Sports Broadcast Operations Manager

NBCUniversal; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

NBCUniversal in Stamford, CT seeks a Manager, BOC Operations to plan and manage the daily operation of the Stamford Sports Facility, supporting On-Air needs for Productions and in-Studio operations across remote facilities.

Responsibilities include coordinating high-profile events, transmission planning, liaison with outlets, coordinating with vendors, budgeting, and ensuring timely ingest of NBC Sports & Peacock material; requires BA/BS, 5+ years in TV production or 7+ in ingest/live master

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in communications /television production or related field, and/or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years experience in TV production / broadcast operations / Satellite Operations OR 7+ years experience with Ingest and/or Live Master Control
• Knowledge of satellite/fiber transmission and format specs
• Strong multitasking skills
• Excellent computer skills, including knowledge of Microsoft 365

Responsibilities

• Oversee / Manage day to day operations from planning, booking, and monitoring high profile sporting events
• Strategic transmission planning for remote shows and productions
• Act as the liaison with Media Outlets and Master Controls (30 Rock, Versant, Dry Creek, Peacock and other NBC affiliates or Independent Networks)
• Work with vendors on signal and connectivity planning on assigned projects
• Plan and distribute transmission and connectivity info to internal and external partners.
• Disseminate information among all other production and operations staff.
• Track budget guidelines for projects, live shots, and related assignments
• Reacts immediately to breaking news; serves as the primary sports newsgathering resource point person for Production and associated transmission needs.
• Knowledge of sporting events and overall sports knowledge
• Schedule all live ingest of material for all of NBC Sports & Peacock
• Ability to operate routers, video scopes, Multiview’s and comms panel
• Knowledge of ScheduALL or similar broadcast/news scheduling system

Skills

TV production

Broadcast operations

Satellite operations

Multitasking

Microsoft 365

Education

BA/BS degree in communications /television production or related field

Tools

Airspeed

Media Grid

Telestream

ScheduALL

Job description

NBCUniversal in Stamford, CT seeks a Manager, BOC Operations to plan and manage the daily operation of the Stamford Sports Facility, supporting On-Air needs for Productions and in-Studio operations across remote facilities.

Responsibilities include coordinating high-profile events, transmission planning, liaison with outlets, coordinating with vendors, budgeting, and ensuring timely ingest of NBC Sports & Peacock material; requires BA/BS, 5+ years in TV production or 7+ in ingest/live master