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.
Max is where storytelling takes center stage and where creatives find a home with the support and resources to do their best work, no matter the genre or format. Whatever the viewer wants to watch is front and center and more of what they crave is easily discovered. It is where our exclusive Max Originals and iconic entertainment brands thrive, with HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., DC, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network and more delivering the greatest array of series, movies, and specials for audiences of all ages. HBO Max originally launched in the United States in May 2020 and introduced a lower priced, advertising-supported tier in June 2021. It rolled out globally across Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, followed by its first European launches in the Nordics and Spain later that year. In May 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery introduced Max, an enhanced streaming platform, in the U.S. HBO Max is currently available in 46 countries and there are plans for the continued global expansion of Max in 2024.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As the Staff PM-T for Media Workflows and Distribution within the Media Supply Chain, you will serve as a key contributor and thought leader for how WBD will scale to meet the numerous distribution requirements and unique partner configurations throughout WBD’s content distribution business. You will work with Media Supply Chain engineering, Product Management, Media Logistics, Content Operations, and other stakeholders to define the strategy and build the platforms to create cutting-edge workflows for the acquisition, enrichment, and distribution of WBD’s content to a global audience of hundreds of millions.
You are an accomplished product manager and have experience with end-to-end cinematic and television workflows. You are an expert on how the media industry is evolving to enhance these workflows using powerful new tools, and you have direct experience working with or within major media companies who source and deliver the assets required to fulfill content to linear, direct-to-consumer, and licensees across multiple lines of business. You are a data-driven leader who understands how to invent and deploy new metrics to measure the success of our strategies, and use those metrics to prioritize a wide range of rapidly-evolving operational needs in a fast-paced startup environment. Lastly, you are a highly independent and self-directed individual who is comfortable navigating complex and ambiguous situations, proactively identifying opportunities and driving solutions with minimal oversight.

REQUIREMENTS

• Ideal candidates will have familiarity with Movielabs Digital Distribution Framework or Cablelabs VOD content specifications
• You have experience working with commercial and external partnership teams and have demonstrated customer relationship and account management skills, including the ability to influence key technology decisions and robustly defend WBD’s interests
• You have experience working on global software deployments with localization and regional complexity
• You have a deep understanding of media workflows, content management systems, and direct-to-consumer services, and you take pride in knowing where the industry is going next
• You have top-notch written and verbal communication skills, and are equally comfortable working with engineering teams and presenting your team’s work to executive leadership at all levels
• You take a phased approach to delivering software. Iteration is in your nature.
• 5+ years of product management experience and collaborating with software engineering teams to deliver complex initiatives spanning multiple teams under deadline pressure
• You ideally have demonstrated experience working in major media production company or SVOD service
• BS/MS in Computer Science or experience in a related technical field

• Empathize with a wide stakeholder group to identify use cases, prioritize the business’s needs, and drive successful implementation and adoption with operational teams.
• Drive the right north-star strategy, vision, and OKRs with the need to meet short-term business objectives in order to scale the number of reachable distribution partners across SVOD, TVOD, AVOD and Linear.
• Work with production management teams, operations, media logistics, marketing, and merchandising teams to conceive of, resource, and build features that simplify workflows and enable rapid global expansion, with a “hands off the wheel” approach
• Engage with engineering teams within Media Supply Chain and the Global Video Platform to build alignment around a vision for WBD’s in house distribution platform and drive adoption across WBD’s internal tools
• Successfully iterate and improve upon the tools described above to enable Warner Bros. Discovery to rapidly improve its slate of existing and upcoming digital products around the world