Senior Product Manager — ML Personalization at Scale

Warner Bros. Discovery; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a seasoned Sr. Product Manager to lead personalization initiatives for HBO Max. You will define strategy, drive innovation, and shape user experiences at scale, collaborating with engineers and data scientists to deliver industry‑leading recommendations.

The role emphasizes data‑driven decision making, experimentation, and close partnership with executives to align roadmaps with business goals as the platform scales to tens of millions of users.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience focused on ML‑driven products or content discovery systems.
• Proven track record shipping consumer‑facing personalization or recommendation systems at scale.
• Strong technical fluency to engage with engineering and data science on ranking models, data pipelines, AI, and ML evaluation.
• Deep understanding of A/B testing methods, statistical analysis, and product experimentation frameworks.
• Systems thinker connecting algorithmic performance to customer experience and business outcomes.
• Excellent communicator who can synthesize complexity for executives to junior engineers.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams in Agile environments; familiarity with Jira and Confluence.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related field (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Define end‑to‑end product strategy for ML‑powered personalization and discovery.
• Lead roadmap development for personalization systems with cross‑functional teams.
• Evolve the user experience using experimentation, user research, and behavioral data.
• Orchestrate complex ranking systems and data flows through algorithms.
• Stakeholder leadership to align roadmaps and translate vision into action.
• Benchmark personalization trends to inform priorities and pivots.
• Define KPIs linking user value and business metrics; iterate based on analytics.
• Lead go‑to‑market for personalization and recommendations with high‑quality rollouts.

Skills

Product management

ML‑driven products

A/B testing

Technical fluency

Cross‑functional leadership

Agile

Communication

Education

BS/MS in CS/DS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking a seasoned Sr. Product Manager to lead personalization initiatives for HBO Max. You will define strategy, drive innovation, and shape user experiences at scale, collaborating with engineers and data scientists to deliver industry‑leading recommendations.

The role emphasizes data‑driven decision making, experimentation, and close partnership with executives to align roadmaps with business goals as the platform scales to tens of millions of users.