Manager, Technical Program Manager (Content Distribution & Partner Onboarding)

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.

The Job 

Working in the Content Distribution Engineering (CDE) team, the Manager, Technical Program Manager role acts as the interface between business, product, and engineering, overseeing technical relationships with WBD’s internal and external content ingest partners for SVOD, AVOD, TVOD, FAST Channels and other associated content distributions. 

You will lead a team of TPMs managing the onboarding of new content ingest partners to the WBD global supply chain. The team will provide the business-critical interface between distribution partners and our internal engineering, operations, and product teams. You will define the strategy that the team work to as they are onboarding new industry partners into the WBD Media Supply Chain ecosystem. 

This role requires close collaboration with teams and partners distributed across the globe so being an excellent communicator with the ability to influence key decisions in meetings, documentation and all the communication mediums is vital to your success in this role 

The Essentials 

• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a TPM, or comparable engineering role 

• Considerable experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary integrations involving multiple internal and external teams.  

• Exceptional customer relationship and account management skills, including the ability to influence key technology decisions and robustly defend WBD’s interests. 

• Champion of Agile methodologies, using metrics to drive productivity. 

• Comprehensive understanding of the current global VOD ecosystem, industry standards and best practice, including : 

• Movielabs Digital Distribution Framework 

• Cablelabs VOD Content Specification 

• Video codecs, wrappers and profiles 

• Audio codecs, wrappers and profiles 

• Common Subtitle and Caption formats e.g. SCC, WebVTT and IMSC-Rosetta 

• Content delivery methods inc AWS S3 push, Aspera Cloud and SFTP