Broadcast Operations Management Lead, Local Media

Accountabilities:: Lead and develop the Broadcast Operations Management team, including full-time employees and supplemental Operations Managers supporting live and time-shifted productions across multiple markets. Establish team priorities, operating standards, workflows, responsibilities, and performance expectations to drive consistent execution and accountability. Oversee production operations, including technical coordination, crew planning, vendor readiness, schedules, venue requirements, and other operational dependencies. Ensure Operations Managers have the information, tools, resources, and cross-functional alignment needed to effectively support assigned productions and teams. Establish production readiness, communication, escalation, and quality-control processes while serving as a key escalation point for complex or time-sensitive operational issues. Build strong relationships with sports teams and local media stakeholders to understand market-specific requirements and provide effective operational support. Manage relationships with production, mobile unit, crewing, master control, and other broadcast service vendors, establishing expectations, service levels, procedures, and escalation paths. Support vendor planning, evaluation, and commercial discussions by providing operational requirements, performance insights, resource needs, and recommendations. Partner with vendors and internal teams to anticipate staffing, equipment, facility, scheduling, and logistical requirements throughout the production calendar. Collaborate closely with Technical Managers, Broadcast Engineering, and Production Technology to integrate technical systems, workflows, and standards into daily broadcast operations. Coordinate the transition of new systems and production capabilities into operational use through documentation, testing, training, rehearsals, and readiness planning. Provide structured feedback to technology and engineering teams regarding recurring issues, technical dependencies, workflow improvements, reliability, and usability. Establish contingency plans, escalation procedures, and operational safeguards that support resilient live and time-shifted production. Develop standardized operating procedures, production playbooks, planning tools, and performance measures that enable consistent execution across markets. Lead projects supporting production program growth, including new markets, increased production volume, evolving production models, resource planning, and expanded capabilities. Analyze operational performance, production incidents, vendor trends, and resource utilization to identify risks and opportunities for greater efficiency, quality, and scalability. Provide operational recommendations for resource and capacity planning, operating-model development, and future-state production strategies. Foster a collaborative and accountable culture across employees, supplemental resources, technical partners, and vendors, with a strong focus on reliability and continuous improvement. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Production, Media, Communications, Technology, or a related field preferred. 7+ years of progressive experience in broadcast operations, live production, technical production management, media operations, or a related field, preferably in live sports. Demonstrated experience managing teams and supplemental resources within complex, high-volume live production environments. Strong experience managing production vendors, mobile units, crewing partners, and other third-party broadcast service providers. Experience overseeing game-day production logistics, technical coordination, operational readiness, and issue resolution across multiple productions or markets. Experience collaborating with Broadcast Engineering, Production Technology, Technical Management, Distribution, and production teams. Proven ability to implement and improve scalable workflows, operating procedures, readiness processes, and production operating models. Experience with centralized, remote/REMI, cloud-enabled, or other modern production models is preferred. Professional or collegiate live sports production experience is strongly preferred. Strong understanding of live sports broadcast operations, technical production workflows, game-day logistics, and end-to-end production execution. Strong people-management, coaching, and team-development skills, with the ability to establish accountability across full-time and supplemental resources. Strong vendor-management and relationship-building capabilities, combined with the ability to drive service quality and operational improvements. Ability to understand the relationship between broadcast operations, production technology, engineering, and distribution. Strong judgment and problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate risks, manage escalations, and make sound decisions under live-production pressure. Strong project-management and resource-planning capabilities, balancing immediate production requirements with longer-term initiatives. Process-oriented approach with the ability to create standardized workflows while accounting for market-specific needs. Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills across technical, production, vendor, team, and leadership audiences. Strong analytical and operational judgment, including the ability to use production data, incident trends, and performance insights to improve execution. Collaborative leadership style focused on development, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement. Benefits Annual salary range of $140,000–$180,000 . Eligibility for an annual discretionary performance bonus. Medical, dental, and vision insurance. Life and AD&D insurance. Short- and long-term disability coverage. Fertility and family-forming assistance. Wellbeing allowance. Educational assistance. Mental health coaching and therapy support. Health Savings Account and healthcare/dependent care Flexible Spending Accounts. 401(k) retirement plan. Vacation, sick time, and personal days. Eligible employees may have the option to work remotely one day per week . Opportunity to lead large-scale broadcast operations, develop teams, manage strategic vendors, and contribute to the scaling of modern live and time-shifted production models.