Director, Video Systems & Operations - dowjones

OpenTalent; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Dow Jones is seeking an architect-level technologist to design the end-to-end network for streaming content. You will define the tech stack in collaboration with the Dow Jones technology team, build pipelines linking studio and newsroom systems, and drive production automation to scale real-time clips and summaries.

You will partner with editorial to ensure the tooling fits how shows are produced today, choosing tools and proving them in production before scaling to distribution.

Responsibilities

• Architect the end-to-end tech stack for the network, in partnership with the Dow Jones technology team, including editorial and video production workflow tooling, clip generation, talent prep, post-production automation, and audience-facing applications.
• Recommend build-versus-buy decisions across the stack and evaluate vendors, working with procurement, security, and engineering standards.
• Work directly with the Head of Programming to integrate new systems into the editorial workflow from day one, selecting and designing tools that match how the team actually produces shows.
• Design and oversee the implementation of pipelines integrating with Dow Jones data, CMS, and publishing infrastructure that turn long-form editorial output into clips, summaries, and derivative formats at streaming speed.

Job description

Job Description:

About the Team:

Dow Jones is building something ambitious in video, rooted in the authority of The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, and Investor’s Business Daily, and designed for how audiences actually watch business news now. This is a rare opportunity to help build the technical foundation of a cutting-edge business. This role works hand-in-hand with the technology team, extending the company's existing platforms and engineering expertise into a new streaming context.

About the Role:

We are looking for a builder who thinks in systems. This is not a role running an established function, but rather designing the architecture a new network will run on. You are part architect, part technical product leader, part editorial partner. You will work closely with the existing team to recommend and define the tech stack, build the pipelines that connect our studio and newsrooms to our screens, and advise on the methods that determine how fast and how well we will operate. You will take the lead on crafting the architecture and systems brief with input from the technology team at Dow Jones and then execute against it. You will help choose the tools, integrate them, and prove what works in production before we scale it.

We are looking for someone entrepreneurial and collaborative who will build the bridge between the world’s most trusted financial data and editorial reporting and the intelligent automation that will research, clip, and optimize our content in real-time and will take this responsibility seriously.

You Will:

Architect the end-to-end tech stack for the network, in partnership with the Dow Jones technology team, which will include: editorial and video production workflow tooling, clip generation, talent prep, post-production automation, and audience-facing applications.

Recommend build-versus-buy decisions across the stack and evaluate vendors, working with procurement, security, and engineering standards and leveraging our enterprise platforms where they fit.

Work directly with the Head of Programming to integrate new systems into the editorial workflow from day one, selecting and designing tools that match how the team actually produces shows rather than how it has been done historically.

Design and oversee the implementation of the pipelines integrating with Dow Jones data, CMS, and publishing infrastructure that turn long-form editorial output into clips, summaries, and derivative formats at the speed streaming distribution requires.