Manager, Strategic Insights

About the Role

The Manager, Strategic Insights reports to the Director, Strategic Insights. The Strategic Insights team is part of the broader Enterprise Research & Analytics team and focuses on insights/analytics based on consumer behaviors and spending to identify growth opportunities across multiple segments of the company, domestically and internationally.

This person will play a key role in critical research including flagship global tracking and ad hoc studies leveraged across lines of business. This involves working closely with strategy teams and all parts of the business (Studio, Parks, Retail, SVOD/DTC, etc.) to conceive, design, and deliver insights that guide both short and long-term strategic initiatives.

This is a hybrid role in Burbank; currently in-office Monday–Thursday.

Responsibilities

• Play a key role in driving the primary company study that tracks customers across all categories of entertainment, domestically and internationally.
• Lead custom insights/research projects that support the highest-profile strategic initiatives in the company.
• Work with other insights and finance teams to track changes in entertainment behavior and Disney performance across key sectors.
• Conduct analyses to answer key business questions from Executive Leadership.
• Guide the work of two direct reports.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in strategic consulting, market research, business analytics, or strategic planning.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others via data-driven storytelling and collaboration.
• Ability to interpret and integrate insights from multiple data sources into a cohesive narrative.
• Strong analytical skills; experience calibrating survey data to actual behavioral/financial data.
• Exceptional project management skills.
• Extensive experience in quantitative, qualitative research and statistical techniques, US and globally.
• Proficiency in Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Keynote.

Required Education

Minimum bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Behavioral Economics, Psychology, Sociology, Business Economics, Data Science, or related field.

The hiring range for this position in Burbank, CA is $115,500–$154,800 per year.