Sr Director Linear and Scheduling Systems Modernization
About The Position
The Sr. Director, Linear & Scheduling Systems Modernization reports to the VP Product and leads global teams responsible for re-architecting WBD's scheduling and linear advertising infrastructure. This role owns the modernization roadmap, ensuring systems are cloud-native, cost-optimized, and future-proofed for an evolving industry. By aligning technical execution with revenue, compliance, and operational goals, this leader ensures WBD's linear and scheduling platforms remain reliable, scalable, and monetization-focused while unlocking next-generation converged advertising opportunities.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced technical certifications or MBA preferred.
- Product Leadership Experience: 15+ years in enterprise technology leadership, with 7+ years overseeing mission-critical modernization programs.
- Domain Expertise: Deep experience with linear advertising, scheduling, trafficking, and broadcast operations platforms, including modernization into API-driven, cloud-native solutions.
- Modernization & Cloud: Proven success in migrating large-scale legacy systems into cloud and hybrid architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Operational Excellence: Strong background in automating workflows, embedding observability, and ensuring compliance and resiliency.
- Revenue & Business Alignment: Track record of aligning modernization initiatives with revenue growth, operational efficiency, and monetization outcomes.
- Collaboration & Influence: Ability to influence C-level stakeholders and partner across Sales, Operations, Affiliate, and Technology.
- Innovation & Ecosystem: Experience leading vendor evaluations, platform consolidation, and industry-standard adoption.
Responsibilities
- Modernization Leadership - Define and execute the multi-year roadmap for migrating legacy scheduling and linear advertising platforms into modular, cloud-native architectures with embedded automation and observability.
- Scheduling & Ad Systems Transformation - Lead product management forscheduling, trafficking, and broadcast operations systems, ensuring 99.99% reliability and seamless integration with converged advertising and affiliate platforms.
- Organizational Leadership - Build and manage a global engineering and product delivery team, embedding modern DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud best practices. Mentor senior leaders and create a high-performance modernization culture.
- Cross-Platform Integration - Ensure interoperability across scheduling, linear, and converged ad systems, enabling unified workflows that support both linear ad monetization and digital convergence..
- Stakeholder Partnership - Act as a trusted advisor to Sales, Operations, Affiliate Distribution, and Finance, ensuring modernization investments directly support multi-billion-dollar revenue streams and future convergence strategy
Benefits
- health insurance coverage
- an employee wellness program
- life and disability insurance
- a retirement savings plan
- paid holidays and sick time and vacation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Industry
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
