Sr. Analyst, GRM

Warner Bros. Discovery•Atlanta, GA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As a key contributor to the Global Rights Management team, this role supports the strategic oversight and operational execution of rights-related activities for Warner Bros. Discovery content and rights systems. The position ensures accurate legal rights data entry, validation, and clearance across platforms, including linear, VOD, and SVOD; and plays a critical role in managing contractual runs and supporting the retirement of legacy systems. The role also contributes to the monthly clearance charts and supports quality control across acquisitions and originals. This role is essential to maintaining the integrity of legal rights data and supporting cross-functional collaboration with Legal, Programming, and Media Supply Chain teams. A significant part of this role is to oversee the transition from legacy workflows to newly designed workflows. It is an essential function of this position that the work be performed partially from the Company’s offices.

Requirements

Minimum of five years of relevant work experience in the media industry or a reputable legal environment. Extensive contract management and analysis required.
Some college, paralegal certification, or equivalent work experience (see minimum experience requirements above).
Knowledge of intellectual property rights and/or copyright licensing.
Ability to interpret/analyze very complex rights.
Excellent Project management skills
Must be an excellent communicator, both orally and written
Able to self-audit, be resourceful to find answers and make educated decisions, and be able to operate in a continually changing business environment.
Able to act independently and manage changes to existing workflows.
Proven experience working with rights management systems and legal documentation platforms (including RightsLogic and FileSite), with the ability to interpret complex rights data and quickly learn new technologies.
Advanced proficiency using enterprise information and workflow tools such as SharePoint, Smartsheet, Airtable, and Excel to support data accuracy, tracking, and operational efficiency.
Excellent knowledge of TV/SVOD and streaming rights

Nice To Haves

Prior rights analysis and significant project management experience at a television or entertainment company and/or a legal environment preferred.

Responsibilities

Support all rights systems used by the Global Rights Management team, including legacy Warner Media and Discovery RightsLogic rights management systems.
Entering, updating and managing complex data, program rights and program information making sure that content rights are kept up to date according to contracts and legal documents.
Maintain data reflecting complex contractual restrictions for studio-acquired content in RightsLogic and in internal, client-facing program planning tools.
Work closely with the contracts flow and intercompany stakeholders (Acquisitions, Programming, Legal) with regards to rights
Partner with legal and business affairs teams to ensure proper interpretation of contractual language and risk management.
Support rights system separation and data delineation efforts related to the company split, including validation of rights ownership, coordination of intercompany data pipelines, and participation in convergence planning for legacy systems.
Serve as expert legal resource with deep knowledge of rights and restrictions in studio-acquired series and films and original content.
Answer rights inquiries from Warner Bros. Discovery network programming and finance teams, studio and network business affairs executives, network distribution clients, and other internal distribution stakeholders.
Clear monthly VOD and linear schedules for Warner Bros. Discovery networks/services as needed.
Support clearances for new initiatives, including the sale and/or exhibition of legacy Turner content on FAST channels.
Seek, recommend, and implement opportunities for improvement in workflows and processes. This may involve collaborating with other Global Rights Management team members or end users to streamline activities for the benefit of the operation.
Participate in meetings and training sessions related to execution of rights systems transition, consolidation, and retirement strategies.
Independently manage transition from legacy rights workflows to new systems and processes. Together with clients, design efficient and accurate processes to streamline deal setup, rights entry, and flow of data to clearance and scheduling systems.