VP, Production Operations

About the role

Lead the planning and execution of Tennis Channel’s studio and remote production operations, ensuring exceptional live broadcasts from premier events around the globe, including the Grand Slams and other marquee tournaments. This executive leadership role oversees the technical, operational, financial, and logistical delivery of live productions while leading a high-performing production operations team. Based in Santa Monica, CA.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for Tennis Channel’s studio and remote production operations, ensuring seamless execution of live broadcasts and special events.
• Lead production operations for high-profile events, including Grand Slams, domestic tournaments, and REMI productions.
• Oversee all aspects of physical production, technical operations, logistics, and event execution from initial planning through final delivery.
• Direct pre-production planning, staffing, budgeting, scheduling, operational planning, event documentation, and on-site production management.
• Develop and oversee production budgets while partnering with Production Accounting to ensure fiscal accountability and cost-effective execution.
• Negotiate contracts, pricing, and production services with vendors, technical facilities, transmission providers, and other third-party partners.
• Partner with the Head of Production on vendor selection, transmission facilities, and strategic production initiatives.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders, production partners, broadcasters, and external vendors to ensure successful collaboration.
• Lead cross-functional coordination across Production, Engineering, Technical Operations, Digital, Programming, and other departments to deliver exceptional productions across all platforms.
• Evaluate and implement emerging production technologies and operational workflows that enhance efficiency, scalability, and production quality.
• Identify operational, contractual, legal, or liability concerns and provide recommendations to executive leadership.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of production managers, coordinators, production assistants, staff editors, and freelance production personnel.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement throughout the Production Operations organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible production operations leadership within a national broadcast network, sports media organization, or major live production environment.
• Knowledge, participation, and experience incorporating new and evolving technologies related to operations into broadcast and post-production workflows.
• Strong understanding of REMI production models, cloud-based workflows, IP-based production, and emerging broadcast technologies.
• Demonstrated experience leading large-scale live sports productions and remote broadcasts.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar production budgets and complex vendor relationships.
• Proven ability to lead large cross-functional teams, deal with on-air talent, and influence senior executives.
• Experience developing operational strategy and driving organizational change.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally. Traveling between the U.S., Europe, and Australia to attend Grand Slams and tournaments; total travel averages a minimum of 3 months (or 35-40%) per year.

About Tennis Channel

Tennis Channel is the only multiplatform destination dedicated solely to tennis year-round. Together, the Tennis Channel flagship network, Tennis Channel 2, and the Tennis Channel app (tennischannel.com) deliver the most accessible and concentrated single-sport coverage anywhere. As the exclusive U.S. home of the ATP Tour and WTA Tour, Tennis Channel features live coverage of every Masters 1000 tournament — including Indian Wells, the Miami Open, Madrid, Rome, Cincinnati, and more — alongside live studio programming including its premier series, TC Live. Tennis Channel 2, a free FAST channel available in over 100 million homes, brings fans matches from across the globe at every level of the game. The Tennis Channel app brings it all together in one place, delivering live and on-demand matches, original content, and a personalized multi-view experience for fans, available on mobile and connected TV devices.

About the Team

The life-blood of our organization is our people. We have a compelling story, a goal-oriented culture, and we take really good care of people. Great benefits, open-door policy, upward mobility, and a strong desire to see you succeed.

Pay

The base salary compensation range for this role is $184,000 to $205,000. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and geographic location.

Benefits

• Retirement plan participation.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Health, dental, and vision plans.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Sick leave, vacation time, and personal time.
• Parental leave.
• Employee stock purchase plan.