Lead Data Analyst, UX Analytics
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10161120 Location Santa Monica, California, United States / San Francisco, California, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Oct. 06, 2026Job Summary:
Summary
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Lead Data Analyst for the User Experience Analytics team. The team focuses on understanding how users navigate and engage with Disney's streaming products and whether the feature changes we make deliver the intended results.
The work is primarily experimentation and analysis. When Disney+ rolls out a new navigation bar, introduces autoplay video in the browse experience, or launches short-form video on mobile, this team defines the metrics, designs the measurement approach, runs the experiments, analyzes the results, and delivers a clear recommendation. Findings inform decisions at every level of the product org: some analyses redirect a feature in development, others validate or quantify the risk of a direction already in motion. Many of our projects are high-priority and high-visibility, with outputs regularly presented to PM stakeholders as well as VP and SVP audiences.
The Lead Analyst owns the most complex work on the team end-to-end: the framing, the approach, the read, and the recommendation.
What You'll Do
- Own experiment analysis end-to-end. Lead A/B tests on navigation, discovery, and feature surfaces from metric selection and test design through power analysis and final recommendation.
- Develop and own metrics. Define what success looks like for a product surface before an experiment runs. The frameworks you build are what the team and its stakeholders align on.
- Drive behavioral analysis. Answer how users find, engage with, and return to content.
- Communicate across levels. Present findings to PMs and prepare readouts for VP and SVP audiences on high-priority projects.
- Build and maintain dashboards. Provide continuous monitoring for key product surfaces.
What to Bring
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- 7+ years in data analytics, with a track record of work that influenced a decision, not just informed a deck
- Deep experimentation experience: test design, power analysis, metric selection, and reading results correctly, including local vs. global metrics
- Strong metric development instincts: defining what to measure, why, and what the failure modes are before data collection starts
- Advanced SQL for behavioral data at scale: pathing, funnels, cohort analysis
- Proficiency in Python for scripting, text manipulation, and analytical tasks that SQL cannot handle. SQL is the primary tool for analysis
- Building visual dashboards using Looker (LookML); familiarity with Tableau
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with experience delivering insights to stakeholders at all levels
Nice-to-Haves
- Streaming or subscription product background
- Causal inference methods beyond standard A/B (diff-in-diff, synthetic control)
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field
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The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $141,900 - $190,300 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $155,400 - $208,400 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.
About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world’s most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.
Disney’s ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.
About The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.
This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.