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Director / Sr. Director, Strategy & Operations, Office of the CEO

Warner Bros. Discovery

United States (On-site)

1 Month ago • 4-8 Years

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Summary_{By Outscal}

Director/Sr. Director, Strategy & Operations for Warner Music Group, requiring 4-8 years experience in strategy, biz ops, transformation, or program management. Must have experience leading large, complex, highly cross-functional projects.

Job Description:

At Warner Music Group, we’re a global collective of music makers and music lovers, tech innovators and inspired entrepreneurs, game-changing creatives and passionate team members. Here, we know that each talent makes our collective bolder and brighter. We are guided by four core principles that underpin everything we do across all our diverse businesses:

Music is Everything: Music is our passion, and we can never get enough. Tastes, trends, and tech will change, but great artists and songwriters will always be our driving force.
Global Growth, Local Expertise: Music is a global language. Through communication and collaboration, our success can come from anywhere and translate everywhere.
Innovation and Insight: Pushing the boundaries requires the best information and the boldest imagination. We use both to create the future.
Empowered by People: Like the artists we serve and the music they make, our differences make us stronger. This is a place where every talent can belong and build a career.

We remain committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We know it fosters a culture where you can truly belong, contribute, and grow. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, and any other characteristic or identity.

Consider a career at WMG and get the best of both worlds – an innovative global music company that retains the creative spirit of a nimble independent.

Job Title: Director / Senior Director, Strategy & Operations, Office of the CEO

Your role:

This person will partner with the Chief of Staff to the CEO across the below duties, with the goal of enabling the CEO to lead WMG with the utmost effectiveness and efficiency. The role will have a high degree of interaction (daily) with the CEO and be highly visible across his leadership team.

“Run-the-team” business operations

Run annual & quarterly OKR (Objectives & Key Results) process across the entire company
Own agenda & run preparation of materials for monthly Board of Directors calls & quarterly Board meetings
Own agenda for & help run weekly leadership meetings
Ensure delivery of regular CEO reporting (e.g., team updates / bullets, financials, operational KPIs, project progress)

Executive support

Work with EAs to handle the CEO’s calendar and enhance the use of his time
Ensure the CEO’s meetings are effective: Preview & provide advance feedback on teams’ work, prepare / pre-seed / pre-align partners, follow up on & close out action items
Drive global & cross-functional collaboration: handle the flow of information and connect dots between the CEO & his direct reports, among the CEO’s direct reports, and across the rest of the company’s senior executives
Serve as a strategic thought partner and sounding board
Ad hoc presentation creation, memo writing, and data analysis

Special projects

Short-term (<2 week) staff augmentation to drive forward progress on the highest-priority cross-functional initiatives

About you:

4-8 years in a strategy & operations, biz ops, transformation, program management, or similar type role
Experience successfully leading large, complex, highly cross-functional projects and influencing collaborators of all levels of seniority
High-EQ diplomat who is a master at reading the room
Determined, creative problem solver and diligent, dependable executor – failure is not an option for this person
Great communicator & storyteller: verbal, written, and in slides. Adept at tailoring their messaging to the audience
Capable of absorbing and processing high volumes of information, and synthesizing it and applying it to connect dots
Able to operate autonomously, comfortable with ambiguity
Demands excellence from themselves and those around them
A strong moral compass, discreet, mature, selfless

We’d love it if you also had:

Experience working at a music company
Experience working in a matrixed, highly cross-functional organization

About us:

As the home to 10K Projects, 300 Elektra, Asylum, Atlantic, East West, FFRR, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and several other of the world’s premier recording labels, Warner Music Group champions emerging artists and global superstars alike. And our renowned publishing company, Warner Chappell Music, represents genre-spanning songwriters and producers through a catalogue of more than one million copyrights worldwide. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, which supports the independent community, as well as artist services division WMX. In addition, WMG counts film and television storytelling powerhouse Warner Music Entertainment among its many brands.

Together, we are Warner Music Group: Music With Vision & Voice.

Love this job and want to apply?

Don’t be discouraged if you don’t hear from us right away. We’re taking our time to review all resumes, and to find the best people for WMG.

Thanks for your interest in working for WMG. We love it here, and think you will, too.

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Salary Range

$155,000 to $215,000 Annually

Salary ranges are included for job postings where required by law. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as work experience and business needs. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external factors.

WMG is committed to inclusion and diversity in all aspects of our business. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and will evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

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$155.0K - $215.0K/yr (Outscal est.)

$185.0K/yr avg.

United States

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About The Company

Warner Bros. Discovery

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Warner Bros. Discovery, a premier global media and entertainment company, offers audiences the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, streaming and gaming. The new company combines WarnerMedia’s premium entertainment, sports and news assets with Discovery’s leading non-fiction and international entertainment and sports businesses.