Senior Manager, VOD & Streaming
CNN
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Job summary
CNN is seeking a Senior Manager to lead a flexible, cross-functional production team supporting original video development, recurring franchises, and strategic streaming initiatives across CNN’s VOD and streaming portfolio.
Reporting to the Executive Producer, VOD & Streaming, the Senior Manager will oversee a shared team of Producers, Associate Producers, and Senior Producers responsible for day-to-day series execution and early-stage development.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in video production, digital media, or streaming content.
- 3+ years of management experience leading producers, editors, or cross-functional teams.
- Strong editorial judgment and storytelling instincts within news, explainers, or premium nonfiction video.
- Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced production environment.
- Ability to balance hands-on production problem solving with long-term operational planning.
- Strong communication and organizational skills; adept at evolving priorities.
- Familiarity with Adobe Premiere and modern collaborative production workflows.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a cross-functional team of Producers, Associate Producers, and Senior Producers.
- Allocate resources across projects based on priorities and capacity.
- Provide mentorship, editorial feedback, and career development support.
- Foster a collaborative culture with flexibility, creativity and operational excellence.
- Oversee execution across recurring formats, explainers, and premium video projects.
- Partner with Directors, Development teams, and Editorial stakeholders to ensure timely delivery.
- Provide editorial guidance on scripts, story structure, visual execution, and final delivery.
- Step into productions as needed to support launches and high-priority initiatives.
- Act as a secondary lead on franchise productions for continuity across streaming portfolio.
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Job description
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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CNN is seeking a Senior Manager to lead a flexible, cross-functional production team supporting original video development, recurring franchises, and strategic streaming initiatives across CNN’s VOD and streaming portfolio.
Reporting to the Executive Producer, VOD & Streaming, this role will oversee a shared team of Producers, Associate Producers, and Senior Producers responsible for both day-to-day series execution and early-stage development support. The Senior Manager will play a critical role in scaling production resources across projects, helping teams move fluidly between pilot development, active production, and franchise growth.
This role requires a highly collaborative leader who can balance editorial judgment, production oversight, and operational agility in a fast-moving environment. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable managing workflows, shaping storytelling, and stepping into productions as needed to support high-priority projects and evolving team needs.
Lead and manage a cross-functional team of Producers, Associate Producers, and Senior Producers supporting CNN’s streaming and VOD slate.
Allocate resources across projects and series based on production priorities, development needs, and team capacity.
Provide mentorship, editorial feedback, and career development support to team members across production and development workstreams.
Foster a collaborative team culture that encourages flexibility, creativity, and operational excellence.
Oversee execution across a range of recurring formats, explainers, and premium video projects.
Partner closely with Directors, Development teams, and Editorial stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered on time and at a high creative standard.
Provide editorial guidance on scripts, story structure, visual execution, and final delivery.
Step into productions as needed to support launches, high-priority initiatives, staffing gaps, or complex editorial workflows.
Act as a secondary lead on select franchise productions, helping provide oversight and continuity across the broader streaming portfolio.
8+ years of experience in video production, digital media, or streaming content, with experience overseeing recurring series, explainers, or franchise-based programming.
3+ years of management experience leading producers, editors, or cross-functional creative teams.
Strong editorial judgment and storytelling instincts, particularly within news, explainers, or premium nonfiction video.
Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced production environment.
Demonstrated ability to balance hands‑on production problem solving with long‑term operational planning.
Strong communication and organizational skills with the ability to navigate shifting priorities and production demands.
Familiarity with Adobe Premiere and modern collaborative production workflows.
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.
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.
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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