Job Posting Title: Commercial Planning Manager Req ID: 10118507 Job Description: About the Role & Team Disney is The Walt Disney Company’s new Direct to Consumer video entertainment service targeted to families. The service will consist of long form and short form video built around five key content brands (Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic) with an appealing and easy to use interface accessed across multiple platforms (e.g. televisions, mobile devices, PCs). The Disney team is responsible for the launch and day to day operation of Disney across Europe, Middle East and Africa, specifically focused on customer acquisition and retention, marketing, partnerships and synergy, content programming, research and analytics. Within that team, the Commercial Performance and Planning team is responsible for providing a consolidated view of ongoing EMEA trading performance of Disney, driving insights and decision-making to optimise sign-ups and subscriber growth, and overseeing the Disney annual and quarterly planning process. We are looking for a forward-thinking, analytically minded Commercial Planning Senior Manager to join our Disney Commercial Performance and Planning team. The purpose of the role is to ensure we have well-defined and socialised targets for sign-ups, marketing budgets, retention and other key DTC metrics, both for the long term and to guide the business on a quarterly, weekly and daily basis. This role will leverage strategic thinking, ability to pull insights from Disney data, bottom-up plans from markets, market intelligence, research and analytics, to synthesise them and define the most appropriate plans for the DTC business. This is a pivotal, central role within the Disney EMEA business, which will work in collaboration with our local European markets, across regional Disney functions (incl. marketing, product and content teams), BD & strategy teams, as well as Finance teams across Europe and the US. What You Will Do Building D annual strategy and annual planning for Disney subscriber growth across acquisition and retention across multiple tiers and markets, leveraging market and competitor insights, learnings from D research, past performance, analysis on future trends Driving monthly / bi-monthly forecasting process for Disney subscriber growth across acquisition and retention, for retail and wholesale customers, in close partnership with Disney Finance teams Work in close collaboration with US DTC commercial teams to align on latest EMEA plans, strategic initiatives, content targets, planning methodologies Modelling for business cases and scenarios to support decision-making on pricing, go-to-market strategies, optimisation of monetisation Supporting in preparation for EMEA & US commercial updates Required Qualifications & Skills Excellent stakeholder management with experience of dealing with senior level stakeholders Ability to tailor comms to different audiences (e.g. country teams, DSS, execs) Experience working in data-driven environments and driving decision-making through data Experience in consulting or marketing planning preferred High numeracy and analytical ability & rigour, attention to detail Ability to challenge high-level numbers and develop quick & accurate ‘back of the envelope’ scenarios Strategic mindset Clear and succinct communication skills Skilled at prioritising and managing multiple project schedules and deadlines that run simultaneously Demonstrated success in influencing cross-functional teams, stakeholders and leadership Positive, people-oriented, and energetic attitude Ability to work autonomously Job Posting Segment: EMEA DTC Job Posting Primary Business: EMEA DTC Marketing Primary Job Posting Category: Business Intelligence Analytics Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: London, United Kingdom Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted: 2025-06-25