Manager, Studio Resources & Capabilities

Key Skills

Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Finance, Management, Oracle, SAP

Job Description

WB Games is a leader in the games industry across all game platforms and mobile devices. Our diverse and inclusive workforce creates and brings to life the most beloved characters, franchises, heroes, and wizards in the world. We are fans of what we make and proud of what we do. We have studios and offices across the globe.

The Job

The Manager, Studio Resources & Capabilities will help to develop, implement, and manage an all-new approach to managing game studio resources at Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment (WBIE), one of the fastest growing groups within Warner Bros Discovery.

This person will inform, advise, and collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders at all levels, including divisional executive management, senior leadership of WBIE’s console game studios, as well as HR, finance, and games production stakeholders.

Key responsibilities will include management of essential current operating planning processes, provision of reporting, analysis, and insights for senior leadership, and a critical role in the development of new processes and systems to support studio development strategy.

The Daily

• Regularly review and report on each studios’ internal headcount assignments by game project and opportunities for resource sharing.
• Track studio new headcount requests through the approval workflow and provide weekly reporting to identify where management attention is needed.
• Working with Finance, HR, and studio heads, evaluate current operating plans in terms of headcount and spend commitment.
• Coordinate and participate in quarterly review meetings of studio heads and corporate executive management.
• Develop desktop tools/processes for consolidating resource planning and tracking across studios and functional groups.
• Coordinate and host regular alignment reviews with Finance, HR, and games production staff
• Identify and disseminate best practices to improve studio planning processes and provide planning guidance to studio staff.
• Develop new business processes to facilitate resource planning and deployment and identify systems requirements to support these.
• Work on other special projects as required.
• Perform under pressure to meet challenging deadlines.

The Essentials

• Experience of planning, analysis, and reporting for a large enterprise.
• Successful experience managing process/systems improvement projects.
• Experience working with BI tools and/or data science background.
• Video game or other software development/production experience, especially in resource scheduling.
• Management consulting or corporate strategic planning background.
• Must have demonstrated attention to detail and ability to manage complexity.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Must be able to multi-task, work under tight time constraints and meet deadlines.
• Must have superior computer and analytical skills.
• Must have advanced knowledge of MS office suite of applications

The Nice to Haves

• Experience with enterprise resource planning tools (SAP, Oracle) preferred.

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.

The Legal Bits…

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $96,600.00 - $179,400.00 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 paid time off (PTO).

Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. 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.