Project Coordinator

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.

* Ability to work a hybrid schedule (3 days onsite) out of our Atlanta office ​.*

Your New Role:

This position will support Program Execution, Compliance and Risk Oversight projects within the Global Information & Content Security (GICS) team.  Reporting to the Senior Director, Program Execution Office, this role will assist with GICS operational initiatives and projects, monitor roadmap/plan and report on progress. This individual drives the execution of project plans, supporting the overall GICS program plan through work that they help implement.

This role will work closely with leads from Program Execution, Cybersecurity Compliance, IT SOX Compliance, Risk Oversight and Reporting, Infrastructure, Technical Support, and GICS SMEs to coordinate the planning, scheduling, and testing of projects, programs, and initiatives. The candidate will be expected to employ strong technical and organizational skills to coordinate requirements and deliverables with the customer; document best practices; schedule and prioritize tasks; gather inputs and prepare documentation or briefings for/from technical review meetings.

Role Responsibilities:

PROJECT COORDINATION

• Coordinate the execution and optimization of projects designed to meet strategic goals on schedule, and within budget.  This includes right-sizing work packages, sprints, sequencing, prioritizing, managing against external timelines, monitoring, and delivering performance metrics.

• Employ technical knowledge and meeting facilitation skills to use tools and techniques to expedite project decision-making and solutions to project management challenges. (Ex: brainstorming, consensus building, vote, comparison matrix.).

• Facilitate recurring meetings to ensure alignment of expectations on deliverables and delivery quality.

• Collaborate, influence, and negotiate effectively with tactical levels and functions of internal business teams around strategy planning and development. Building and maintain strong relationships with individuals and cross functional teams will be essential.

• Integrate project team change management process to the WBD process to ensure adherence to T&O Service Management standards.

• Facilitate meetings for project managers, project team, 3rd party vendors, and/or partners to ensure optimum participation, desired outcomes achieved, meetings are documented, and meetings complete on-time.

• Proactively identify, manage, and monitor all schedule, scope, resource, budget, quality and dependency risks to projects. Programs and portfolio.

• Manage stakeholder communication, developing project stakeholder communication plans, where applicable.

• Document, gather, maintain, and project artifacts and repository.

• Manage the onboard and offboard of contractors.

• Manage the interface between GICS projects and partners, and timely communication and escalation of risks. Assist Senior Director and Technical leads in continuously monitoring risks and issues across the GICS portfolio.

• Gather input and prepare documentation or briefings for/from technical review and status meetings, to technical and non-technical audiences, including executive review meetings.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 5+ years of Information Technology Project delivery experience in a high tech, fast paced environment.

• 5+ years of Cybersecurity, compliance and regulatory program delivery experience.

• Experience effectively managing multiple, concurrent security/technology projects involving cross-functional groups.

• Strong understanding of cybersecurity concepts, familiarity with cybersecurity operations & solutions.

• Good decision-making, consensus building and conflict management skills.  Must be able to communicate and act upon risks appropriately, exhibiting appropriate levels of urgency.

• Good analytical and communication skills, and a risk mitigation mindset.

• Possess one or more industry credentials: PMP, CSM, ITIL, CISM, CISA and/or CISSP certifications.

• Proficiency in Google Suite, Atlassian (Jira, Confluence), ServiceNow, and Microsoft Suite, Smartsheet, etc.

• Financial management and ROI analytical skills; good understanding of budgets.

• Understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), product development, and comfort with related technical concepts and terminology.

Not Required but preferred experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• Experience as a business systems analyst, application engineering or security, product engineering or security, or cloud engineering or security highly desired.

• Proven experience and expertise in agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, etc.

• Hands-on experience using JIRA for Agile Stories, Epics, and Initiatives.

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.

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, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

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