VP, Global CDN Strategy & Delivery

NBCUniversal Intl.; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 340,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking a Vice President of Content Delivery Networks to lead strategy, design, and execution for our OTT content delivery. You will oversee CDN, data, and software engineers to ensure fidelity, quality, and availability for global audiences.

The role demands a decade of large-scale digital systems leadership, deep security know-how, and a track record of delivering high-performance media delivery in a complex, multinational environment. Hybrid work and generous benefits apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum of ten (10) years’ experience managing large-scale digital software systems.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience leading a CDN function.
• Expertise in software security best practices and tooling.
• Expertise in digital video codecs and encoding profiles.
• Experience in digital media or direct-to-consumer video business highly preferred.
• Knowledge of Cloud & Container Security.

Responsibilities

• Devise and execute Content Delivery Strategy to deliver current and planned media products & events at necessary performance & scale.
• Attract and retain a multi-national team of subject matter experts to deliver strategy.
• Develop relationships and engage with partner ISPs & telco industry to ensure performant access.
• Collaborate with procurement teams to manage key vendor commercial relationships.
• Ensure technology decisions supporting strategy are made from the latest market research of vendors and competition.
• Engage with Legal and Finance teams to negotiate vendor contracts and manage budgets.
• Involvement in E2E technology planning, product governance and regulatory/legal matters.
• Own the end-to-end CDN roadmap, including capacity planning, performance optimization, resiliency, cost efficiency, and future-state architecture across global streaming products.
• Set and govern CDN reliability, quality, and performance standards, ensuring measurable KPIs and SLAs for availability, latency, startup time, rebuffering, and overall viewer experience.
• Lead incident readiness and operational excellence for high-profile live events and peak traffic moments, including escalation protocols, risk mitigation, and post-event learnings.
• Partner with Product, Operations, Distribution, and Platform Engineering to ensure CDN strategy supports business priorities, product launches, global expansion, and audience growth.
• Drive vendor strategy and optimization, including multi-CDN strategy, contract performance, vendor scorecards, cost modeling, and negotiation support.
• Champion innovation in next-generation content delivery, including automation, observability, traffic steering, edge compute, ISP partnerships, and emerging delivery models.
• Establish data-driven decision-making practices by using real-time monitoring, analytics, and performance insights to improve delivery quality and business outcomes.
• Ensure security, compliance, and risk controls are embedded into CDN architecture and third-party partnerships, especially for global content distribution.
• Develop succession plans and an organizational structure for the CDN function to ensure scalability, continuity, and long-term leadership depth.
• Represent the CDN function with senior executives, translating technical performance, risk, investment needs, and roadmap tradeoffs into clear business recommendations.

Skills

Strategic leadership

People leadership

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Vendor management

Global team leadership

Tools

Web Application Firewalls

Container Security

Static & Dynamic Code Analysis

Job description

NBCUniversal is seeking a Vice President of Content Delivery Networks to lead strategy, design, and execution for our OTT content delivery. You will oversee CDN, data, and software engineers to ensure fidelity, quality, and availability for global audiences.

The role demands a decade of large-scale digital systems leadership, deep security know-how, and a track record of delivering high-performance media delivery in a complex, multinational environment. Hybrid work and generous benefits apply.