VP, Release Planning

Job Posting Title: VP, Release Planning Req ID: 10153355 Job Description: Disney’s Direct to Consumer team oversees the Hulu and Disney+ streaming businesses within Disney Entertainment, helping to bring The Walt Disney Company’s best-in-class storytelling to fans and families everywhere.

The Disney+ Global Content Programming and Subscriber Engagement team is responsible for leading content planning, scheduling, on-service merchandising, slate management, and programming insights that contribute to a cohesive strategic content approach for the service.

Job Summary: Disney+ is seeking a VP, Release Planning to lead the strategic planning of content releases across our DTC Global Originals and other key titles. This is an executive role designed for a seasoned leader who thrives in large, complex organizations — someone who can build trusted relationships across multiple business units, balance competing stakeholder priorities with diplomacy, and establish a best-in-class release planning function. In this role, you will own the end-to-end release planning process — from release format strategy and content calendar architecture to partnering with teams on data-driven performance analysis — working closely with teams across The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) to ensure each title lands at the right moment for the right audience.

Responsibilities: Oversee release planning strategy for Direct-to-Consumer Global Originals and key titles, establishing a comprehensive content calendar designed to maximize subscriber acquisition, engagement, and retention. Partner closely with — and build trusted relationships across — stakeholders throughout TWDC, including our content studios, marketing, regional programming teams, finance, content operations, and other scheduling teams across TWDC. Present premiere date recommendations to leaders across many of these teams on a regular basis to drive consensus. Lead, develop, and inspire a high-performing team, fostering a culture of analytical rigor, creative problem-solving, and proactive cross-functional collaboration. Draw on audience and content performance insights and market intelligence — produced in close partnership with analytics teams — to continuously inform and evolve release strategy, identify content calendar gaps, and optimize title placement for maximum business impact. Translate those insights into clear release strategy recommendations for senior leadership. Partner with content studios and internal teams from greenlight to premiere, with a deep understanding of creative, production, post-production, marketing, localization, and financial dependencies and timelines. Partner with tooling and business optimization teams to develop and champion scalable release planning processes, frameworks, and visualizations that can flex to support the team’s dynamic business needs. Track the competitive streaming landscape and evolving industry trends.

Education and Skills: Bachelor’s degree

12+ years of progressive, relevant experience in content scheduling, release planning, or a closely related discipline within a major streaming service, studio, broadcast network, or cable network, with direct experience managing premium content. At least 5 years at a DTC streaming service or digital media company strongly preferred.

Demonstrated success operating in large, highly matrixed corporate environments — with a proven ability to build trust, influence senior stakeholders, and drive alignment across multiple business units without direct organizational authority.

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to craft and deliver concise, executive-ready presentations and recommendations with clarity and authority.

Proven executive-level leadership capabilities, including a track record of building, developing, and retaining high-performing teams while managing up effectively to senior leadership.

Strong analytical literacy and data fluency, with the ability to cri…