Senior Director, Programming (FAST/AVOD/SVOD)

Radial Entertainment; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K) with match

Medical

Dental

Vision

Bonus eligible

Job summary

Radial Entertainment, a global independent content distributor, seeks a Senior Director of Programming to lead end-to-end content strategy for 125+ FAST channels and O&O apps. You will curate lineups, optimize metadata, and drive engagement across AVOD/SVOD platforms worldwide.

You will collaborate across acquisitions, sales, marketing, and analytics to grow viewership and revenue, reporting to the EVP, Distribution. This is a hybrid role requiring residency in the NYC or LA metro area.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in digital content programming/scheduling, with exposure to FAST, AVOD, or SVOD.
• 5+ years of experience managing a team, with a track record of setting priorities and developing direct reports.
• Strong understanding of the content and product dynamics that drive engagement and retention on CTV/streaming platforms.
• Experience with linear scheduling and playout technologies, and comfort working within CMS and partner platform tools.
• Experience analyzing viewership and audience data to inform programming selections, scheduling tactics, and demo-targeted programming decisions, including experience with Tableau or similar BI/dashboard tools.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders (sales, acquisitions, marketing, finance, BI) without direct authority.
• Experience working with a global, multi-language content portfolio is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop the Radial Programming team: setting priorities, workflows, and quality standards for content curation and scheduling across FAST, AVOD, and SVOD.
• Collaborate with the Co-Head of Sales, Distribution & Strategy and the Director, FAST Distribution on sales initiatives, platform launches, and relevant deal negotiations.
• Partner with executives across sales, acquisitions, operations, marketing, finance, and BI to shape content strategies for Radial's catalog across O&O FAST channels and apps.
• Drive audience growth of Radial's FAST channel and O&O app footprint globally through execution of developed content programming strategies.
• Curate and maintain editorial collections and content rows for AVOD/SVOD experiences across O&O apps, ensuring alignment with growth strategy and monetization.
• Responsible for all scheduling changes across Radial FAST channels, ensuring consistency with brand and audience strategy.
• Optimize content placement and metadata across channels and apps to drive discoverability, engagement, and retention.
• Monitor viewership, engagement, and ad sales data to inform content strategy, using Tableau and partner platform dashboards.
• Stay current on platform requirements, content trends, and competitive programming strategies across FAST/AVOD/SVOD to keep Radial's offering competitive.
• Work closely with tech vendors to achieve operational excellence: ensuring CMS proficiency and timely adoption of product enhancements.

Skills

Digital content programming

FAST/AVOD/SVOD knowledge

Team leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder communication

Tools

CMS

Tableau

Playout software

Job description

Radial Entertainment is a global entertainment company, formed through the merger of Shout! Studios and FilmRise, backed by Oaktree Capital Management. Radial boasts a diverse library of over 70,000 movies and episodes, making it the largest independent catalog in the industry. The company delivers high-quality entertainment to all major consumer platforms including FAST channels, AVOD, SVOD, TVOD, physical product, theatrical film and more. Its programming spans a wide range of genres, including true crime, reality, animation, action, westerns, horror, award-winners, cult classics, creator content, and more. Radial is the pre-eminent, purpose-built independent distributor for the streaming era.

Radial Entertainment is seeking a Senior Director, Programming (FAST/AVOD/SVOD) to lead content strategy and curation across our fleet of 125+ FAST channels and our O&O streaming applications (AVOD/SVOD). Radial reaches audiences worldwide through a ~70,000-title film and television catalog distributed across platforms and services such as Pluto TV, Tubi, The Roku Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Google TV, Samsung, LG, VIZIO, and others. This role owns the programming strategy for FilmRise, Shout! and related O&O FAST channels/apps globally.

Reporting to the EVP, Distribution, this is a senior, hands-on role for someone who can effectively integrate both the qualitative and quantitative elements of content programming. The Senior Director of Programming will own content strategy, scheduling end to end, including: building and maintaining FAST channel lineups, curating collections and editorial rows for AVOD/SVOD experiences, optimizing content placement and metadata to drive discovery and engagement, and using audience and performance data to continuously refine what's programmed to achieve KPI targets. Success requires working cross-functionally across the organization - with acquisitions, content distribution, advertising, platforms/OEMs, product, data/analytics, and marketing - and treating every title and every platform as an opportunity to drive viewership, retention, and revenue.

Reports to: EVP, Distribution

Exemption Status: Exempt

Base Salary Range: $135k - $180k annual salary [DOE]

Paid Time Off: Holidays, Vacation, Paid Sick Leave, Personal Days

Compensation: Full benefits package including 401(K) with match, medical, dental, vision and more; bonus eligible

Work Location: Hybrid (must reside in New York City or Los Angeles metropolitan area)

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise and develop the Radial Programming team: setting priorities, workflows, and quality standards for content curation and scheduling across FAST, AVOD, and SVOD
• Collaborate with the Co-Head of Sales, Distribution & Strategy and the Director, FAST Distribution on sales initiatives, platform launches, and relevant deal negotiations
• Partner with executives across sales, acquisitions, operations, marketing, finance, and BI to shape content strategies for Radial's catalog of content across O&O FAST channels and apps
• Drive audience growth (both users and consumption per user) of Radial's FAST channel and O&O app footprint globally through execution of developed content programming strategies
• Curate and maintain editorial collections and content rows for AVOD/SVOD experiences across O&O apps, ensuring alignment with growth strategy aligned with content, monetization, and growth strategies
• Responsible for all scheduling changes across Radial FAST channels, ensuring consistency with brand and audience strategy
• Optimize content placement and metadata across channels and apps to drive discoverability, engagement, and retention
• Monitor viewership, engagement, and ad sales data to inform content strategy, using Tableau and partner platform dashboards
• Stay current on platform requirements, content trends, and competitive programming strategies across FAST/AVOD/SVOD to keep Radial's offering competitive
• Work closely with tech vendors to achieve operational excellence: ensuring CMS proficiency across the programming team, ensuring usage reporting compliance and optimization, ensuring timely adoption of product enhancements, and ensuring efficient content/channel launches

Skills & Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in digital content programming/scheduling, with exposure to FAST, AVOD, or SVOD
• 5+ years of experience managing a team, with a track record of setting priorities and developing direct reports
• Strong understanding of the content and product dynamics that drive engagement and retention on CTV/streaming platforms
• Experience with linear scheduling and playout technologies, and comfort working within CMS and partner platform tools
• Experience analyzing viewership and audience data to inform programming selections, scheduling tactics, and demo-targeted programming decisions, including experience with Tableau or similar BI/dashboard tools
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders (sales, acquisitions, marketing, finance, BI) without direct authority
• Highly detail-oriented and organized, with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting strategy and performance to senior stakeholders
• Experience working with a global, multi-language content portfolio is a plus

Radial Entertainment is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.