Director, Content Planning & Analysis

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Editorial

Job Summary

Job Description

The Director, Global Content Planning & Analysis at Warner Bros. Discovery is responsible for managing global greenlight strategy and analysis, overseeing the international greenlight process. This role requires a strong understanding of content finance, performance, and monetization, along with broader finance, strategy, and operational expertise. Key responsibilities include understanding local content strategies and budgets, building a view of content investment across WBD, supporting global greenlight operations, developing global greenlight reporting and analytics, and collaborating with various teams across the company. The ideal candidate will have experience in content finance, analysis, and international operations, along with strong analytical and communication skills.
Must have:
  • Manage global greenlight strategy and analysis
  • Oversee international greenlight process
  • Strong understanding of content finance, performance, and monetization
  • Broad finance, strategy, and operational expertise
  • Build global greenlight reporting and analytics
Good to have:
  • Experience with content management and finance systems
  • Experience with automation of greenlight process
  • Strong analytical and communication skills

Job Details

Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.

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…

Reporting to the Executive Director Global Content Investment & Planning, the Director Global Content Planning & Analysis is responsible for managing elements of global greenlight strategy and analysis and operating the International greenlight process across WBD. The role requires a broad skillset, taking into account core content finance aspects as well as a deep understanding of content performance and monetization. It will also incorporate broader aspects of finance, strategy and operations. The Director will interact frequently with teams across all markets, business units and functions.

Your Role Accountabilities…

Understand local content strategies, budgets and investment slates

  • Build view of content investment across WBD at the budget/slate/title level to support aspects of team workflow, providing additional context to global greenlight decision makers
  • Understand investment plans alongside core financial KPIs, evolve insight and analysis alongside broader team.
  • Build contextual information and update cycle to keep core decision makers connected to content pipeline.
  • Develop close connection with markets and BUs across WBD, to ensure team is in touch with latest developments in content and wider business context.

Support global greenlight operations

  • Take a lead role in evolving global standards and definitions. Ensure International process is in lock step with these standards, work with US team to achieve this.
  • Build a vision for further evolution and development of International greenlight process.
  • Monitor global thresholds and parameters, ensure these are evolved appropriately.
  • Work with BUs and analytics team to identify and define key KPIs and definitions to be utilised in core greenlight analysis.
  • Manage master PIC templates, roll through updates and changes as required; Liaise with BUs.
  • On-board new teams and individuals to the process, ensure full understanding of materials.

Run International greenlight operations

  • In close collaboration with the US based greenlight team, manage day to day greenlight process for International.
  • Liaise with markets on upcoming slates for discussion, current and future greenlight requirements and timings.
  • Work closely with the US team on meeting schedule, planning and process.
  • Coordinate meeting materials, actions and data tracking.
  • Ensure  International teams are meeting all greenlight requirements, work with market teams on any gaps in process.
  • Review and sense check submissions from markets, help improve quality of forecasting process, feed insights back into the process.

Develop global greenlight reporting and analytics, use data and insights to drive strategic content questions

  • Develop, produce and distribute high quality global greenlight reporting and analytics.
  • Anticipate needs of senior stakeholders, working with Global Content peers to evolve reporting and supplemental analytics to meet those needs.
  • Be closely connected to greenlight analytics and metrics, thoroughly understand core drivers and value attribution.
  • Ensure performance analytics are timely and insights can be fed back into the process e.g. providing insights around performance vs. actuals and related analysis.

Other

  • Create high quality insights and illustrations to support related presentations, take lead on storylines and deck creation.
  • Work with Global Content team to automate elements of greenlight process e.g. design, operationalisation and utilisation of greenlight apps and evolution of analytical tools.
  • Understand content management and related finance systems to support day to day process.
  • Provide support to ad hoc projects and questions as required.
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.

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   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.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. 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.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our for instructions to submit your request.

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