VP, Global CDN Strategy & Delivery for Streaming

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking a Vice President, Content Delivery Networks to lead the end-to-end CDN strategy for our OTT products. You will oversee a global team of engineers focused on performance, reliability, and innovation across delivery networks and partnerships.

You will drive cost efficiency, vendor relationships, and platform integration while aligning with business priorities and regulatory requirements. Hybrid schedule with strong executive engagement.

Qualifications

• Ten years of experience managing large-scale digital software systems, preferably in the CDN space.
• Minimum five years 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 DTC video business is highly preferred.
• Experience with high-availability software patterns and performance testing.
• 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 with partner ISPs & telco industry for performant access.
• Collaborate with procurement teams to manage vendor relationships.
• Ensure technology decisions are based on market research of vendors and competition.
• Negotiate vendor contracts and manage budgets with Legal and Finance.
• Lead technology evaluations (multicast, p2p, hybrid/ISP CDNs, self-build CDN).
• Own end-to-end CDN roadmap including capacity planning, performance optimization, resiliency, and future-state architecture.
• Set and govern CDN reliability, quality, and performance standards with KPIs and SLAs.
• Lead incident readiness and operational excellence for high-profile live events.
• Partner with Product, Operations, Distribution, and Platform Engineering to support launches and expansion.
• Drive vendor strategy and multi-CDN optimization including cost modeling and negotiation support.
• Champion next-generation content delivery with automation, edge compute, and ISP partnerships.
• Use real-time analytics to improve delivery quality and business outcomes.
• Ensure security, compliance, and risk controls are embedded across CDN architecture.
• Develop succession plans and organizational structure for CDN function.
• Represent CDN to senior executives with clear business tradeoffs.

Skills

CDN Strategy

Team Leadership

Vendor Management

Cross-functional Collaboration

Performance Monitoring

Security & Compliance

Tools

Web Application Firewalls

Container Security

Code Analysis Tools

Job description

NBCUniversal is seeking a Vice President, Content Delivery Networks to lead the end-to-end CDN strategy for our OTT products. You will oversee a global team of engineers focused on performance, reliability, and innovation across delivery networks and partnerships.

You will drive cost efficiency, vendor relationships, and platform integration while aligning with business priorities and regulatory requirements. Hybrid schedule with strong executive engagement.