VP, Sports Engineering

About the role

We are looking for an accomplished and visionary engineering leader to lead Bleacher Report Sports at WBD, shaping the future of sports technology in a dynamic and rapidly evolving digital landscape. As an engineering and strategic leader, you will oversee complex, cross-functional engineering teams, driving clarity, alignment, and accountability across our global technology platform. Your balanced understanding of business and technology will guide the organization toward innovative solutions, while your hands-on leadership ensures a best-in-class product experience for millions of sports fans. You will set and achieve ambitious strategic goals, inspire and motivate high-performing teams, and foster an environment focused on continuous improvement, exceptional delivery, and operational excellence. Role Expectations Lead and manage the Bleacher Report Sports experience across Web, iOS, Android, and platform services, driving seamless performance and continuous innovation. Cultivate a culture of strong engineering ownership while building and maintaining strategic relationships with key stakeholders to align organizational goals. Provide hands-on, player-coach leadership-guiding design, architecture, engineering planning, feature delivery, and operational excellence-while developing and growing a high-performing team of leaders, managers, and individual contributors to support the global platform's scaling needs. Champion operational excellence by defining key metrics, establishing alerting and incident management processes that ensure system resilience and adaptability. Implement rigorous quality assurance, load testing, and performance monitoring to maintain high reliability of apps, services, and infrastructure. Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Content/Marketing, and Digital Platform teams to prioritize and deliver impactful architecture and feature initiatives. Drive a world-class customer experience by continuously improving functionality, usability, and simplicity.