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Senior Staff Product Manager
- Warner Bros. Discovery (Atlanta, GA)
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_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.
Senior Staff Product management:
Every great story has a new beginning.
We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros.
Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world’s
most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film,
sports, news, streaming and gaming. We’re home to the world’s best storytellers, creating world-class
products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step
into the next chapter.
Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the
world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television,
film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia’s premium entertainment, sports
and news assets with Discovery’s leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports
businesses.
About WBD Streaming
Warner Bros. Discovery’s DTC 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.
This role is part of the product team that drives forward product features and strategic initiatives that
supports the Warner Bro’s Discovery’s Data Platform. Product Managers have skills and expertise based
on product management, complex data analysis, and are expected to have deep industry knowledge across
data management, privacy & consent, and audience targeting in general. We engage deeply with
customers, partners, and field organizations to identify market opportunities and break complex problems
down into actionable roadmaps. Serving as the critical bridge between our technology and our business,
we touch nearly every part of the organization - from our Sales and Services teams to Engineering,
Marketing, and Design. We are encouraged to experiment, build, fail fast, and think creatively and
holistically in order to create game changing technology innovations.
Roles and Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for build and roll-out of a portfolio of customer data-oriented features to enable
data monetization and activation, supporting ad sales, marketing, customer
experience and other enterprise needs
2. Own the vision and roadmap for a suite of data features and capabilities, championing the
platform-centric approach
3. Responsible for the success of consumer data products/platforms through design, development,
and execution of the product roadmap
4. Engages directly with both internal and external customers, assess the competitive marketplace to
define the 1P and 3P data, data enrichment and integration needs
5. Quickly grow into and play the ‘subject matter expert’, to provide the thought leadership and
influence business roadmaps
6. Develop the product features to support global adoption and business needs
7. Leads cross functional teams to ensure product adoption and drive results. Drive product/feature
utilization by evangelizing the value of our products/services to achieve buy-in and manage
expectations.
8. Collaborate with other product and client groups, understand the business problems, translate into
product features and influence the business roadmaps.
9. Build and lead team of product managers and provide the direction
10. Identify the 1P and 3P data and data enrichment needs to maintain and expand our data platform
supporting multiple data capabilities including consumer Identity spine/graph
11. Articulate and document the business needs, business value and time criticality for work
prioritization and timely delivery
12. Manage the work and collaborate with technical teams for successful delivery of projects
13. Collaborate with data scientists and other stakeholders in developing data methodologies to
enrich data for business needs
14. Ensure the privacy and consent compliance throughout the data product life cycle
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Technical fields (Information Systems
Technology, Computer Science or Engineering)
• 8+ years’ experience working with data & analytics – data warehouse,
data mart, data integration, data analysis, is a critical requirement
• Desired 5+ years of experience in Product Development and/or Product
Management, preferably with Advertising or Marketing focus
• Desired experience in agile and lean startup product management
processes
• Working knowledge of AdTech and MarTech in the context of D2C
products
• Entrepreneurial drive, ability to achieve goals in a fast-paced
environment
• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills to coordinate the delivery
across different groups and levels in the organization
• Exceptional communication and writing skills
• Ability to work with uncertainty, proactively anticipate and mitigate ris
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 (https://careers.wbd.com/global/en/accessibility) for instructions to submit your request.
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