Senior Manager, Software Engineering

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.

We are the now and the next. The power behind the people building the future. We are born from the spirit of innovation. We are created from the idea that people around the world want more, need more, deserve more. We are the home of the global digital revolution. We are CNN.

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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.

Come join our team! 

CNN New Business engineering team is looking for a Senior Manager, Software Development, to build and lead Mobile iOS engineering team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual that is passionate about building innovative DTC mobile Apps and iterative product development. The CNN New Businesses team will be leading the creation of new, standalone products at CNN, and focused on the creation of separate, non-news experiences that can help enrich our users’ lives and drive the subscription business.

As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for people management, delivering engaging products for our audiences, and setting technical direction. You will provide support for the individuals you manage to advance their careers and give them the valuable feedback they need to grow. You will help identify stretch goals, areas of growth, and opportunities for them to shine within the organization. As a technical leader directly on the team, you will work with cross-functional partners and stakeholders on activities such as planning, technical strategy, rapid prototyping and iterative development, quality and delivery, with the goal of delivering engaging new products that our customers love.

The opportunity to put an amazing new consumer experience in the hands of a large audience motivates us to move quickly and put our best work forward. If this resonates with you, we look forward to meeting you!

Your Role Accountabilities...

• Hire, lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
• Support the engineers on the team by coaching, setting goals, and providing regular feedback. 

• Facilitate team ceremonies - daily stand ups, weekly team meetings, retrospectives, etc. 

• Lead or be involved in design, discovery, technical planning, and status discussions within your team, where you’ll help set direction and context, and identify any gaps or blockers. 

• Be involved in discussions around high level planning, roadmaps, and status with teams across the organization. 
• Contribute technically by performing code & architecture reviews, providing guidance with implementation, or writing code directly. 
• Drive team to adhere to best development practices and contribute to evolving engineering standards/processes.
• Effective change management - keep the team engaged and motivated through all phases of new product development, including ideation, design, rapid prototyping, initial rollout, and scaling.
• Drive innovation and continuous improvement through creative problem-solving, out-of-box thinking, and leveraging AI to advance product excellence and team efficiency.

• Collaborate closely with product, design, and program teams to evaluate technical feasibility and deliver innovative new experiences.

Qualifications & Experience...

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience) 

• Direct experience in hiring, onboarding. managing and growing engineering team members. 8+ years’ experience preferred.

• Experience building, testing, shipping, and maintaining highly performant consumer mobile iOS applications (using Swift, SwiftUI) that adhere to coding best practices. 

• Demonstrated success in working with a team to deliver high quality software in an iterative, predictable, and sustainable way. 

• Strong understanding of backend and server-side architecture supporting mobile applications, including Node.js, cloud-based services (AWS), and integration with content management systems.
• Hands-on experience with mobile DevOps CI/CD tools and implementing best practices, including automation of deployment, code signing tools and automated tests.  Preferred familiarity with Git and Bitrise. 

• Passionate about leveraging AI technologies in product development, with the ability to apply hands-on experience while guiding teams to explore and integrate AI-driven solutions.
• Proven ability to lead teams through the full innovation cycle - from investigation and prototyping to in-market beta, iteration, and scaling (or stopping) based on data and impact.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and experience in effectively communicating with a wide range of technical and non-technical job functions within an organization.

Nice to haves...

• Demonstrated success in rapidly learning new technologies, languages, or frameworks. 
• Familiarity with a wide range of mobile development languages, frameworks, platforms, and the latest iOS and Android (including Kotlin and Jetpack Compose) Platforms. 
• Innovation experience in zero-to-one product development, start-ups, or other environments where time-to-market played a pivotal role in decision-making.
• Experience working in news, media, or content-driven digital technology with understanding of unique challenges in fast-paced editorial environments.

About you: 

• You are excited to learn, stretch, and ready to lead new challenges 

• You are excited to mentor and grow engineers. 

• You are an excellent communicator capable of leading technical conversations with non-technical peers 

• You are an ardent collaborator with key work partners and stakeholders (Product, Design, Program)
• You are excited to add positively to the culture of CNN, both from an interpersonal level and from a code improvement standpoint. 
• You are passionate about and have some experience leveraging AI tools/technologies for product development
• You are comfortable working with uncertainty and changing directions during building a new product portfolio

Additional Information

On June 9, 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans to separate into two publicly traded companies, Warner Bros. and Discovery Global, with an expected completion in mid-2026. For more details, including leadership appointments and information on individual brands, please visit our newsroom here.

Although you will be hired by Warner Bros. Discovery, upon the planned separation in 2026, your employment likely will transition to Discovery Global. During this period of transformation, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to lay the foundation at one of the world’s premier entertainment brands.

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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