Job Description

Responsibilities

Management of internal projects and Project Management resources along with multiple external vendors/partners for building video based applications for NBC Sports Group digital properties

Assign projects and development tasks to developers and ensure that technical deliverables remain on schedule and on budget

Ensure appropriate project documentation is created/disseminated.

Act as point of escalation for project issue/risk mitigation

Develop highly scalable and efficient video applications and frameworks that meet the goals of the NBC Sports Group

Partner management across a diverse eco-system to manage evolving lifecycle of multi-platform video

Coordinate QA/UAT and software releases with Video Engineers, Project Managers and Release/QA Engineer

Provide feasibility reviews on potential new projects, including development effort estimates

Create and review software architecture and hardware infrastructure proposals for all new application builds

Ensure that all products launched by the Sports Group meet the organization’s best practices for scalability, stability, and security

Candidate Profile

Qualifications • Minimum of five (5) years of work experience in developing and deploying end to end large scale video applications as well as leading and managing a development team • Minimum of four (4) years managing technology budgets or P&L • Minimum of two (2) years’ experience managing and mentoring other project managers and technologists with varying backgrounds and levels of technical expertise • Expertise in implementation of video in RTMP,HDS, HLS, MPEG-DASH and associated delivery and encryption technologies (AES-128, DRM and fingerprinting) • Expertise in agile methodologies and the full software lifecycle: application development (application structure, device and operating system APIs, debugging, performance, security) and deployment • Background in broadcast video workflow, including signal acquisition and encoding specifications, and the OVP landscape • Knowledge of live and VOD video topology, with CDN cache deliver experience related to each

Benefits

Attractive Salary Package