Sr. Manager, Program Management

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.

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.

Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here. 

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

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. 

Who We Are

WBD’s Streaming group is the global leader in providing innovative and immersive digital products and content for iconic brands. We are working at the crossroads of technology, entertainment, and everyday utility. As content creators across the digital ecosystem, we leverage our technology to create immersive viewing and interactive experiences. We tell engaging stories to millions of viewers and we are looking for a Senior Manager of Program Management to join the streaming DTC Product Operations Team for our suite of products.   

Position Summary

The Release Planning and Comms Team is responsible for building and driving standardized and efficient processes and tools that ensure product releases are well planned, high quality, clearly communicated and celebrated, and effective drivers of the overall Global Product and Design vision. The Senior Manager of Release Planning and Comms will be an experienced leader that will guide the team and mature its’ services, while influencing upstream release health and stability with partners in Global Tech. 

This leader will work with cross-functional teams to proactively identify and resolve issues within upcoming release cycles and play a key role in defining our standard release operating procedures to best meet the needs of our Global Product and Design Organization. This includes and is not limited to 1) leading the team through automation and tooling improvements to drive efficiency and accuracy, 2) solving for mechanism adoption challenges across a large product organization, 3) ensuring our cross-functional organization is well informed on what is launching, when, and where across our entire suite of products, and 4) Leading the Product and Design organization through new region expansion launches across the globe.  

A successful person in this role will have strong program management, strategic thinking, and people-leadership skills, in-depth release management experience and superior communication skills, both in writing and verbally.  They will build effective and productive relationships by fostering trust and communicating clearly. They will be organized, have a bias to act quickly, enjoy diving into details and data and be curious to learn all facets of the program, with a passion for driving program maturation. They will also be bold to advise leadership on what can be improved, what the team needs to thrive, and what activities should be prioritized.   

What you will do

• Lead a team of experienced Program Managers, including coaching and development, workload management, etc. 

• Drive strategy for how we plan, release, and communicate newly developed products and features from a Product and Design team point of view.  

• Establish the vision and roadmap for the Release Planning and Comms team. 

• Lead the team through business reviews with leadership.  

• Drive a scalable, highly visible, and well-respected Product Release Program  

• Drive strategy for adoption of mechanisms which enable program success.  

• Develop a retrospective program to support a culture of continuous improvement. 

• Foster effective collaboration and systems that help teams execute and improve