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.
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Your New Role:
As a Participations Business Analyst, you will be responsible for analyzing business needs and requirements to design, develop, test and implement business applications that meet business goals and objectives. This role requires strong analytical, reasonable technical and communication skills to work closely with stakeholders, including business leaders, IT teams and end-users.
Your Role Accountabilities:
Business Analysis
- Analyze business needs and requirements to identify opportunities for process improvement and automation
- Gather and document business requirements through interviews, surveys and other methods
- Develop and maintain business cases and const-benefit analysis for proposed solutions
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that solutions meet business needs and are properly implemented
Requirements Gathering
- Develop and maintain requirements documentation, including use cases, user stories, and functional specifications
- Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that requirements are accurate and complete
- Identify and prioritize requirements and develop a project plan to meet those requirements
- Identify and report stakeholder issues and concerns and resolve them
- Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure that solutions meet their needs and requirements
Application Design & Solution
- Participate in design sessions along with development team and help in the design of software
- Conduct feasibility studies and proof-of-concept development to determine the viability of proposed solutions
- Collaborate with developers to ensure that solutions meet business requirements and are properly implemented
- Conduct unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing to ensure that solutions are functional and meet business requirements
- Develop and maintain documentation for applications, including user manuals and functional specifications
Implementation
- Implement and deploy solutions, including configuration, testing and training end-users
- Conduct post-implementation reviews to ensure that solutions are meeting business requirements and identify areas for improvement
Communication
- Communicate with stakeholders, including business leaders, IT teams, and end-users, to ensure that solutions meet business needs and are properly implemented
- Identify and report project risks and issues and collaborate with stakeholders to resolve them
- Develop and maintain a project plan and timeline to ensure that solutions are delivered on time and within budget
Continuous Improvement
- Continuously monitor and improve business applications to ensure they remain effective and efficient
- Develop and maintain a plan for continuous improvement and ensure that it is implemented and monitored.
Qualifications & Experiences:
- 4-5 years of prior experience in a related field (media, entertainment, business development or streaming services industry experience a plus)
- 2-3 years of hands-on implementation or operational experience with Participations, Residuals and/or Music Royalty payments
- 5-7 years of Business Analytical experience
- Familiarity with cloud-based technologies (e.g AWS, Azure)
- Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools like Tableau, PowerBI
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to identify and prioritize business requirements
- Experience with requirements gathering and documentation
- Ability to develop and maintain technical documentation
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Experience with project management and stakeholder management
- Ability to communicate complex technical information to non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams
- Experience with agile development methodologies and iterative development
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and tasks
- Ability to adapt to changing business needs and priorities
- Experience with rapid prototyping and iterative development
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and prioritize multiple tasks
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 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, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.
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