Technical Producer Job at Warner Bros. Games in City of Troy

Overview

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is a global media and entertainment company. Warner Bros. Games New York works with top talent to build online competitive and social features for video games. Our team engineers scalable game services to support world-class developers.

Your New Role

The Data Platform team operates a modern analytics and platform engineering environment that ingests real-time telemetry and powers data-driven experiences and marketing automation across multiple products. This cloud-based platform supports high-scale telemetry data and operational tooling used by engineering and analytical teams.

You will be the delivery driver for several technical teams (Data Eng, DevOps, DBAs, Web Dev), running agile ceremonies, managing cross-team dependencies, and ensuring disciplined team delivery. You’ll combine strong project management with technical understanding in cloud, DevOps/Infrastructure-as-code, data platforms, and observability so you can partner credibly with engineers and remove blockers fast.

Your Role Accountabilities

Agile Delivery & Execution

• Lead daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews/demos, and retrospectives; uphold Definition of Ready/Done and maintain healthy team cadence and flow.
• Promote a positive team environment that encourages open communication, mutual support, and effective collaboration, helping the team stay motivated, engaged, and focused on delivering high-quality results together.
• Own team’s delivery plans; drive risk/issue management and clear escalation paths.
• Track and improve velocity, throughput, predictability and cycle/lead time; ensure work is well-sized and prioritized.
• Establish visible team delivery metrics; identify bottlenecks and look for ways to improve our delivery/quality.
• Maintain and work down tech-debt backlogs with engineering leads while protecting roadmap outcomes.

Cross-Team Orchestration

• Map and manage dependencies across Data Engineering, DevOps, DBAs, Web developers; align on the team’s goals and roadmap commitments.
• Facilitate design/discovery sessions, unblocking teams by driving decisions and trade-offs with data.
• Regularly partner and workshop with CT&S Production teammates (other Technical Producers and Game Producers) to improve work systems and increase efficiency through upholding guiding principles and standardization.

Stakeholder Management

• Communicate status, risks, and decisions crisply to engineers, product partners, and leadership; set expectations and drive alignment.

Qualifications & Experience

• 5+ years in technical project or program management for software/data/platform teams; proven track record running agile teams at scale.
• Experience working with teams delivering solutions in the cloud (preferably AWS), understanding of DevOps/Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), APIs/Services, fundamentals of Data Platform (Redshift, Databricks or similar) and Data Engineering.
• Deep proficiency with Jira (boards, workflows, dashboards, JQL) and Confluence; familiarity with Git-based workflows.
• Excellent facilitation, written/verbal communication, and stakeholder influence; proactive issue-spotting and follow-through; servant-leader mindset with high ownership.

What success looks like:

• Ceremonies are running smoothly; Teams are engaged and work well together.
• Baseline team velocity and forecast accuracy established; story sizing and WIP under control.
• Jira boards/workflows/dashboards standardized; Confluence spaces organized with current runbooks and supporting information. Measurable reductions in blockers/queue times.
• Strong working relationships with CT&S Production teammates ensuring cross-team orchestration is rock solid and iterated on regularly.

How We Get Things Done…

This section outlines guiding principles by which we operate. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in day-to-day work. We look forward to discussing them during your interview.

Championing Inclusion at WBD

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified candidates are considered on the basis of merit without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, and other protected statuses as defined by law.

Compensation & Location

Pay Range: $76,650.00 - $142,350.00 per year. Base pay is one component of total compensation. Actual salaries vary based on factors including market data, location, skill set, experience, and performance. Benefits include health insurance, wellness program, life and disability insurance, retirement savings, paid holidays, sick time and vacation.

Employment details

Location: Albany, New York Metropolitan Area. Employment type: Full-time. Seniority level: Mid-Senior level. Job function: Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing. Industry: Entertainment Providers.