Senior Manager, Program Management

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.

Your New Role:

The Senior Manager, Program Management is responsible for leading a team of Technical Program Managers and owning delivery across a portfolio of cross-platform initiatives. This role sets execution standards, manages program prioritization and capacity planning, drives cross-team dependency management, and provides executive-level visibility into status, risks, and outcomes. The Senior Manager ensures teams follow consistent development and delivery processes while continuously improving program management maturity across the organization.

Your Role Accountabilities:

Program Portfolio & Systems Enablement (30%)

Own delivery across a portfolio of cross-platform programs powering high-volume ad serving, data, and reporting systems spanning linear and digital environments. Ensure scalability, reliability, and operational readiness for platforms supporting thousands of internal users and billions of impressions.

People Leadership & Capability Building (25%)

Directly manage, mentor, and develop a team of Technical Program Managers. Set clear expectations, performance goals, and career development plans while establishing best practices that raise the overall bar for execution, accountability, and delivery rigor.

Execution, Risk & Dependency Management (25%)

Oversee risk, dependency, and tradeoff management across multiple highly interdependent initiatives and teams. Drive alignment on sequencing, resourcing, and execution strategy for large-scale distributed systems.

Executive Reporting & Strategic Alignment (20%) Provide executive-ready program and portfolio-level reporting, synthesizing progress, risks, dependencies, and decision points. Partner with senior leaders to inform prioritization, roadmap tradeoffs, and investment decisions aligned to revenue and operational outcomes.

Qualifications & Experience

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline required;

Technical Program Management Expertise: 12+ years of technical program management experience, ideally in advertising technology, SaaS, or enterprise platforms, including 3+ years leading and managing program managers or TPMs in complex, cross-functional environments.

Technical Acumen: Strong technical foundation with the ability to engage in system architecture, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and data flows; able to partner effectively with senior and principal engineers.

AdTech Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of advertising technology ecosystems, including ad serving, campaign management, forecasting, yield optimization, measurement, and converged linear + digital platforms.

Portfolio & Executive Communication: Proven experience owning portfolio-level status reporting and delivering concise, executive-ready narratives that highlight progress, risks, dependencies, and strategic tradeoffs.

Delivery at Scale: Demonstrated success leading large, enterprise-scale programs across global teams, driving measurable impact on platform reliability, scalability, adoption, and revenue.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Strong ability to align global engineering, product, sales, operations, finance, and legal stakeholders around shared priorities, execution plans, and outcomes.

Risk & Operating Rigor: Track record of establishing delivery standards, operational mechanisms, and risk management frameworks across multi-team initiatives.

Organizational Impact: Experience improving program management maturity, driving transformation initiatives, and mentoring leaders to scale execution excellence.

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, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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