Director, Production & Operations - Hybrid (Unscripted TV)

NBCUniversal Intl.; California, Northern (MO, KY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Benefits package

Medical, dental, vision

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking a Director, Production & Operations to oversee all production and operational aspects of unscripted programming from development through final delivery.

This role serves as a key liaison between production companies, creative teams, and internal NBCUniversal departments to ensure projects are produced efficiently, delivered on schedule, and meet creative, technical, financial, legal, and operational requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production management experience for a broadcast network, cable network, or television production company; must also have a good understanding of production workflow.
• Able to create budgets, schedules, and full-scale production plans for a variety of program types (i.e., pilots, presentations, series, specials, live events, etc.).
• Excellent project management, accounting, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Able to travel internationally and domestically as needed.

Responsibilities

• Review, negotiate, and approve budgets – series, specials, development reels, pilots, additional episodes, breakage, etc.
• Manage and solve day-to-day production issues for assigned projects
• Review and monitor weekly production company cost reports for assigned projects
• Manage and improve all systems relating to how production companies prepare, shoot, and deliver episodes to NBCUniversal
• Liaise between producers and all internal departments (i.e., Creative Executives, Business Affairs, Legal, Finance, Marketing, Digital, Network Operations, etc.)
• Ensure all deliverables are complete and on time for both domestic and international purposes
• Manage, decide, and approve any insurance related decisions for assigned projects
• Review Program Planning rollouts and ensure production readiness of all series, in addition to providing Greenlight to Air projections as requested

Skills

Production management

Budgeting

Project management

Communication

Travel (intl)

Job description

NBCUniversal is seeking a Director, Production & Operations to oversee all production and operational aspects of unscripted programming from development through final delivery.

This role serves as a key liaison between production companies, creative teams, and internal NBCUniversal departments to ensure projects are produced efficiently, delivered on schedule, and meet creative, technical, financial, legal, and operational requirements.