Analyst, Privacy & Vendor Compliance

Job Description

Global Privacy Services is a centralized team of privacy professionals who work alongside lawyers, product and data teams to drive compliance across the entire enterprise. The team provides privacy services in Operations, Compliance, OneTrust Platform, Projects and Vendor Privacy. The team is a part of Warner Bros Discovery Technology & Operations, sitting alongside core HR, Financial, Legal and Data systems as an enterprise service. Privacy needs run across the entire enterprise, and the team is set up to deliver globally. The Analyst, Privacy will partner closely with product, engineering and data teams to honor consumer privacy rights and enable complaint data use through development and implementation of third-party vendor configurations and controls.
Applicants to this role should expect to collaborate with direct-to-consumer (DTC) product and engineering teams so support high priority launches and development of scalable platforms based on evolution of the digital industry and compliance landscape. This position will also include partnership with privacy professionals, lawyers, procurement, information security, product and technology stakeholders on data-driven vendor governance and compliance initiatives across Warner Bros Discovery's business.
Your Role Accountabilities:
OPERATIONS
• Support development and implementation of vendor standards and guidance
• Develop and maintain central records of vendor data use, flows and assocated privacy controls
• Partner closely with Data Governance, Security, and Procurement teams to streamline operations and processes
• Support high visibility product launches through vendor classification and configuration
• Support the completion of privacy risk assessments with partners in Legal, DTC, brand and other business teams
• Support strategic Vendor Privacy initiatives
VENDOR RESEARCH & ENABLEMENT
• Partner with tech and business teams on the design and configuration of consent, digital advertising and marketing solutions
• Conduct internal and external research on vendor guidance and configurations
• Produce insights and recommendations based on evolution of the digital advertising/marketing industry and compliance landscape
• Enable compliant activation of digital advertising and marketing use cases
• Drive privacy compliant configuration of WBD solutions
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to support development of capability framework across vendors to identify business opportunities
COMPLIANCE/AUDIT
• Drive enterprise-wide vendor audit efforts
• Drive compliance with relevant policies and standards across platforms, products and vendors, including execution of training programs
• Understand and communicate privacy requirements to internal and vendor partners

Qualifications & Experiences:
• BA required, master's degree preferred
• 2+ years professional experience in privacy data governance or related field at any of the following: global entertainment company, data driven technology or media company, top tier management consulting firm
• Web development experience to support digital tracker implementations and audits
• Privacy compliance experience, working with key regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc)
• Knowledge of advertising industry standards, vendors and methodologies
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills and attention to detail
• Outstanding communications and interpersonal skills, able to quickly build relationships with stakeholders at all levels
• Capable communicator (written and verbal) who regularly presents in front of senior leadership • Ability to see the bigger picture, but also get into details to provide a credible opinion on complex subject matter
• Advanced MS Office, JIRA, Confluence and Miro skills
• Strong understanding of cookies (1st-party & 3rd-party), tracking pixels, and SDKs
• Knowledge of how tracking scripts are implemented in web and mobile environments
• Experience with tools like: Tag Managers (e.g., Google Tag Manager), Network Inspectors
• Understanding of consent management frameworks (e.g., TCF, IAB, Google Consent Mode)
• Ability to identify data flows, map trackers, and analyze data sharing practices
• Comfort with HTML/JavaScript (reading and interpreting scripts)
• Basic understanding of API requests and network payloads
• Familiarity with SDK documentation and mobile OS-specific privacy guidelines (iOS App Privacy, Android Permissions)
Not Required but preferred experience:
• MBA
• 1+ years of post-MBA experience in a related field (media or entertainment)
• Knowledge of and passion for media, entertainment, and technology industries (including key players, growth trends and drivers, new media models, industry structure, etc.)
• Familiarity with streaming and similar products/services
• Experience working in a national or global company
• Some visualization tool knowledge would be helpful (i.e. Tableau, Power BI)
• Comfortable in working in highly iterative and somewhat unstructured environment
Hybrid Working - This role is advertised as a Hybrid work model, that combines remote and in-office work, following our current company policy and to be agreed with your Line Manager. Subject to any applicable laws, WBD / your Line Manager reserves the right to change this working agreement where this is essential to business needs and upon reasonable notice to you.

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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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-864kqm-216-73-216-0-42 in your application.