, service leads, architects, test engineers, and organizational change management
Defines the priorities of the delivery team, managing the team backlog, and prioritizing the user stories, defects, and enablers
Ensure the team backlog aligns with the strategic priorities of product strategy, roadmaps, and the program backlog
Develop implementation approaches and provide recommendations to the IAM Executive Leadership
Works with stakeholders and teams to develop product strategy and roadmap for integration into Enterprise Technology business planning cycles and cross-functional development management
Lead complex problem-solving efforts and provide solution recommendations
Create and provide forecasts, tracking, and reporting for delivery plans and releases
Serve on the IAM Demand Review Committee assessing new demand requests and providing input and recommendations on future product features and capabilities
Contribute to solution design, defining product requirements, new capabilities and product selection
Identify key customer(s) and customer groups, build and maintain customer relationships to develop effective product feedback loops for integration into the agile delivery cycle
Partner with quality engineering to develop test strategy and write test cases across in alignment with the established Quality Management Office testing standards and practices
Collaborate with quality engineering resources to execute tests, analyze results, and resolve defects
Evaluate the delivered stories against the definition of done and the established acceptance criteria
Collaborate with business partners on implementation, including training, change management, and communications
Act as a peer group leader to help train staff on product delivery standards and processes
Must Haves:
Minimum of 7 years of experience as a product owner or related role, managing a complex product within an enterprise and working closely with software engineers, software quality engineers, architects, and other technologists
Experience as a product owner, driving the outcomes for a single product or complex features
Strong facilitation, organizational, prioritization, decision making, and conflict resolution skills
Able to translate complex ideas into understandable requirements, value statements, and business outcomes
Ability to effectively communicate across all levels of the organization including technical and non-technical people and internal and external audiences
At least one agile product owner certification (CSPO, SAFe PO/PdM, etc.)
Knowledge and experience with Identity and Access Management (Single Sign-On, Authentication, Authorization, User Provisioning, Privileged Access Management, and Identity Data) services and Products (Ping, Azure AD, Okta, etc.)
Nice To Have:
IAM Authorization knowledge and experience (ABAC, PBAC, RBAC)
Knowledge of Active Directory or LDAP Directories
Identity and Access Management Domain knowledge
Education:
Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent work experience
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The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $138,900 - $186,200 per year and in Seattle, WA is $145,400 - $195,000 per year. 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.Job Posting Segment:
Enterprise TechnologyJob Posting Primary Business:
Core Systems & PlatformsPrimary Job Posting Category:
Product Management SolutionsEmployment Type:
Full timePrimary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Orlando, FL, USAAlternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
USA - CA - 820 S Flower St, USA - WA - 925 4th AveDate Posted:
2025-07-11