VP, Content Strategy & Analysis

Job Description

Overview

As a VP of Content Strategy & Analysis, you will be joining the team responsible for developing and implementing content strategy across WBD's global streaming portfolio, evaluating content performance and trends, and providing insights and recommendations to leadership to influence decision making. This role requires a high level of collaboration with partners across WBD – the right person for this role is the kind of person who obsesses over results, thrives in ambiguity, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges and introduce new ways of looking at a problem. The VP position will play a key role in leading a team, developing relationships across teams, driving change, and delivering high quality work in one of the highest priority business initiatives at Warner Bros Discovery.

Responsibilities
• Lead development of frameworks and analyses for assessing key strategic questions facing the business, including such areas as:
• Evaluating how much and what type of content to invest in
• Identifying content performance indicators and trends across streaming and linear
• Assessing title and portfolio level performance
• Develop and implement benchmarking systems and processes to support analyses and recommendations
• Oversee the development / simplification and standardization and adoption of content reporting metrics for original, owned, and licensed content across platforms
• Manage greenlight / renewal process for US-initiated original and licensed content spend
• Collaborate with other teams, especially Data & Analytics, Finance, Research, and Business Intelligence, to build the tools and processes necessary to drive strategy and analysis initiatives, including partnering with Global Data on scoping automation and self-serve reporting needs
• Support Content and other DTC teams in understanding content performance across platforms, connecting content insights to business opportunity
• Maintain an expert-level knowledge of industry trends and competitive activity
• Provide support for senior management, including strategy reviews, board presentations, and other leadership meetings
• Lead a high-performing team

Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree
• 10-20 years of work experience, including 2-3 years in Consulting, Investment Banking, and/or Corporate Strategy and 8+ years in the media and entertainment and / or direct-to-consumer space
• Deep familiarity with first and third party data, particularly Nielsen
• Excellent analytical skills, with proven ability to vet and pressure test analyses
• Superior ability to synthesize the output from analyses, identify the ''so-what,'' develop early hypotheses, and propose the next line of inquiry
• Experience in building executive-level materials, and the ability to distill complex concepts and analyses into clear, easy-to-understand presentations
• Possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, focus on generating results, and exhibit the highest personal and professional standards of integrity and ethics
• Passion for entertainment, love for content and avid viewer, as well as a passion for staying on top of industry trends while figuring out what the future will look like with a relentless focus on creating and improving consumer value.
• Collaborative and diplomatic by nature, but also willing to take and defend data- and analysis-backed positions in the ongoing process and dialogue around content selection.
• The successful candidate must be motivated, disciplined, taking initiative and be able to work and lead a team autonomously.
• Should be energetic, positive, and resilient with a demonstrated ability to influence, build relationships, and drive projects among cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, constantly changing and deadline driven environment.
• Experience leading a high performing team, managing people and projects to results
• Ability to navigate within complex and / or matrixed organizations
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Team player
• Familiarity with the Google Suite of collaboration software, as well as MS Office
• Must have the legal right to work in the United States. Role to be based in NYC / LA.

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $167,020 - $310,180 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 paid time off (PTO).

Warner Bros Discovery requires vaccination for employment consideration, except where prohibited by law. Discovery will consider requests for exemption from this requirement upon an offer of employment. Employees with approved exemptions due to health or religious reasons must abide by weekly rigorous COVID-19 testing protocols.

Warner Bros Discvoery is an equal opportunity employer. Warner Bros Discovery is committed to being an employer of choice, not just a good place to work, but a great and inclusive place to work. To that end, we strive to recruit and maintain a workforce that meaningfully represents the diverse and culturally rich communities that we serve. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or disabled status or, genetic information.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including but not limited to all local Fair Chance Ordinances.

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