Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

Who We Are…

When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Warner Bros. Discovery's DTC technology and product organization sits at the intersection of tech, entertainment, and everyday utility. We are continuously

leveraging

new technology

to build immersive and interactive viewing experiences. Our platform covers everything from search, catalog, and video transcoding, to personalization, global subscriptions, and more. We are committed to delivering quality user experiences, ranging from video streaming to applications across connected TV, mobile, web and consoles. As a pure tech organization, we are essential to Warner Bros. Discovery’s continued growth, building world-class products from the ground-up for our iconic brands like HBO Max, Discovery Channel, CNN, Food Network, HGTV, Eurosport,

MotorTrend

, and many more.

 

 

We are hiring

a

Senior

S

taff

Technical Program Manager

to join our team,

providing global support across NOAM/ LATAM/ EMEA/ APAC .

The Global Partner Integration Team, within the DTC Global Platform Team, owns and manages Go to Market partner integrations for WBD. These integrations focus on back-office systems, such as authentication, shared identity,

billing

and entitlement services, along with apps paces on affiliate owned equipment (Set top boxes). These integrations enable our partners to sell or bundle our services to their

customers and

allow those customers access throughout our experiences. This team works with external affiliates and partners through the lifecycle of the integration, along with internal engineering, distribution,

product

and other stakeholder teams to efficiently launch these integrations.

 

 

Responsibilities

 

 

 

As a TPM, your primary responsibility is to ensure the

timely

delivery of well-designed, well-scoped, high-quality software that meets and exceeds customer expectations. You do this by combining the skillset of a program manager with the technical acumen and experience of an engineer,

architect

or technical product owner. 

 

 

The ideal candidate creates project milestones,

secures commitments,

spots edge cases,

identifies

and

monitors

risks, cross-team dependencies,

and scope creep. You track and report on delivery status against planned milestones and dates. You regularly engage with internal and external stakeholders

, review metrics & data and

monitor

operations within the integration program. 

 

 

The ideal candidate is a strong self-starter and therefore can drill into business data and research results to

identify

clear direction and focus for their tasks,

projects

and programs.

You

continue to move forward in the face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge. 

 

 

 

The ideal candidate has had experience working with multiple partners/ vendors and

maintaining

partner relationships.

You

have

demonstrated

experience leading

small to medium

projects.

You

have experience in project management and agile development methodologies with a proven

track record

of delivering results. 

 

 

 

Requirements

 

• Bachelor’s degree with

  10+

  years of experience in project management in the technology realm

• Lead planning,

  execution

  and delivery of

  strategic & complex

  pro

  grams

  across multiple teams (product and technology) around the world

• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management,

  anticipate

  and make trade-offs.

• You have a solid understanding of software development methods like CI/CD, Agile Scrum, Waterfall, etc.

• You have shipped multiple

  strategic & complex

  projects

  with cross-team

  dependencies

  and used data to assess their impact.

• You have experience

  taking full ownership

  with all phases of project delivery from concept to production, including defining features and deliverables, securing team commitments,

  establishing

  a project charter, handling all

  communication

  and reporting, overseeing development & deployment, and performing retrospective assessment using data and key performance indicators.

• You have

  demonstrated

  the ability to make decisions for more than one project or program area showing that your judgment is fungible, and you must be able to handle more than one project simultaneously and successfully.

• You have repeatedly

  demonstrated

  the ability to understand organizational and corporate goals and ensured that your projects delivered what was

  required

  to hit these goals.

• You MUST have experience with JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet and Microsoft Suite of products.

• Travel

  may be

  required

  both international and domestic averaging about 5%

• Must have the legal right to work in the country hired.

 

 

Competencies

 

• Proactive Problem-solving: First and foremost, you are a problem-solver. You work tirelessly to keep work streams on track, to unblock software development, and to ensure that the best possible outcome is achieved for the business. You are eager, confident, and able to use all the tools at your disposal to solve whatever problems crop up.

• Active Learning: You are here to learn and grow. Your industry knowledge will never be complete, and you are hungry to learn more and to share what you have learned with your peers and the team(s) that you influence.

• Efficient & Effective: You are here to solve business problems and help our customers, not to prepare reports or oversee meetings. You find the most effective way to use our precious internal resources to achieve the best

  outcome. You find the most effective means to communicate clearly and concisely

  to

  all interested stakeholders. You are a simplifier and a productivity multiplier for others around you.

• Exemplary

  Communication:

  Your written and verbal communication skills are top notch.

  Y

  ou

  are managing

  meetings

  independently &

  effectively

  across multiple business and technical teams

  ,

  driving

  team planning and status discussions, and

  producing

  clear verbal and written communication such as meeting notes and team status

  to team members,

  executives

  and external partners

  .

  You

  can

  adapt your language and style

  of communication depending on the audience. You can

  articulate decisions that have been made

  .

  You communicate through data, dates, and facts using narrative and emotion judiciously.

• Adaptable: You communicate clearly, analyze technical designs, organize project timelines, secure commitments, manage risks,

  identify

  the critical path, spot edge cases, triage bugs, review metrics & data, and

  monitor

  launch

  operations. You switch effortlessly between these modes adapting yourself to the needs of your work streams.

• Self-starter: You are a strong self-starter and therefore have the ability to drill into business data and research results to identify clear direction and focus for your projects and programs.

  You continue to move forward in the

  face of ambiguity and imperfect knowledge. You do not suffer from “analysis paralysis.”

• Open & Decisive: You proactively share information to teach and inform your stakeholders.

  You are valued for the decisions that you make in pursuit of your program.

  You are driven by your own impact, the positive outcomes that

  you drive. You share freely all that you learn so that others around you can be more effective.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at

www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/

along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.