Job Description
Allegis Global Solutions is recruiting for a contract position, and the assignment will be at Warner Bros. Discovery
Job Title: Physical Security Technology Project Manager
Department Group: WBD Technology – Monetization, Enterprise, & Workplace
Business Areas: Studios & Experiences Technology
Location: Leavesden
Type: Contract
Contract duration: 6 months
Date created/revised: January 2026
Who are the Studios & Experiences Technology team?
S&E Tech are part of the Warner Bros. Discovery Technology group and are responsible for the software and hardware solutions which run physical operations globally. Their area of focus encompasses four main pillars:
* Tours & Retail
* Studio Operations
* Physical Security
* Global Real Estate
This role sits within the Physical Security pillar, which supports the security systems such as Access Control, CCTV, and Threat Monitoring, throughout WBD locations worldwide.
The Role
In this role, the Physical Security Technology Project Manager will be dedicated to Leavesden Studios and responsible for the successful delivery of Security applications, from inception and planning through to design, build, delivery and ultimately transition to support.
Other core responsibilities include leading and collaborating with project teams, 3rd party implementation partners, and technical teams on a diverse range of major capital projects and smaller initiatives to support the day-to-day running of the security applications of the Studio.
To the Business stakeholders, your role will be that of a trusted partner; To the Tech teams, you will be a motivating project lead, providing structure and strong guidance throughout project lifecycles. The role requires a range of skills, involving technical understanding, business analysis concepts and workstream management. Vendor management plays a critical part of this role, coordinating with vendors and studio stakeholders to ensure work is completed on time and with minimal impact to business operations.
This is a great opportunity to excel in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, encompassing a varied range of security applications across the Studio, Tour and Corporate Archives operations.
Key Responsibilities
* Partner with the WBD Global Security team to deliver critical Physical Security projects and initiatives across the Studio
* Oversee and manage full project lifecycles, within agreed delivery timelines and budget
* Champion business change in alignment to project strategy, to enable high solution adoption
* Identify improvement opportunities and contribute to the project roadmap and backlog for our portfolio
* Contribute to business process & gap analysis exercises, in preparation for project formation
* Work with the business teams to identify key capability needs and identify potential issues
* Excellent stakeholder management and sustainment of outstanding business partner relationships
* Assertively manage challenging conversations, maintaining transparency and trust with high-demanding business leaders
* Maintain understanding of changing business needs and the subsequent impact on process or technology
Prior Experience
* Proven prior experience of successfully implementing and managing technology projects is crucial to this role.
* Experience in security systems, including but not limited to access control, CCTV, videowall solutions, and PSIM systems is highly desirable, as is a willingness to learn new technologies and keep abreast of advancements in the security technology landscape.
* A solid understanding of complex application ecosystems with dependencies on system integrations is highly desirable.
* Prior experience in multi-geography implementations would be valuable, due to the global and diverse nature of our team and portfolio
About You
* Energetic and meticulously organized, you are expected to have impeccable communications skills and be able to balance multiple concurrent and/or conflicting priorities
* Motivated to deliver effective projects that realize business benefit and achieve positive adoption
* Passionate about your work and problem solving, flexible, resilient, driven and committed. Exhibiting a strong team orientation, with an innately proactive and not reactive approach to work
* Available to work flexible hours between geographies to accommodate cross-time zone collaboration, as well as responding during off-hours to lead decision-making of critical issues
* Highly self-motivated, reliable & able to work with limited supervision
What Else?
* Able to develop an in-depth understanding of the business and effectively apply that knowledge to project planning and analysis
* Ability to convert a project and solution vision into a concrete strategy
* Understand Business Processes & Requirements in-depth and effectively apply them to appropriate technical solutions
* Drive gap-analysis exercises where necessary and develop process flows for to-be state
* Develop the end-to-end project plan, across multiple business units
* Develop cost estimates, capturing underlying assumptions
* Track project spend against budget, across workstreams
* Track consolidated Risk, Issues, and Action Items logs
* Responsible for BU Stakeholder Management and comms throughout project phases
* Ensure team readiness and manage the execution of integration, cutover and roll-back activities
* Ensure projects adhere to WBD Compliance, Cyber Security and Data Privacy policies
* Assist in 3rd party vendor contract (e.g. SOW and MSA) reviews
* Assist in preparation of executive communications
* Miscellaneous: manage project documentation and file repositories; document lessons-learned and best practices; provide meeting minutes, as well as manage the action item follow up