Director, Broadcast Operations Center

About the role

The Tennis Channel is seeking a Director, Broadcast Operations Center to lead the 24/7 broadcast operations center. Key responsibilities include overseeing master control functions, managing transmission workflows, and ensuring seamless service delivery in a fast-paced live sports environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of broadcast operations coordinators to ensure the smooth functioning of the Tennis Channel's master control and transmission.
• Maintain a high level of familiarity with a variety of transmission and distribution platforms, Content Management Systems, Amagi, AWS, and other relevant technologies.
• Manage and coordinate, receive and transmit needs for Tennis Channel, including satellite, IP delivery, and other transmission methods.
• Assist in researching and negotiating contracts with vendors to provide comprehensive transmission services.
• Provide first-line technical support for a variety of ingest and delivery platforms, encoders, and decoders, SRT, UDP, RTMP, JPEG, 2110, SDI, IP delivery systems.
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of the technical aspects of sports broadcasting and streaming.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field is preferred but not required.
• 10 years of experience supervising and managing broadcast operations and transmission departments in the broadcast and streaming industry.
• Strong technical knowledge of a variety of broadcast and digital equipment and platforms, including encoders and decoders, network processors, and video delivery systems.
• Expert level experience with Versio on air, Aviator, Broadway, white Orbit, Amagi Cloud port.
• Understanding of broadcast industry transmission standards, codecs, policies, and procedures.
• Good network and strong relationships with global transmission providers.
• Familiarity with satellite feed transmission, IP delivery, and other transmission methods.
• Experience booking feeds, satellites, and Internet bandwidth.
• Familiarity with Content Management Systems, online distribution platforms, and cloud-based services is highly desirable.
• Experience overseeing large sporting event transmission and distribution.
• Remi style production experience.

Benefits

Tennis Channel is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace. Final compensation for this role will be determined by various factors such as a candidate’s relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location. Full-time positions are eligible for benefits that include participation in a retirement plan, life and disability insurance, health, dental and vision plans, flexible spending accounts, sick leave, vacation time, personal time, parental leave, and employee stock purchase plan.