Warner Bros. Discovery · 1 day ago
Sr. Staff Data Architect, CNN Data Analytics, Science & Insights
Washington, DC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$136K/yr - $254K/yr
8+ years expWarner Bros. Discovery is a global leader in media and entertainment, seeking a visionary and hands-on Sr. Staff Data Architect to shape the future of their data ecosystem. This strategic leadership role involves designing the blueprint for the next-generation data platform and driving metrics standardization across the enterprise.
AdvertisingBroadcastingDigital EntertainmentDigital MediaFilm ProductionMedia and EntertainmentNewsPublishing
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and evolution of our enterprise data architecture on Snowflake and data models framework in dbt, ensuring they meet current and future business needs for scalability, performance, and cost-effectiveness
Design the evolution of the semantic layer, creating a centralized, reliable, and well-governed source of truth for all key business metrics and entities (e.g., user, content, subscription)
Establish and evangelize company-wide standards for data definitions, metrics, and KPIs. Create the frameworks and governance models that ensure consistency and trust in data across all teams
Oversee and contribute to the end-to-end data modeling lifecycle, from conceptual and logical design to physical implementation. Design data models for complex domains like audience segmentation, content performance, and revenue attribution
Build and lead a Data Center of Excellence, defining and documenting best practices, design patterns, and standards for data engineering, data quality, and data governance
Design a comprehensive data quality and observability framework using tools like Monte Carlo and dbt tests, ensuring proactive monitoring, alerting, and root cause analysis for all critical analytics data pipelines
Provide technical data leadership on projects involving instrumentation for new product launches, customer data platform, experimentation, analytics, and data services APIs
Act as a key technical mentor for analytics engineers and analysts on the team. Collaborate with and influence cross-functional stakeholders to ensure data strategies are aligned with business objectives and that our platforms can support advanced measurement and segmentation
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in data engineering, data architecture, or a related field, with at least 3 years in a senior architectural role
Deep expertise in cloud data warehousing, specifically Snowflake. You have hands-on experience with performance tuning, security, cost optimization, and data modeling strategies at scale
Strong proficiency with the modern data stack, including hands-on experience building and orchestrating data pipelines with dbt and implementing data quality/observability with Monte Carlo or similar tools
Experience with event data collection, ideally with Snowplow or a comparable solution. You understand the challenges and best practices for clickstream data instrumentation and processing
Proven experience designing and building semantic layers or metric stores to create a single source of truth for business intelligence
Strong understanding of how to architect data models for optimal consumption in BI tools. You are proficient with platforms like Looker, Tableau, or Domo, and can translate business reporting needs into efficient and scalable data structures
Exceptional strategic thinking, communication, and presentation skills. You can articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and build consensus around a long-term vision
A builder's mindset. You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and write code, review pull requests, and lead by example
Preferred
Experience in the media or publishing industry is a strong plus
Experience with Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) like Segment, Tealium, Census, or Blueconic
Familiarity with building and exposing data via RESTful APIs
Experience with data orchestration tools like Airflow or Dagster
Knowledge of data privacy and compliance regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA)
Benefits
Health insurance coverage
An employee wellness program
Life and disability insurance
A retirement savings plan
Paid holidays and sick time and vacation
Company
Warner Bros. Discovery
Warner Bros.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$17.5BKey Investors
JP Morgan
2025-12-05Acquired
2025-06-09Post Ipo Debt· $17.5B
2005-07-15IPO
Leadership Team
David Zaslav
President and CEO
Mark Thompson
CEO
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