Sr Technical Project Manager

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.

Warner Bros. has been entertaining audiences for more than 90 years through the world’s most-loved characters and franchises. Warner Bros. employs people all over the world in a wide variety of disciplines. We're always on the lookout for energetic, creative people to join our team.

Your New Role...

In this position, you will work directly with Brands to identify, define, analyze, prioritize and refine the technology platform requirements.  You will then manage the Scrum development teams to deliver on those requirements including conducting all project ceremonies and producing project artifacts. You will need to facilitate the prioritization of tradeoffs, assist in clarifying requirements, and organize user stories throughout the Agile software development lifecycle. The Sr. Technical Project Manager will work directly with our various internal and external stakeholders, including senior staff and department managers, as well as with the development teams to ensure successful translation of those requirements into high-quality software. Job

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Work with project team, customers, and management to prioritize requirements and develop and maintain detailed project plans using standard tools
• Manage the geographically dispersed development and QA teams to deliver on Brand requirements 
• Identify and appropriately escalate risks
• Create project scope, phases, tasks, assignments, dependencies, and target dates
• Determine resource roles needed and work with management to secure project team members
• Manage customer expectations and communicate with other groups as needed to ensure successful implementation
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (cross functional teams ranging from management to platform teams and clients) to define, develop, shape and refine requirements of complex products
• Work with development teams to continuously improve product ownership and other agile processes
• Understand and communicate the requirements of our products as we scale and continue to develop
• Create and groom short, medium and long-term product roadmaps with key stakeholders
• Using proficiency in both business and product knowledge investigate current tools and recommend solutions that support business needs

Qualifications & Experience...

• Strong knowledge of agile development practices (especially Scrum and / or Kanban), methodologies and tools
• Direct hands on experience with writing user stories, grooming product backlogs and coordinating/prioritizing conflicting requirements in a fast paced, ever changing environment
• 5+ years of project management skills in an Agile environment
• 3+ years experience with technical teams delivering IT Applications, web sites and applications preferred
• Outstanding technical and non-technical communication skills
• Ability to understand and abstract complex systems from technical descriptions
• Ability to thoroughly understand complex business and technical issues and influence decision making at all levels of the organization without formal reporting structure authority
• Passionate about advocating client needs
• Experience working on consumer facing products
• Experience with High Availability platforms 
• Ability to handle multiple fast-moving projects with changing priorities, drivers and dependencies
•  Project financial management with a strong focus on estimation, budgeting and reporting
• Anticipates and prevents problems and roadblocks before they occur
• Presents issues to and works with management to resolve critical resource conflicts
• Technical hands on experience (e.g., coding, database administration, writing scripts, etc.) required
• Experience with app store submissions and certification process strongly preferred

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.

The Legal Bits…

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. 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.If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.