Senior Live Broadcast Technology Lead

TAPP Film; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

NBA Secaucus seeks a Director to lead Production Technology for Local Media and oversee live NBA game broadcasts across arenas. You will drive operational readiness, incident response, and continuous improvement of production technology services.

The role requires strong leadership, deep knowledge of broadcast systems, and the ability to coordinate across engineering, operations, and distribution teams in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Engineering, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Media Production, or a related field preferred.
• 8–10+ years of experience in live broadcast production or production technology.
• Experience leading technical personnel in large-scale broadcast operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the League's Technical Manager function, providing leadership and operational oversight for freelance Technical Managers.
• Own operational performance, service delivery, and reliability of production technology services for League-produced broadcasts.
• Develop SOPs, runbooks, and incident response procedures for live productions.
• Coordinate production technology workflows across arenas, Secaucus, and vendor teams.
• Represent Production Technology in cross-functional governance and planning meetings.

Skills

Broadcast engineering

Live production

Leadership

Incident response

IP-based broadcast

Education

Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Engineering / related field

Job description

NBA Secaucus seeks a Director to lead Production Technology for Local Media and oversee live NBA game broadcasts across arenas. You will drive operational readiness, incident response, and continuous improvement of production technology services.

The role requires strong leadership, deep knowledge of broadcast systems, and the ability to coordinate across engineering, operations, and distribution teams in a fast-paced environment.