Sr. Manager Platform Assurance

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Who We Are…

When we say, "the stuff dreams are made of," we're not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD's vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what's next…

From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.

Your New Role:
Sr. Manager Platform Assurance– This role will assist with designing scalable, modern, and efficient solutions for various financial applications and integrations that are part of the Enterprise Technology Finance Planning & Deal Management Solutions team's portfolio. This role will oversee, manage, and provide guidance to other team members and business users.

Your Role Accountabilities:

OPERATIONS/PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Assist various project teams, key stakeholders, and management to prioritize business requirements and develop & maintain detailed project plans using standard tools.

• Help determine resource roles needed and work with management to secure project team members.

• Effectively assist in leading by influence and work in a matrix/cross functional environment.

• Assist in establishing and coordinating the project plan for migration of the project into production.

• Assist different teams in the organization with the data and document archiving for retired and retiring applications.

• Assist with developing and defining new and improved workflow and initiatives.

• Help provide training and training materials for new processes.

• Work with key stakeholders to define and document communication plan.

• Assist management with special assignments, such as evaluating vendors, gathering/evaluating consultant proposals, or other responsibilities as required and requested.

STRATEGY

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to understand team needs and dependencies to better align business processes.

• Assist in developing and executing a methodology to evaluate, prioritize and monitor the success of the business processes.

• Accurately and clearly articulate strategic issues and provide relevant, logical options for solving them.

• Define data and document archiving strategies for various retiring/retired applications/systems.

• Create comprehensive and meaningful strategy presentations for senior executives.

• Ability to build a framework and drive development through dynamic business intelligence tools and dashboards for use in ongoing business planning and goal measurement through KPIs.

ANALYTICS

• Develop comprehensive performance analysis of business processes and review ways of improvement.

• Actively participate in stakeholder meetings with the goal of understanding all major projects and initiatives planned.

Qualifications & Experiences:

• 10+ years of prior experience in a related field (media, entertainment, business development).

• At least 5 years of experience as an Application Architect, Solution Architect, or Enterprise Architect in the ERP Finance, Supply Chain Management and financial solutions (packaged software, custom solutions, SaaS applications) area.

• A bachelor's or master's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Management Information Systems, Electronics, Management, or a related technical field.

• Knowledge of (at least one) enterprise architecture framework (such as Zachman, TOGAF, FEAF, or Gartner EA), patterns, and best practices for driving business transformation is preferable.

• Experience developing architecture diagrams, data models using Visio, Lucid Charts.

• Working knowledge of one or more financial systems (ERP - SAP/S4, Oracle ERP Cloud, PeopleSoft Financials, and Workday Financials), Ariba, and eInvoicing platforms.

• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, Informatica, Data Lake.

• Knowledge and working experience with various data and document archiving solutions and methodologies.

• Experience working with SaaS, PaaS, Custom and 3rd Party applications.

• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Superb relationship building skills.

• Work collaboratively with small teams.

• Ability to handle multiple assignments concurrently.

Not Required but preferred experience:

• 2+ years of post-MBA experience in a related field (entertainment or entertainment).

• Experience working in a global company.

• Experience working with distributed team in multiple geographical locations.

• Some visualization tool knowledge would be helpful (i.e. Tableau, Power BI).

• Comfortable in working in highly iterative and somewhat unstructured environment.

• Experience with Concur, ServiceNow, Beeline, APEX, MDM, and Kyriba application.

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

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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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