Manager, Studio Partner Relations Job at Warner Bros. Discovery in Burbank

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The Manager, Studio Partner Relations will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing the end-to-end operational activities tied to Global Licensing, representing a significant amount of annual revenue for the business. This role ensures content and asset readiness across multiple regions, supporting deals with Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, and other key platforms. The Manager serves as the single point of accountability for operational planning, risk tracking, and delivery coordination, ensuring timely visibility and accuracy for revenue recognition.

Your Role Accountabilities:

• Develop and manage comprehensive launch plans for global licensing deals, clearly outlining key milestones, ownership, and delivery targets.
• Coordinate across Global Sales, Legal, Metadata, Artwork, Localization, Mastering, and Content Servicing to align timelines and dependencies.
• Conduct asset and data gap analyses; track issues through resolution to ensure full readiness before servicing deadlines.
• Maintain operational trackers, dashboards, and reports to provide visibility into deal progress, risks, and delivery performance.
• Communicate updates and insights back to Global Sales and leadership, highlighting blockers, mitigations, and options.
• Support proactive planning by identifying capacity constraints, forecasting delivery volumes, and driving early escalation when needed.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to ensure smooth handoffs and data consistency across systems and workflows.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives that simplify workflows and improve cross‑functional coordination.

Qualifications & Experiences:

• 7 – 10 years of experience in content operations, program management, or global media distribution.
• Strong understanding of end‑to‑end content delivery workflows and dependencies across metadata, localization, and servicing.
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi‑stakeholder projects across multiple time zones.
• Excellent communication, planning, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Smartsheet, Airtable, Excel, or similar project‑tracking tools.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret operational data and translate it into actionable insights.

Not Required but preferred experience:

• Experience supporting global licensing or content distribution operations.
• Understanding revenue recognition processes and partner delivery requirements for major digital platforms.

How We Get Things Done…

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 insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day‑to‑day activities. 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 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, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $77,000.00 - $143,000.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.