Senior Product Manager

Location: CA San Francisco 153 Kearny Street, NY New York 30 Hudson Yards, WA Bellevue 205 108th Avenue NE, Suite S200, CA Culver City 8900 Venice Blvd., Ivy Station

Remote Type: Hybrid

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Storytelling is, and will always be, the heart of what we do at Skydance.

Our vision is to build a thriving entertainment ecosystem where stories and worlds are imagined, brought to life and experienced. We create for every age and audience, anchored by the strength of our content and experiences and the depth of our connection with fans. We are creator-first, audience-focused, tech-forward, globally scaled.

Here, you’ll work with talented teams that move fast, think boldly and collaborate with purpose to deliver results. We aim high, champion the best ideas and win together, earning the trust of our employees, creators, partners and audiences every day.

If you’re energized by the opportunity to help build the next-generation global media and entertainment company powered by creativity and technology, we’d be thrilled to welcome you aboard. LET’S GO!

HBO Max delivers boundary-pushing stories across genres and platforms, connecting millions of viewers across 90 countries globally— and we’re just getting started. We're home to the most talked about shows and movies, granting audiences access to the worlds of HBO, Harry Potter, DC, Warner Bros., ID, Adult Swim, A24, and more. Turn your streaming obsession into a career— we’re hiring!

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Your New Role...

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Sr. Product Manager to join our team and lead the development and enhancement of our personalization services on HBO Max. As a Sr. Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in defining the product strategy, driving innovation, and delivering exceptional user experiences. Your expertise and leadership will guide the direction of personalized and automated recommendations, ensuring they remain at the forefront of industry trends and customer expectations.

Your efforts will help us scale to >100m customers and become the leading streaming company. You will identify and quantify customer problems, determine approaches to address them, and A/B test different features to solve them. You will be part of a team of Product Managers focused on Personalization, working closely with Software Engineers and Data Scientists.

The team has a diverse range of skill sets, experience in AI, Machine Learning, Recommenders, related fields across streaming media, e-commerce, and from top-flight tech firms. You will partner with Editorial and Marketing professionals and discuss regularly with company executives.

Your Role Accountabilities...

We’re seeking a seasoned Sr. Product Manager to lead personalization efforts at WBD. This role is central to our mission to create intelligent, adaptive, and trusted experiences across HBO Max. The ideal candidate has deep experience with ML-driven recommendation at scale, thrives in technically complex ecosystems, and is equally fluent in data science, user behavior, and business impact.

As a key contributor for personalization at WBD, you will:

• Define Strategy: Own the end-to-end product strategy for ML-powered personalization and discovery. Identify opportunities that align with WBD’s strategic goals and improve engagement, retention, and customer satisfaction.
• Drive Roadmap: Lead roadmap development for personalization systems, coordinating closely with engineering, data science, UX, and content teams to prioritize initiatives that balance innovation, quality, and speed.
• Evolve the User Experience: Champion customer-centricity by leveraging experimentation, user research, and behavioral data to design and optimize personalized experiences across surfaces.
• Orchestrate Systems Thinking: Manage complex ranking systems and feedback loops. Understand how data (user signals, content metadata) flows through algorithms and influences outcomes across product surfaces.
• Stakeholder Leadership: Partner with executives, engineering leaders, data teams, and content strategists to align roadmaps, communicate outcomes, and translate vision into action.
• Benchmark and Differentiate: Monitor trends in personalization, ML tooling, and competitors’ discovery experiences to inform roadmap priorities and strategic pivots.
• Measure Impact: Define KPIs that align with both user value and business metrics (e.g., engagement, diversity, and relevance). Use experimentation and analytics to optimize performance and guide iteration.
• Launch & Iterate: Lead go-to-market for personalization & recommendation capabilities, ensuring internal readiness, high-quality rollout, and learning-based iteration cycles.

Qualifications & Experience...

• 5+ years of product management experience, with significant time spent on ML-driven products or content discovery systems.
• Proven track record of shipping consumer-facing personalization or recommendation systems at scale.
• Strong technical fluency—able to engage meaningfully with engineering and data science on ranking models, data pipelines, AI, and ML evaluation.
• Deep understanding of A/B testing methodologies, statistical analysis, and product experimentation frameworks.
• Systems thinker who can connect the dots between algorithmic performance, customer experience treatments, and business outcomes.
• Excellent communicator who can synthesize complexity for a range of audiences, from executives to junior engineers.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in agile environments; familiarity with tools like Jira and Confluence.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (preferred but not required).

About Skydance

Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.

Some Important Details

We embrace 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. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable 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 accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

Hiring Salary Range: $126,000.00 - $234,000.00 per year

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing compensation, or a range thereof, for roles where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, external market data, internal equity, skill set, experience, training, education, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of our total compensation package. 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.

 

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