Senior Program Management Manager

Role Overview: As the Senior Manager, Program Management at Warner Bros. Discovery, you will lead a team of Technical Program Managers and be responsible for overseeing delivery across a portfolio of cross-platform initiatives. Your role involves setting execution standards, managing program prioritization and capacity planning, driving cross-team dependency management, and providing executive-level visibility into status, risks, and outcomes. You will ensure that teams follow consistent development and delivery processes while continuously enhancing program management maturity across the organization. Key Responsibilities: - Program Portfolio & Systems Enablement (30%) - Own delivery across a portfolio of cross-platform programs supporting high-volume ad serving, data, and reporting systems in both linear and digital environments. - Ensure scalability, reliability, and operational readiness for platforms that cater to 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 to elevate 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 by synthesizing progress, risks, dependencies, and decision points. - Collaborate with senior leaders to inform prioritization, roadmap tradeoffs, and investment decisions aligned with revenue and operational outcomes. Qualification Required: - Education: Bachelors degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline required. - Technical Program Management Expertise: You should have 12+ years of technical program management experience, preferably in advertising technology, SaaS, or enterprise platforms, with at least 3 years leading program managers in complex, cross-functional environments. - Technical Acumen: Strong technical foundation required to engage in system architecture, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, APIs, and data flows. Ability to effectively partner 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 in owning portfolio-level status reporting and delivering concise, executive-ready narratives that highlight progress, risks, dependencies, and strategic tradeoffs. - Delivery at Scale: Demonstrated success in 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 in improving program management maturity, driving transformation initiatives, and mentoring leaders to scale execution excellence. Additional Details: The guiding principles at Warner Bros. Discovery are the core values by which the organization operates, central to how things are done. For further details, visit www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/. Warner Bros. Discovery is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunity employer, considering candidates based on merit without discrimination. If you require accommodations during the job application process due to a disability, visit the accessibility page for instructions on submitting your request. Role Overview: As the Senior Manager, Program Management at Warner Bros. Discovery, you will lead a team of Technical Program Managers and be responsible for overseeing delivery across a portfolio of cross-platform initiatives. Your role involves setting execution standards, managing program prioritization and capacity planning, driving cross-team dependency management, and providing executive-level visibility into status, risks, and outcomes. You will ensure that teams follow consistent development and delivery processes while continuously enhancing program management maturity across the organization. Key Responsibilities: - Program Portfolio & Systems Enablement (30%) - Own delivery across a portfolio of c