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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.

We are the now and the next. The power behind the people building the future. We are born from the spirit of innovation. We are created from the idea that people around the world want more, need more, deserve more. We are the home of the global digital revolution. We are CNN.

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About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive operational excellence and strategic execution across our AI/ML organization. This role will be the operational backbone of the team, ensuring seamless coordination across multiple managers and workstreams while establishing robust processes for planning, stakeholder engagement, and program delivery.

About the Team

With deep domain expertise, advanced technical capabilities, and a proven track record of successful collaborations, the AI Enablement & Machine Learning team at CNN is accelerating our digital transformation through strategic applications of ML and AI technologies. Our current products include popular, related and personalized content recommendations, contextual ad targeting, and site search-serving millions of CNN users via CNN web and mobile apps. This year we are partnering with teams across the company to democratize AI at CNN. Our "multiplier" approach allows our team to have outsized organizational impact by providing domain expertise, enabling teams, collaborating deeply, and building shared infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

Team Operations (30%)

Strategic Planning: Lead quarterly planning cycles and roadmapping across all three manager organizations (ML Platform, Engagement, Growth)

Cross-Team Coordination: Drive alignment and execution of cross-manager initiatives, identifying and removing process blockers

Operational Excellence: Own and continuously improve team processes, establishing operational rhythms and best practices

Accountability Management: Create and maintain accountability matrices, tracking deliverables and outcomes across all workstreams

Dependency Management: Proactively identify, track, and resolve dependencies between teams and external partners

Stakeholder Relations (30%)

Engagement Framework: Design and implement structured stakeholder engagement processes and meeting cadences

Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders, partners, and leadership

Communication Strategy: Develop and execute communication plans that effectively showcase team achievements, capabilities, and business impact

Stakeholder Coordination: Facilitate productive interactions between technical teams and business stakeholders in the absence of centralized organizational processes

Experimentation (30%)

Test Definition & Coordination: Partner with product experimentation organization to define A/B tests and ensure proper setup

Process Automation: Evolve and automate experimentation processes to eliminate data bottlenecks through clear signoff, accountability, and escalation procedures

Multi-Team Alignment: Coordinate all teams and individuals involved in each experiment to ensure smooth execution

Status Reporting: Provide clear, regular reporting on experiment status, blockers, and progress against established plans

Results Communication: Facilitate communication of experiment results and drive decision-making processes for production promotion

AI Enablement (10%)

Usage Analytics: Create and maintain comprehensive reporting on AI productivity tool adoption (GitHub Copilot, etc.)

Program Coordination: Manage administrative aspects of AI enablement initiatives and coordinate outreach activities

Proof of Concept Development: Lead development of POCs to demonstrate AI tool value and drive adoption

Qualifications

• 6+ years of technical program management experience in engineering organizations
• Proven track record of driving operational improvements and establishing scalable processes
• Experience managing complex, multi-team initiatives with competing priorities
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience with experimentation frameworks and data-driven decision making
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in matrix organizations with distributed ownership

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in ML/AI or data-intensive technical environments
• Background in scaling team operations during periods of rapid growth
• Experience with quarterly planning and OKR/goal-setting frameworks
• Track record of building measurement and accountability systems
• Previous experience working with product and engineering leadership

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.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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