Senior Manager of Production Operations, NBC4 & T52 Los Angeles (Broadcast Media)

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States. Required on-site full-time at an hirify.global-designated worksite. Evening, weekend, holiday, overnight, and extended-hour availability is required as needed.

Salary: $130,000–$170,000 per year, bonus eligible.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company producing and distributing film, television, news, sports, streaming, theme park, and consumer content.

What you will do

• Lead daily production operations for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 across control rooms, studios, live broadcasts, digital, streaming, breaking news, and special events.
• Oversee Directors and production operations staff through scheduling, coaching, training, performance management, coverage planning, payroll review, and freelance coordination.
• Establish directing standards, production workflows, show-request processes, escalation protocols, and operational checklists.
• Support new show launches, format changes, remote and field productions, live events, and emergency operations.
• Partner with Technology and Media Operations on workflow modernization, production systems, media movement, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
• Track incidents, staffing utilization, overtime, operational performance, and budget activity to drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• Progressive experience in live broadcast, media production, production operations, newsroom, control room, studio, or a related media environment.
• Supervisory or leadership experience with the ability to coach teams, manage performance, resolve issues, and maintain accountability under deadline pressure.
• Strong knowledge of live production workflows, directing, control rooms, studios, remote production, digital and streaming production, staffing models, SOPs, and operational planning.
• Excellent communication, project management, collaboration, and organizational skills across News, Technology, Media Operations, Digital, Sales, Programming, vendors, freelancers, and corporate teams.
• Unrestricted work authorization in the United States and willingness to work in Los Angeles are required.

Nice to have

• Bilingual English and Spanish skills.
• Experience leading Directors, production crews, or control-room teams in a union or multiplatform broadcast environment.
• Experience using operational reviews, documentation, reporting, and performance metrics to improve workflows.
• Interest in emerging technologies supporting newsroom, production, digital, and business priorities.

Culture & Benefits

• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, discounts, and other benefits.
• Collaborative, accountable, customer-service-oriented environment supporting 24/7/365 multiplatform production.

Hiring process

• External candidates submit a resume or CV through the hirify.global careers site.
• An in-person interview at an hirify.global location may be required before a hiring decision.