Director, Product Management - CNN AI Platforms

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. 

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 

• Familiarity with editorial standards and AI governance is a plus 

• Bachelor’s degree or commensurate experience