VP, Global Studio Licensing Planning & Content Readiness Operations

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Who We Are…

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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 is in search of a seasoned and dynamic professional to assume the newly created role of VP, Global Studio Licensing Planning and Content Readiness Operations. In this pivotal position, you will be at the helm of teams dedicated to globally-licensed content distribution planning, partner relations, and content readiness execution. Your responsibilities will entail close collaboration with globally-dispersed licensing business teams working on behalf of the studio, and content operations stakeholders, all involved in a diverse range of content licensing initiatives across the globe. Additionally, you will spearhead organizational and operational transformational change strategies and implementations, leading a team committed to advancing and enhancing our global operational efficiency and technical expertise within the realm of global licensing content distribution for WBD.

Your Role Accountabilities:

Strategic and Tactical Content Operations Leadership:

• Steer teams through highly efficient implementation of globally-licensed content distribution planning and content preparation, ensuring a seamless, relevant, and strategic approaches at all times for our studio and other key stakeholders.

Partnership Excellence:

• Cultivate strong relations and strategic alignment with senior global licensing business executive stakeholders, as well as supporting content operations stakeholders who playing a key role in diverse content licensing initiatives worldwide.

Operational Excellence and Transformation:

• Define and drive continuous improvement strategies, leading to refined operational processes and optimized content operations workflows.  Lead organizational and operational change strategies and initiatives that drive increasing efficiency and elevate technical expertise and global content operations capabilities within the global licensing content distribution planning and content preparation space for WBD studio.
• Spearhead/influence the identification and prioritization of technically-supported workflow capability improvement needs.  Partner with, and define and influence decisions made with, senior technology partners and other technical teams at senior levels, to strategize drive continuous improvement needs from concept to reality.
• Define and implement performance management strategies, measurements and reporting, to underpin the overall performance management of your organization.

Operational Leadership:

• Strategic Planning: 
• With your leadership team, define, develop and ensure effective execution of comprehensive content planning and preparation strategies for global content licensing deal, ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.
• Content Evaluation, Preparation and Technical Onboarding leadership:
• Oversee global teams whose functions include content research and analysis to inform licensing decisions, and content readiness planning and execution.
• Oversee global teams whose functions include the technical onboarding process, ensuring seamless integration of content into diverse platforms.
• Manage teams both in the US and internationally, promoting collaboration and effective communication within the team and across broader stakeholders.
• Work closely with international teams to ensure alignment with global distribution goals.
• Navigate and overcome challenges related to different time zones, cultural nuances, and regulatory requirements.

How We Get Things Done…

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