Warner Bros. Discovery · 2 days ago
Director, Production Management
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
12+ years expWarner Bros. Discovery is a leading entertainment company known for its iconic content and brands. The Director of Production Management will shape the remote production management department, focusing on team development, workflow strategy, and communication with external leagues while overseeing a significant budget for remote broadcasts.
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Responsibilities
Lead a team of 9 production managers and coordinators supporting all live remote broadcasts for NHL, NCAA March Madness, Roland Garros, NASCAR, College Basketball, College Football, USSF, and Unrivaled
Responsible for constantly assessing team workflows and implementing more optimal and efficient solutions while collaborating with technical and remote operations, production, and crewing departments in making sure their needs are also met
Evaluating staffing and scheduling and ensuring there is an equitable distribution of responsibilities among the team
Responsible for people/team development and aligning the team’s priorities with the strategic vision of content leadership – work closely with the Sr. Director of the department in making sure that alignment happens and team is positioned well for high performance in an everchanging content landscape
Solicit feedback from various stakeholders in the content and operational groups and assess any team weaknesses or strengths and needed adjustments
On-site management at tentpole remote events
Day-to-day contact for the leagues on logistical and operational elements spanning content, production, technical, and crewing and then responsible for engaging the proper internal teams
Oversee the process of informing production of and documenting logistical opportunities and/or limitations as it relates to our remote game and studio shows and compiling comprehensive production plans to reference as we build out the shows
Lead collaboration with our technical operations, crewing, engineering, production, and planning teams in building out the production plans
Periodically lead all-in planning meetings with key stakeholders in the TNT sports ecosystem from marketing and sales to content and production and responsible for disseminating notes after the meeting
Responsible for day-to-day budget oversight and management for an $80M spend across all remote games and remote studio shows
Accountable for auditing budgets and making sure all information is captured accurately by the production managers, technical operations managers, and crewing department
Collaborate on timelines for budget finalization and ensuring key stakeholders are meeting deadlines
Report final budget numbers as well as variances/overages to Sr. Director of department for monthly and annual forecast meetings
Qualification
Required
12+ years experience working in live production
Experience working in sports and contacts with major sports leagues
Minimum of three years leading a team of 5+ people
Has sports knowledge/insight – understanding of what is important to certain leagues
Budget management and oversight of a multi-million dollar spend
Has live technology knowledge and general understanding of how that equipment operates – understanding of new technology initiatives in the industry
Experience leading cross departmental collaboration and documenting comprehensive production plans
College Degree required
Company
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$17.5BKey Investors
JP Morgan
2025-12-05Acquired
2025-06-09Post Ipo Debt· $17.5B
2005-07-15IPO
Leadership Team
David Zaslav
President and CEO
Mark Thompson
CEO
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