Broadcast Operations Management Lead, Local Media

Location: Secaucus, USA. Eligible employees may work remotely one day per week; onsite work is required for the remaining schedule. Individuals working onsite in the New York and New Jersey offices must meet the stated workplace vaccination requirements, subject to accommodations.

Salary: $140,000–$180,000 per year, plus an annual discretionary performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global sports and media organization operating professional basketball leagues, broadcast networks, digital platforms, and international programming.

What you will do

• Lead and develop the Broadcast Operations Management team supporting live and time-shifted hirify.global and Whirify.global local media productions.
• Set operating standards, workflows, priorities, escalation procedures, and performance expectations across productions and markets.
• Oversee game-day logistics, technical production coordination, crew planning, vendor readiness, schedules, venues, and operational dependencies.
• Manage relationships with production, mobile unit, crewing, master control, and other broadcast service vendors.
• Partner with Technical Managers, Broadcast Engineering, Production Technology, Distribution, and production teams to integrate systems and workflows into operational execution.
• Lead scaling initiatives, readiness planning, contingency processes, performance analysis, and resource planning for the Local Media production program.

Requirements

• 7+ years of progressive experience in broadcast operations, live production, technical production management, media operations, or a related field.
• Experience managing teams and supplemental resources in complex, high-volume live production environments.
• Experience managing production vendors, mobile units, crewing partners, or other third-party broadcast service providers.
• Experience with game-day production logistics, technical coordination, operational readiness, and issue resolution across multiple productions or markets.
• Strong knowledge of live sports broadcast operations, technical production workflows, vendor management, project management, risk management, and scalable operating procedures.
• Bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Production, Media, Communications, Technology, or a related field is preferred; professional or collegiate live sports production experience is strongly preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience with centralized, remote/REMI, cloud-enabled, or other modern production models.
• Experience in professional or collegiate live sports production.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employee position with medical, dental, vision, life, disability, fertility, family-forming, wellbeing, and mental health benefits.
• Access to educational assistance, HSA and dependent-care FSA accounts, and a 401(k) retirement plan.
• Vacation, sick time, and personal days are provided.
• Annual discretionary performance bonus may be available.
• Work combines onsite operations with limited remote flexibility of one day per week for eligible employees.