Director, Product Management - CNN AI Platforms

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Your New Role...

CNN is looking for a Director of Product Management, AI Platforms, to lead a team of product managers and own a portfolio of high-impact AI platform investments. You will partner closely with senior leadership, including the SVP of Product, Platforms, and serve as the product partner to editorial AI leadership, consumer AI experiences leadership, and AI enablement organizations across Warner Bros.

Discovery.

You will   help to   define the vision, strategy, and operating model for AI Product platforms at CNN, ensuring teams are aligned, execution is coordinated, and delivery drives measurable business and editorial outcomes. This role requires a leader who can   operate   across   highly complex   and ambiguous environments, lead through others, and build the organizational capability to scale AI responsibly while   maintaining   CNN's standards for accuracy, trust, and quality.

The ideal candidate is fluent in AI and machine learning product, is a role model for strategic thinking and product excellence, leads through influence across teams and business units, and is passionate about building the foundations that let editorial move fast without sacrificing accuracy, provenance, or brand trust.

Your Role Accountabilities...

** CNN AI   Platforms Product Strategy & Roadmap*
* +  Own   and evolve   the AI editorial product vision and roadmap, translating editorial ambition into a sequenced, prioritized plan with clear outcomes rather than a task list

+  Define the use-case portfolio across the format taxonomy, from simple transformations to multimodal and assembled experiences,   and   ,   and   determine   sequencing and prioritization

+  Tie every investment to a clear business outcome, and bring rigor to the portfolio , adjusting priorities based on performance and opportunity

** Editorial, Consumer, and Platform Partnership*
* +  Serve   as the connective tissue between editorial , consumer, and platforms teams working on AI initiatives.

+  Build strong relationships across editorial, standards, platform, and engineering, aligning partners who do not report to you

** Evaluation, Quality & Governance*
* +  Own the governance horizontal for AI editorial product, including accuracy thresholds, disclosure, attribution, rights, provenance, and   permissioning

+  Partner with AI enablement organizations across CNN and Warner Bros.
Discovery  at   large,    to   align on shared platforms, standards, and governance

** Discovery & Prioritization*
* +  Lead with user-need discovery and validation , earning the newsroom's trust without disrupting live workflows

+  Identify   and   improve   the processes that help multiple teams work better, and expand from org-wide influence   to   cross-org strategic leadership

+  Act as a trusted partner in helping teams   leverage   AI capabilities to move faster and deliver higher-impact, higher-trust outcomes

Qualifications & Experience...

+  1 0 + years in product management with a proven   track record   of   delivering

+  innovative consumer-facing products.

+  3+ years working with AI/ML technologies, including experience with large language   models, recommendation systems, or generative interfaces.

+  Proven ability to lead multiple product areas and teams, delivering measurable business outcomes in complex environments

+  Direct experience with AI and machine learning products, including LLMs, retrieval and RAG, evaluation and quality measurement, and model and platform tradeoffs, with the ability to hold a credible technical conversation with platform and ML engineers

+  Demonstrated   ability to lead through influence in a highly cross-functional   environment.

+  Exceptional communication skills, especially in translating technical complexity   into stakeholder-aligned narratives.

+  Deep empathy for news consumers and a sharp editorial sense; passion for making   news   more   accessible,…