Sr Analyst, Merchandising Analysis

**_Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here._****_ Welcome to Warner Bros. Discoverythe stuff dreams are made of._****Who We Are **When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the _storytellers_ bringing our characters to life, the_ creators_ bringing them to your living rooms and the _dreamers_ creating what’s nextFrom brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.**Overview**Every great story has a new beginning. We're excited to announce that Discovery and WarnerMedia have combined to become Warner Bros Discovery. WBD is a premier global media and entertainment company offering audiences the world’s most differentiated and complete portfolio of content, brands and franchises across television, film, sports, news, streaming and gaming. We’re home to the world’s best storytellers, creating world-class products for consumers. From brilliant creatives to technology trailblazers and beyond, join us as we step into the next chapter.As an Associate of Merchandising Strategy & Analysis, you will be joining the team responsible for championing a data-driven approach to editorial and merchandising activities in-app, developing frameworks and benchmarks for assessing performance, and providing insights and recommendations to leadership to influence decision making. This role requires a high level of collaboration with partners across WBD - the right person for this role is the kind of person who obsesses over details, thrives in ambiguity, and jumps at the opportunity to take on new challenges. The Associate position will play a key role in supporting relationships across teams and delivering high quality work in one of the highest priority business initiatives at Warner Bros Discovery.**Responsibilities**- Help develop frameworks and analyses for assessing key questions facing the business, including such areas as:- How are our editorial and merchandising decisions impacting show performance- What is the optimal way for editorial activities to live alongside machine learning algorithms- Be an advocate for data-informed decision-making, making recommendations about how content performance should impact our merchandising choices- Help our merchandising teams become data self-sufficient, utilizing metrics, dashboards, and tools to understand performance- Collaborate with other teams, especially Data & Analytics, Business Intelligence, Tech, and Product to build the tools and processes necessary to drive strategy and analysis initiatives- Work with stakeholders across multiple offices and time zones- Provide insights to introduce recommendations to all discovery+ and HBOMax platforms in order to improve content consumption and increase subscriptions**Requirements**:- Bachelor’s Degree Experience in Consulting, Investment Banking, and/or Corporate Strategy- particularly in the media and entertainment and / or direct-to-consumer space- Superior ability to synthesize the output from analyses, identify the “so-what,” develop early hypotheses, and propose the next line of inquiry- Experience in building executive-level materials, with a keen eye for presentation design, and the ability to distill complex concepts and analyses into clear, easy-to-understand presentations- Willing to take and defend data- and analysis-backed positions in the ongoing process and dialogue around content selection.- Drive projects among cross-functional stakeholders in a fast-paced, constantly changing and deadline driven environment- Bonus points for modeling and statistical knowledge, such as forecasting, AB-testing, or statistical modeling and causal inference- Proficient in Adobe Analytics, Microstrategy, Tableau, Excel, and Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Slides)- Familiarity with the Google Suite of collaboration software- Must have the legal right to work in Mexico or Brazil.**How We Get Things Done****The Legal Bits