Director, Production Design Engineering

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('SpinCo') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

NBCUniversal is looking for a talented individual for our open Director, Production Design Engineering position for NBCU Operations and Technology (O&T). Based in 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, O&T supports Enterprise Technology, Broadcast, and Production systems across NBCU globally.

The Director of Production Design Engineering balances day-to-day operations, such as management of a dynamic team providing best-in-class live television production support for NBCU, with forward-looking planning and execution around live television production technology strategy, process methodology, architecture, and collaboration with cross-functional business leaders and partners. This position will have direct management of New York team supporting live television production control rooms, studios and related equipment on the 30 Rockefeller Complex. The teams consist of installation technicians, and studio and control room design engineers. 

Responsibilities:

Team Leadership

• Cultivate and sustain a robust engineering team with a balanced mix of managerial support, architects, strategy experts, and innovative engineers.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and provide constructive feedback to employees.
• Foster collaborative partnerships across NBCU engineering teams, promoting cross-facility support and engagement.
• Oversee and manage the operational and capital budgets for your team and clients.
• Manage projects against the capital budget, maintaining metrics and deliverables, and providing regular reports on progress.

Capital Projects and Strategy

• Collaborate with leadership and operational clients to formulate both short-term and long-term strategic technology plans and budgets.
• Balance local project initiatives with enterprise-wide goals, striving to align strategies and create synergies across all NBCU locations.
• Develop conceptual designs and technology architecture visions, assigning project tasks to team members with clear and concise direction.
• Oversee ongoing projects, managing budgets, timelines, design and integration, application commissioning, and training. Ensure thorough documentation of applications.
• Engage in projects at other NBCU sites as needed.

Client Management

• Lead all projects and serve as the primary client interface, collaborating with operations teams, clients, and executive management both formally and informally.
• Monitor timelines, manage priorities and schedules, and set clear client expectations.
• Gather technical requirements, provide effective solutions, and ensure resources are allocated to meet required timelines.
• Report on project deliverables and timelines, and establish proper reporting standards

Monitoring and Security

• Collaborate closely with the NBCU cyber security team to build repeatable systems with security best practices
• Focus heavily on standard security logging and reporting of all systems
• Build out enterprise-wide monitoring systems with automated alert