Senior Business Analyst
Warner Bros. Discovery
Job Description
Senior Business Analyst – Converged Advertising
We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to own and deliver product capabilities that support Warner Bros. Discovery’s next-generation advertising platforms. This role collaborates with Product Managers, Sales, Operations, Engineering, and Data Science to ensure product requirements are captured accurately, and product capabilities align with established product strategy, revenue priorities, and advertiser outcomes within an assigned product domain.
Role Responsibilities
- Product Requirements Gathering – Manage business and functional requirements for one or more business solutions by facilitating stakeholder interviews and workshops; translating needs into user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria; validating scope and assumptions; and maintaining traceability from requirements through delivery and UAT.
- Product Roadmap Execution – Own and execute against feature roadmaps for converged planning, forecasting, and reporting systems, ensuring delivery aligns with monetization priorities, operational efficiency, and established product strategy.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration – Collaborate with Engineering, Data Science, and Client Engineering to deliver scalable, API‑driven workflows supporting billions of monthly ad impressions across linear and digital platforms.
- Functional Testing – Perform functional testing and document workflow and configuration changes related to system and process adjustments based on Proof‑of‑concept outcomes or business requirements.
- Client & Stakeholder Engagement – Translate advertiser, agency, and sales team needs into clear, actionable product requirements; ensure delivered features improve productivity and campaign performance for global sales and operations users. Provide a walk‑through of new functionality including both system functionality and region-specific recommended configuration and workflow.
Qualifications & Experience
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline required; MBA or advanced technical certification a plus.
- Product Management Experience: 5+ years of business analyst or product management experience, preferably within advertising technology, SaaS, or enterprise platform environments.
- AdTech Knowledge: Familiarity with campaign management, forecasting, yield optimization, and converged linear + digital ad systems.
- Requirements Gathering: Demonstrated ability to drive stakeholder workshops, gather user stories/use cases, acceptance criteria, scope/assumption validation, and requirements traceability through delivery/UAT.
- Product Delivery: Demonstrated ability to deliver complex, enterprise‑scale product features in partnership with engineering teams, with measurable user adoption and business impact.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Experience gathering business needs and aligning product execution with revenue objectives, operational efficiency, and client outcomes.
- Communication & Influence: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Engineering, Sales, Operations, and Finance.
- Modernization Exposure: Experience contributing to modernization initiatives, including migration of legacy systems toward cloud‑native platforms.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
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.
If you are 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.
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation Range: $79,100.00 - $146,900.00 salary per year. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery’s 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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