Versant Media is seeking a VP, Production Engineering to lead teams responsible for the technical backbone of media operations, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and scalability of content delivery across live broadcast, digital streaming, and on-demand platforms.
Requirements
- A seasoned leader in media technology, with comprehensive experience in broadcast and digital video engineering and a demonstrated ability to oversee large-scale, mission-critical media operations.
- Extensive experience in production, broadcast, and digital video engineering, with a strong focus on live and on-air environments as well as web, mobile, and OTT streaming platforms.
- Deep expertise in both broadcast technology and digital video technology, including on-air applications, video encoding, content delivery networks (CDNs), and streaming protocols.
- Proven leadership experience managing engineering teams.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to lead a team in high-pressure situations.
Responsibilities
- Lead the team that provides Tier 2 and Tier 3 technical support for all media operations, ensuring rapid and effective resolution of complex issues to maintain business continuity.
- Oversee the entire lifecycle from design and development to testing and maintenance of technology systems that support live broadcast, streaming, and on-air content delivery.
- Direct the technical support for media and production functions, including post-production workflows, content ingest, and digital asset management systems.
- Lead the strategy, development, and support for all live and VOD streaming experiences, including web, mobile applications, and connected TV devices.
- Oversee the entire video pipeline, from encoding and transcoding to packaging and distribution, ensuring high-quality and low-latency delivery.
- Manage the technical relationship with content delivery networks (CDNs) and streaming vendors, optimizing performance and cost to deliver a world-class viewer experience.
- Direct the technical implementation of DRM, ad insertion, and analytics solutions for all digital video platforms.
Other
- This is a critical leadership role that will oversee the development and technical support for all media systems, ensuring the reliability, efficiency, and scalability of content delivery across our live broadcast, digital streaming, and on-demand platforms.
- The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader with a deep understanding of media technology and a proven track record of managing high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced media environment.
- Provide strategic direction for the Production Engineering department, aligning technical initiatives with broader company goals for innovation and agility.
- Mentor, manage, and grow a team of skilled engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and accountability.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.
