Warner Bros. Discovery is looking to solve the problem of delivering high-quality user experiences for their iconic brands like HBO Max, Discovery Channel, CNN, Food Network, HGTV, Eurosport, MotorTrend, and many more, by building world-class products from the ground-up, leveraging new technology to build immersive and interactive viewing experiences.
Requirements
- 15+ years experience in software engineering with at least 5+ years in a leadership role leading a global video engineering function
- Strong technical domain / architecture understanding around video playback, live video
- Experience leading VP's and Directors across global teams and technology function areas
- Deep understanding of how culture and team dynamics create exceptional teams.
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Strong leadership and people mgmtskills - influence without authority, change agent, leadership presence, empathy, people development, process improvements, data driven decision making, cross functional leadership alignment.
- Strong technical domain / architecture understanding around video playback, live video
Responsibilities
- Manage and lead WBD Playback experience for Mobile apps (iOS, Android) and Connected TVs (FireTV, GoogleTV and Apple Tv) across All WBD product lines, globally.
- Provide technical and strategic vision, strategy and execution to the broader organization to build and operate global platform services
- Develop and cultivate strong relationship with key stakeholders to drive the planning and execution of vital strategic and operational goals
- Ability to switch between player-coach roles across design, arch, engineering planning, feature delivery, operational excellence, enable other teams to deliver services, manage cost and usage of cloud resources across the org
- Build and grow leaders, people manager and IC’s within the org to meet the scaling needs of the global platform
- Champion Operational Excellence, establishing metrics, alerting and incident management processes that drive resilience & adaptability.
- Implement quality assurance and load testing to ensure high-reliability and performance of the apps, services, and infrastructure
Other
- Must be willing to travel
- BS/MS in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Deep understanding of how culture and team dynamics create exceptional teams.
- Strong leadership and people mgmtskills - influence without authority, change agent, leadership presence, empathy, people development, process improvements, data driven decision making, cross functional leadership alignment.
- Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
