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Your New Role...

Warner Bros. Discovery is seeking aManager, Product DesignforNCAA / March Madness Live (MML)within theSports and Entertainmentorganization. NCAA Digital serves passionate college sports fans through cross-platform experiences spanning the broader NCAA ecosystem, including NCAA.com, the NCAA app, and March Madness Live. These products support fans across a wide range of collegiate sports, while also playing a critical role in one of the most iconic and high-intensity moments in sports: the NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments.

Reporting to the VP of Product Design, this role will manage and mentor a team of Product Designers while helping shape cohesive, fan-centered experiences across the NCAA / March Madness Live ecosystem. This role requires deep knowledge of sports, strong familiarity with digital sports products, and a clear understanding of sports audience behaviors, fandom, and live-event consumption patterns.

The ideal candidate also brings familiarity with the NCAA landscape-including college sports fandom, school and conference loyalty, tournament behaviors, bracket culture, and the urgency and emotion that define March Madness-and can translate that understanding into product experiences that resonate with fans.

The Work...

Product Design Leadership & Vision

• Help shape the design vision and strategy for NCAA / March Madness Live while driving execution of new and existing digital products and features

• Foster a high-performance team culture grounded in creativity, accountability, collaboration, and excellence in craft

• Lead with a deep understanding of sports fans-particularly college sports fans,including their behaviors, emotional drivers, loyalty patterns, and expectations across live, social, and on-demand experiences

• Bring a strong understanding of the NCAA audience and March Madness fan journey, and advocate for fan-centered product decisions that serve the speed, emotion, and intensity of the tournament experience

• Present and advocate for product design ideas and solutions to senior leadership with clarity, confidence, and strong rationale

• Use customer insights, analytics, experimentation, and competitive understanding to inform product direction and design decisions

• Drive high-quality product design work across the full lifecycle, from concept through launch and iteration

• Help ensure the team consistently delivers differentiated, fan-first experiences that reflect the urgency, excitement, and cultural relevance of live college sports

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Build strong partnerships and collaborate closely with internal stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Research, Editorial, Content, Marketing, Brand, and key business stakeholders

• Partner cross-functionally to align design priorities, solve complex product challenges, and deliver impactful fan experiences

• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand goals, priorities, constraints, and success metrics, and translate that understanding into clear, effective product design decisions

• Navigate cross-functional and business dynamics thoughtfully to build alignment,establishtrust, and move work forward effectively

• Balance user needs, technical feasibility, brand expression, and business priorities to deliver cohesive, high-impact experiences

• Build shared understanding across teams by communicating clearly, incorporating diverse perspectives, and aligning stakeholders around product direction and design rationale

Qualifications & Experience...

• 7+ years of experience in product design, UX, or digital design, including experience in team leadership or people management

• Experience managing and developing designers

• Strong experience designing consumer-facing digital products, ideally in sports, media, streaming, or other real-time content environments

• Deep knowledge of sports audiences, including fan behavior, content consumption habits, live-event engagement, and platform expectations

• Strong familiarity with the NCAA landscape, including college athletics, school and conference loyalty, seasonal rhythms, tournament structures, and the distinct behaviors of college sports fans

• Familiarity with the March Madness Tournament experience, including bracket culture, live game-following behavior, upset-driven momentum, multi-game viewing patterns, and the need for real-time updates, scores, highlights, and seamless navigation during peak moments

• Familiarity with digital sports products and the broader sports media landscape

• An exceptional portfolio of shipped digital workdemonstratingstrong product thinking, high-quality execution, and the ability to create compelling fan experiences

• Strong ability to work within and evolve an existing brand universe

• Experience with design and prototyping tools, especially Figma and Adobe Creative Suite

• Experience creating products across a range of digital platforms including web, mobile, connected TV, and emerging platforms

• Experience working in agile, cross-functional teams

• Experience managing design resources, prioritization, and team workflows

• Experience working with design systems, including scalable component-based design practices across teams and platforms

Preferred...

• Experience designing for live sports, brackets, scores, highlights, second-screen, stats, tournament coverage, or socially driven fan experiences

• Experience with motion, prototyping, or storytelling tools that help bring concepts to life

• Strong understanding of personalization, notifications, content discovery, or fan engagement patterns

• Experience designing for tentpole live events with high traffic, high urgency, and fast-changing content needs

• Passion for sports and strong instincts for what resonates with distinct fan bases and communities, especially college sports audiences

How We Get Things Done...

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Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives,backgroundsand experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidateson the basis ofmerit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood,disabilityor any other category protected by law.

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