Director – Broadcast Operations

Director – Broadcast Operations

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in video operations environments
• 5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role
• High Level knowledge of video backhaul and distribution methodology
• Competence with Mac and Windows Operating Systems
• Substantial knowledge of IP Video Transport concepts
• Experience with video encoding and assorted Codecs
• Willingness to travel to assist remote teams on potentially short notice.
• Experience with Evertz, Ross, Ateme, Sencore, Riedel, or equivalent Broadcast hardware manufacturers

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing team driving game-day operations that support MLB’s industry-leading streaming products
• Manage the Broadcast Operations supervisory team in support of Streaming Operations, Partner Delivery as well as internal stakeholders including Replay, Data Operations and Player Tracking
• Collaborate with the Sr Director of Broadcast Technology to develop strategies and procedures to support new and expanding initiatives
• Establish Standard Operating Procedures in support of Major League Baseball (MLB) and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) streaming operations and related infrastructure
• Create and refine procedures for incident response, issue tracking and reporting to leadership
• Proactively monitor, analyze, and rectify technical faults in a variety of broadcast and broadcast related IP systems and escalate to responsible teams
• Provide technical operations support of ballpark communications systems as problems are reported
• Occasionally provide on site assistance with remote ballpark teams for installation, decommission, and general upkeep of ballpark devices
• Guide team on conducting proactive hardware audits to detect and escalate equipment issues before they impact operations
• Assist to maintain, repair, install, and expand broadcast, and broadcast related systems
• Support workflows utilizing ST 2110 for uncompressed IP video routing, as well as compressed transmission workflows using AVC, HEVC, and JPEG XS encoding
• Strong working knowledge of secure video transport protocols including SRT and Zixi, with the ability to guide implementation and troubleshoot contribution and distribution challenges for a large scale live content delivery system

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.