Product Manager Ii Jobs

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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.

Your New Role

Bleacher Report makes it as easy as possible to be a sports fan by defining the moments that matter. Empowering, personal and community driven, its vision for making sports bigger than the game has led to unmatched engagement on social media, where it consistently ranks as the No. 1 digital and social brand. Bleacher Report also provides an industry-leading fan experience on mobile devices through its unparalleled app experience. This year Bleacher Report was ranked as one of the ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’ by Fast Company.

Find Bleacher Report on the web at www.bleacherreport.com and on Instagram @BleacherReport. Bleacher Report is a division of WBD Sports.

As a key part of our team, a Product Manager II at Bleacher Report will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of our Product Operations functions. The role will work closely with these teams to ensure new features and services are launched effectively and operate successfully, providing feedback to the product teams for ongoing improvement. The role is required to act as an operational product owner managing the launch of operational features. In this role relationship building skills and curiosity are equally, if not more important than technical aptitude, but operational experience will be required and a level of technical aptitude will be needed. The role requires excellent written and oral communication skills and be required to manage multiple streams of work simultaneously. The candidate will work across the entire organization.

Your Role Accountabilities

• Develop and maintain timelines for product launches as well as prepare testing/rehearsals where needed ahead of feature launch
• Communicate feature launch status to stakeholders and manage expectations where operation is impacted.
• Identify and manage/partner with third-party vendors, where necessary.
• Develop ongoing operational product ownership as B/R continues to develop and roll out key new features for fans
• Work with business, product, engineering, and existing operational teams to tease out operational details and identify challenges before they occur.
• In this role, early operational requirements may not be well-defined, and depending on various factors, they may change frequently. The successful candidate will maintain flexibility during uncertainty and be able to drive teams through this phase until scope is clearly defined and well understood by all team members.
• Work closely with the product team to ensure that ongoing features are delivered and that all operational teams are prepared for the feature launch
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve operational considerations that may impact launch

Qualifications & Experiences

• Leadership skills, with the ability to manage key relationships across the company
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across departments and functions
• Acumen to communicate the impact of feature or schedule changes to teams that are potentially affected
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
• Ability to adapt when faced with frequently changing and sometimes ambiguous goals
• Strong problem solving, expectation management and critical thinking skills
• Experience in operations
• Nimble business mind with a focus on developing creative solutions
• 5+ years of experience in operations or a related field
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze data and metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement

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 [email protected].