Director, Technical Program Management - Media Ops

Overview

Join Major League Baseball's dynamic Media Operations team as a Director of Technical Program Management. We are searching for individuals passionate about technology and processes that drive our industry. As part of MLB's Media Operations, you will be collaborating with team leads from the Broadcast and Replay Technology teams to spearhead the development of modern, flexible audio and video systems built to deliver content to MLB fans globally and provide the media tools needed to support the game of baseball.

Core Responsibilities

• Organize team projects and provide strategic and tactical support for projects across the Media Operations team.
• Manage multiple initiatives concurrently, overseeing entire project lifecycles from research to implementation.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams-leads to plan, document, and execute deployment of media technology in support of MLB’s streaming and related video initiatives.
• Establish clear communication across multiple verticals to keep teams aligned on expectations as priorities shift and project scopes are adjusted.
• Gather Business requirements for proposed projects to establish scope and schedule, and work with Business Operations on budgeting
• Understand and communicate project status and provide updates to a wide range of stakeholders, including issues and risks across a portfolio of projects.
• Effectively communicate complex concepts or technically challenging project information to both technical and non-technical audiences, including executives.
• Prepare executive weekly status reports using fact-based Key Performance Indicators and issue tracking.
• Work with the Broadcast and Replay Technology team to codify and maintain a five year technology plan, with an eye on emerging technologies and shifting industry standards.
  
  

Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with modern broadcast standards and technology, particularly ST 2110, is highly preferred.
• Strong familiarity with modern video IP transport standards and technology, including IP codecs and transport protocols is highly preferred.
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment handling multiple tasks and priorities.
• Excellent communication skills to effectively engage with agency management stakeholders, cross-team business leads, and vendors, with the ability to tailor communication as needed.
• 5-10 years of experience in media operations, broadcast technology, streaming engineering, or related fields.
• Previous broadcast engineering experience is desirable but not required.
• Experience using and implementing AGILE, SCRUM, Kanban or similar Project Management methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to set challenging yet realistic goals for self and others.
  
  

Why MLB?

Major League Baseball (MLB) is the most historic of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada. Employees love working at MLB because of the culture of growth, teamwork, and professionalism. Employees who are most successful at MLB take initiative, know how to identify problems and provide solutions, and always put the Team first. For those ready to step up to the plate and join the Major Leagues, MLB takes the same approach as teams do with their players: empowering our “workforce athletes” to be at their best by engineering experiences that put employees in the best position to succeed. Major League Baseball is looking for candidates who are passionate about growing America’s pastime to best serve its fans for decades to come.

MLB’s vision is to be the global sport of choice for youth to play, fans of all backgrounds to enjoy and a desired destination for employment. With a belief that the journey to growth and greatness is ongoing, MLB gives employees the opportunity to continue learning and honing their skills with programs such as: tuition reimbursement; mentorship programs; lunch and learns; online course subscriptions; paid industry certifications; business resource groups; and more.

MLB provides its employees with exceptional medical, dental, and vision coverage. Premiums are 100% employer covered to help employees focus on being their best!

Major League Baseball is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Are you ready to Step Up to the Plate? Apply below!

Per the NYC pay transparency law, the hiring range for this position is $165,000 - $195,000.

As a candidate for this position, your salary and related elements of compensation will be contingent upon your work experience, education, skills and any other factors Major League Baseball (MLB) considers relevant to the hiring decision. In addition to your salary, MLB believes in providing a competitive compensation and benefits package for its employees. MLB offers employees a full range of best in class benefits with no employee contributions towards medical, dental, and vision coverage premiums, as well as incentive and recognition programs, life insurance and automatic employer 401k contributions. All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and the terms of official plan documents which may be modified or amended from time to time.