Director of Facilities and Technology (Broadcast Operations Leader)

Indiana University Bloomington; Bloomington (IN); Sur place; USD 86 000 - 96 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Tuition subsidy for IU courses

Paid holidays

Résumé du poste

Indiana University Bloomington, Media School, is seeking a Sr. Operational leader to direct broadcasting facilities and related technology across campus. This in-person role manages classrooms, studios, and labs, coordinating with vendors and university partners.

You will oversee safety, space utilization, and staff while guiding long-term capital plans and technology rollouts to support teaching, production, and research goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in broadcast, electrical, or electronics engineering or related field
• 4 years technical experience in public broadcasting or related field
• 1 year of management experience in relevant field
• 3 years of senior management experience (preferred)

Responsabilités

• Provides long-term strategic direction for classrooms, studios, labs across locations
• Supervises and leads technical specialists and facilities staff across locations
• Leads major renovations, studio upgrades, and technology rollouts with vendors
• Establishes effective technical support and escalation processes for faculty/students
• Oversees safety, security, and emergency preparedness with IU partners
• Partners with leadership to align facilities with teaching and research goals
• Researches emerging media technologies and implements standards/policies
• Assesses space utilization and advises leadership on optimization
• Acts as change manager during facility upgrades and shifts

Connaissances

Communication skills

Team building

Time management

Organizational skills

Coaching

Decision making

Collaboration

Change management

Formation

Bachelor's degree in broadcast or related field

Description du poste

Department

MEDIA SCHOOL (BL-MSCH-IUBLA)

Department Information

The Media School at Indiana University (IU) is built on adecades-long tradition of journalism, film, media, andcommunication at one of the nation's premier public universities.Our programs focus on teaching, researching, and creating mediafrom academic, creative, and professional perspectives. The MediaSchool is committed to building and supporting a strong communityof students, scholars, practitioners, and staff.

Job Summary

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Provides long-term strategic direction, lifecycle planning, andequipment replacement strategies for classrooms, broadcast studios,podcast/audio labs, editing suites, and technology spaces acrossmultiple school locations.
• Supervises and leads full- and part-time technical specialistsand facilities staff across multiple school locations. Cultivates acustomer-service-oriented team culture grounded in collaborationand innovation.
• Leads major facilities renovations, studio upgrades, andtechnology rollouts in close coordination with vendors anduniversity partners such as Capital Planning and Facilities andUniversity Information Technology Services (UITS).
• Establishes effective technical support and escalationprocesses for faculty, staff, and students. Partners with UITS andUniversity Information Security Office (UISO) teams to maintainsecure, reliable connectivity for broadcast, streaming,audiovisual, and other network-connected systems.
• Oversees building safety, security, and emergency preparednessby establishing, communicating, and enforcing safety protocols inpartnership with IU Police Department, fire marshals, anduniversity risk offices.
• Partners with academic leadership, faculty, Indiana PublicMedia (IPM), and Media Productions to ensure facilities andtechnical resources align with teaching, production, and researchgoals.
• Researches and introduce emerging media technologies,operational standards, and policies that foster efficient, safe,and modern learning and production environments.
• Assesses physical space utilization and advise leadership onoptimizing classroom and studio spaces to meet strategic schoolobjectives.
• Acts as a change manager during facility upgrades andoperational shifts.

General Responsibilities

• Directs operations for technical aspects of the radio,television, and/or cinema broadcasting function for theuniversity.
• Hires, trains, evaluates, coaches, assigns work, sets goals andobjectives, determines staffing needs, and directs the work oflower-level Broadcast Operations Leaders, Technical Specialists,Broadcast Technicians, and/or Audio/Visual Technicians.
• Determines equipment needs for radio, television, and/or cinemafacilities, including infrastructure, hardware/software, training,operations, policy, and internet streaming and webcasting; plans,purchases, and oversees installation and maintenance of radio,television, and/or cinema equipment and software.
• Develops and implements processes, standards, and policies thatimpact broadcasting and production technology and equipment, whileremaining compliant with Federal Communications Commission (FCC)and other applicable regulations.
• Researches industry trends and best practices, explores new andexisting technology and equipment, and makes strategicrecommendations to achieve long-term broadcasting and productiongoals.
• Administers capital equipment budget, including solicitationand coordination of requests, needs assessment, and finaldetermination of specifications; initiates equipment grantapplication process and administration of awarded grants includingallocation and reporting.
• Coordinates and/or troubleshoots signal transmission with cableand satellite services providers to align technical systems,scheduling, and procedures.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may beconsidered. Education beyond the minimum required may besubstituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimumrequired may be substituted for education.

Education

Required

• Bachelor's degree in broadcast, electrical, or electronicsengineering; telecommunications management, IT, or relatedfield

Work Experience

Required

• 4 years technical experience in public broadcasting,audio/video/IP production, Engineer in Charge, systems design, orrelated field
• 1 year of management experience in relevant field

Preferred

• 3 years of senior management experience in relevant field
• Experience providing or overseeing IT support in atechnology-intensive environment, including troubleshootingcomputers, software, user accounts, classroom or studio systems,and network-connected media equipment

Skills

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
• Instills commitment to organizational goals
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision-making skills
• Effective conflict management skills
• Builds and manages effective teams

Preferred

• Demonstrated experience managing media and learningfacilities
• Proven success in long-term planning, equipment replacementstrategies, and space utilization analysis
• Substantial management experience, including supervising staff,improving workflows, and maximizing staff resources
• Demonstrated success in fostering a positive, collaborative,customer service-focused culture
• Experience leading complex capital projects
• Strong working knowledge of facility safety standards,emergency preparedness, risk mitigation, and regulatorycompliance
• Demonstrated success at effective change management
• Working knowledge of network and cybersecurity practices forIP-based broadcast, streaming, audiovisual, and building systems,including access controls, network segmentation, patching,monitoring, and incident escalation
• Enthusiasm for exploring emerging digital mediatechnologies

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and tooperate a computer and other standard office productivityequipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periodsof time moving around an office environment and the campus. Theperson in this role must be able to perform the essential functionswith or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Indiana University Bloomington Campus

Franklin Hall, Radio and TV Building, and other Media Schoolfacilities

This is an in-person position.

Advertised Salary

$86,000 - $96,000 annually

Work Hours

8am-5pm, although the facilities and technology team providesongoing technical support after 5pm and supports occasional eveningand weekend events.

Benefits Overview

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, criticalillness, and supplemental accidental death & dismembermentinsurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject tovesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IUcourses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteerevents
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .

Job Classification

Career Level: Sr. Operational

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Marketing & Communications

Job Family: Broadcasting & Production

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