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Piya Mukherjee Kalra

Examiner · DISC type cs
Director of Product Management, Video Player & Playback Experiences at The Walt Disney Company
📍 Pleasanton, California, United States

Piya is a product management leader with over two decades of experience at the intersection of media and technology. At Disney, she leads the product team for video player and playback experiences across brands like Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. Colleagues describe her as an excellent leader, skilled with people and team building.

Outside of her tech career, Piya is an avid writer, storyteller, and a mother of two. She has contributed to blogs and the Huffington Post India, writing about daily life, parenthood, and observations of people around her. She has also participated in collaborative art exhibitions, showing a strong creative side.

Unique fact: She is a self-taught product leader who is passionate about mentoring and giving back to the product community by teaching rising product managers.

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Experience
25 Years
Current Role
Director of Product Management, Video Player & Playback Experiences
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Pleasanton, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Piya shows up

Unexpressive
Tough To Convince
Process Oriented

They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. They tend to have clarity about their needs and constraints, and are unlikely to over-promise. Being observant comes to them naturally.

Priorities

Topics Piya cares about

Video Playback Experience
Her current role at Disney focuses on leading the product strategy and execution for the video player experience across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+.
Product Mentorship
She is passionate about giving back to the product community by actively mentoring and teaching cohorts of new and rising product managers.
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Career

Work history

3-2022
Director of Product Management, Video Player & Playback Experiences
The Walt Disney Company
10-2017 - 2-2022
Sr. Director, Product
Crunchyroll
4-2014 - 9-2017
Vice President, Product Management
Vision Media Management
5-2011 - 3-2014
Sr.Director, Product Management
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group
4-2003 - 3-2011
Product & Program Management
MindTree
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
2002 - 2004
MBA
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
1994 - 1998
B.E.
Jawahar Lal Nehru College Of Engineering, Aurangabad
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

c

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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