Remote Senior Broadcast Platform Lead

National Basketball Association (NBA); Secaucus (NJ); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life/AD&D Insurance

Disability Insurance

Wellbeing allowance

Educational assistance

401(k) retirement plan

Vacation and personal days

Job summary

The Senior Director at the NBA leads the Broadcast Platform & Systems Support Engineering team, ensuring reliability and evolution of mission-critical broadcast platforms across video, audio, IP networking, and cloud-based systems.

They drive engineering best practices, vendor collaboration, and long-term platform strategy while mentoring engineers and guiding on-call incident response. Strong leadership and deep broadcast tech expertise are required.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in broadcast engineering or media technology, including leadership of technical teams.
• College degree in Communications/Engineering or related field required.
• Significant relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a college degree.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Broadcast Platform & Systems Support Engineering team, providing advanced technical support and escalation management across all broadcast systems.
• Provide technical leadership for critical incidents, driving root cause analysis and platform reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with third-party vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure performance and reliability of master control and signal distribution services.
• Partner with Production & Broadcast Ops teams to evaluate and implement new production models, including cloud-based and remote workflows.
• Advise engineering leadership on system buildouts and infrastructure upgrades for scalable, resilient solutions.
• Maintain and enhance the NBA’s High-Speed Arena Network (HSAN) and other critical transmission infrastructure.
• Own the lifecycle, performance, reliability, and roadmap for the NBA’s broadcast platform infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and build a culture of technical excellence.
• Participate in rotating on-call schedule for incidents.

Skills

Technical leadership

Broadcast engineering

Video routing & delivery

IP video transport

SMPTE ST 2110

Vendor management

Communication

Independent & collaborative work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Communications/Engineering

Tools

EVS

Job description

The Senior Director at the NBA leads the Broadcast Platform & Systems Support Engineering team, ensuring reliability and evolution of mission-critical broadcast platforms across video, audio, IP networking, and cloud-based systems.

They drive engineering best practices, vendor collaboration, and long-term platform strategy while mentoring engineers and guiding on-call incident response. Strong leadership and deep broadcast tech expertise are required.