Sr. Director, Streaming Research, TNT Sports

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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 New Role… 
The Sr. Director, Sports Streaming Research serves as a strategic thought leader, driving the enterprise-wide insights agenda to inform and influence executive decision-making and long-term business strategy. This role oversees the end-to-end analytics and reporting ecosystem for TNT Sports direct-to-consumer streaming products, and forges high-impact partnerships with senior stakeholders to architect advanced modeling and forecasting capabilities that shape the future of the business. 

 

 Your Role Accountabilities… 

• Architect and champion an insights roadmap that informs and empowers senior executives and other cross-functionals leaders with actionable intelligence on business performance and strategic KPIs to shape and grow the business. 

• Direct and synthesize intelligent research of internal and external trends to identify high-impact recommendations that expand our audiences and drive monetization . 

• Lead the design and governance of our measurement frameworks, financial modeling and forecasting initiatives to ensure data-driven decision making at all levels.   

• Advise Data Strategy and Tech teams on business data needs, to ensure that data required for analytics, reporting, and modeling is collected and accessible.

• Cultivate and steward executive relationships with key third-party platform partners (e.g., ESPN, HBO Max, etc.) as it relates to data sharing and reporting for TNT Sports DTC on those platforms.

• Build, inspire and mentor a high performance team of data, analytics, and research professionals. 

 

Qualifications & Experience… 

• 10+ years of digital media experience  

• Specialist in forecasting and growth optimization  

• Proficient with Looker, Nielsen, Looker and emerging third party AI tools   

 

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.

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