Technical Program Manager II

Warner Bros. Discovery•Ottawa, ON

7d•$85,700 - $137,100

About The Position

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is seeking a Technical Program Manager II to join the CNN Data Platform team. This role is crucial for modernizing CNN's analytics platform into a new, single data platform called Nova, which will serve as CNN's single source of truth for digital behavioral analytics, enabling near real-time analytics and personalization. The Technical Program Manager II will partner closely with Data Analytics teams to ensure data is captured and presented effectively for immediate insights. The role emphasizes collaboration within focused teams, sharing experiences and skills to strengthen products. WBD offers career-defining opportunities, curated benefits, and tools for growth in an environment that supports and celebrates its employees.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in technical program management in a technical or cloud/SaaS environment.
A track record of managing complex, cross-functional projects.
Proficiency in project management disciplines, including scope, schedule, budget, and risk management.
Exceptional skills in building relationships and communicating effectively with diverse groups of people across the organization.
A solid technical background with the ability to engage deeply with engineering teams in complex technical details. Capable of engaging with an engineer and discussing data flow from client event to dashboard.
Hands-on experience with dashboarding and business intelligence tools such as Domo, Tableau, or similar platforms, with the ability to define metrics, track program health, identify trends, and support data-informed decision-making.
Working knowledge of SQL and the ability to independently interrogate datasets, validate metrics, investigate discrepancies, and translate data into actionable program insights.
Working knowledge of modern data architectures, including event instrumentation, data pipelines, batch and streaming systems, data modeling, APIs, schemas, data quality, lineage, and observability. Candidates should be comfortable discussing architecture and technical tradeoffs with data and software engineers.
Experience working with cloud-based data ecosystems and technologies such as AWS, Snowflake, Databricks, Kafka/Kinesis, Spark, Airflow, or comparable platforms.
Familiarity with data quality, SLAs/SLOs, monitoring, incident management, privacy, access controls, metadata, lineage, and data governance practices.

Nice To Haves

A 4-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field is often preferred, or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

Define project scope, create and manage project plans, coordinate release schedules, and ensure on-time delivery.
Collaborate with engineering, product, and other stakeholders across different teams to align on goals, priorities, and technical strategies.
Identify, track, and mitigate potential risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle, proactively recommending solutions to prevent blockers.
Leverage a technical background to understand complex system designs, architecture decisions, and integration points, providing informed recommendations without being the primary engineer.
Create and maintain project documentation, and communicate project status, risks, and impact to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Build, maintain, and evolve dashboards and reporting views using tools such as Domo, Tableau, or similar platforms to monitor program health, track key performance indicators, identify trends, and communicate actionable insights to stakeholders.
Develop and refine processes for reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement, including using data and metrics to monitor performance and inform decisions.
Contribute to long-term technical and product strategy and help define roadmaps for technical teams.