Staff Technical Program Manager (Artificial Intelligence-Machine Learning)

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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.

The Direct to Consumer (DTC) Group is a technology company within Warner Bros Discovery. We are building a global streaming video platform, and a suite of applications to support all of our brands globally. Our platform covers everything from search, catalogue, video transcoding, personalization, to global subscriptions, and much more. We build for connected TVs, web, mobile phones, tablets, and consoles for a large footprint of WBD owned networks (HBO Max, Discovery, Food Network, Golf TV, MotorTrend, Eurosport, Discovery Play, and many more). This is a growing, global engineering group crucial to WBD’s future.

Team and Role Overview

In the DTC group, The Content and Advertising Platforms organization is responsible for delivering first-class content to our global audiences, ensuring videos are rendered at the highest quality with no interruptions, and delivering the most relevant advertising experiences to our consumers.

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join the Applied Data Science and Machine Learning team, leading Machine Learning initiatives across Media Supply Chain, Video Platform, and Advertising Technology. You are the key connector between data scientists, machine learning engineers, and stakeholders from our content and advertising strategy teams.

In a growing AI/ML portfolio, you will be the key driver of execution of strategies, translating product requirements into iterative, measurable deliveries, while holding room for innovation and research. You have equal passion for solving the most complex problems facing digital media today, as well as getting in the trenches in building cutting-edge AI/ML applications.

You will be the glue between WBD's diverse Direct-To-Consumer platforms and the deep content library to create world-class entertainment and news offerings to delight our customers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the execution strategy for a growing portfolio of AI/ML products, executed by interdisciplinary teams across different organizational pillars
• Lead AI/ML products focused on the enhancement of our Media Supply Chain, ensuring the intelligent curation and automated distribution of content across our platforms.
• Champion the implementation of ML algorithms within our Video Platform to improve streaming quality and consolidate metadata for a dynamic viewing experience.
• Drive innovation in Advertising Technology using to enable smarter targeting and measurement, optimizing the content monetization workflow
• Establish and champion a development culture that emphasizes iterative development, experimentation, and continuous learning within the AI/ML and media spaces.
• Communicate clear milestones, timelines, and dependencies to business stakeholders, partner engineering teams, and senior leadership

Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of in-depth technical program management experience, with a strong focus on AI/ML applications within entertainment media and advertising.
• Demonstrated expertise in leading ML engineering teams and managing data science projects that directly impact business outcomes
• Extensive knowledge of modern ML platforms and data engineering tools (VertexAI, SageMaker, MLFlow, etc.) coupled with best practices for continuous delivery and refinement, particularly as they relate to video streaming and ad tech systems.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills to drive technical roadmap, agile software development, and objective-oriented AI/ML research
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field; a Master’s degree or Ph.D. in a relevant field would mark a standout candidate

Your role at WBD will be about driving growth and innovation by weaving AI/ML capabilities through the very fabric of our technology stack. It's about enhancing the way stories are told, delivered, and monetized. We invite you to delve into our guiding principles at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ and to join us on this exhilarating journey where your work will lay the foundation for WBD’s innovative future.

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…

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $132,300.00 - $245,700.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.

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.

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