International Operations Director
A+E Networks
New York, NYThis was removed by the employer on 6/26/2014 8:37:00 AM PST
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Full Time Unpaid Internship
DIRECTOR,OPERATIONS-International New York, NY
International experience is highly preferred
POSITION SUMMARY
Employee will provide technology leadership and direct strategic technical initiatives across the globe in support of the enterprising A&E International business. They will be an integral part of the planning and implementation of all future channel launches, and look to unite operations personnel, workflows and media content processing around the world into the most cohesive model to support future O&O and global expansion plans. They will work closely with international business development and finance teams on strategy and cost exercises, and with the internal engineering, IT and Production team members on all new technical initiatives, to insure international becomes fully integrated into the core of all corporate technical planning and operations.
• Lead technical efforts on channel and new business launches globally.
• Make recommendations on how and what to implement; troubleshoot issues, problem-solve. Identify required resources; hire consultants/vendors where necessary.
• Provide technical support and solutions in new markets such as Italy. Manage global engineering and IT projects as required. Hire consultants/vendors to complete initiatives where necessary. Participate in negotiating vendor deals; design SLAs and monitor vendor compliance.
• Diagram and regularly update technical workflows across all A&E Channels
• Collect and maintain critical technical data on a number of topics including: key players, current and potential vendors, satellites, media content flow, editing systems, software, playout hardware, software and capabilities, decoders, encoders, etc.
• Design recommended A&E global SOPs
• Investigate and expose potential global synergies and pursue and implement efficiencies.
• Develop and maintain long term technical strategy for A&E's international business.
• Organize and implement annual technical operations summits and review and prepare Ops related updates for GM and board meetings
EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION
• BS Engineering or BA in related field
EXPRERIENCE WORKING IN THE INTERNATIONAL LANDSCAPE
• Content preparation, channel assembly, playout and delivery; fiber and satellite, global media industry technology.
• Knowledge of media related engineering and IT hardware and software.
• 10 years working at a channel in an operations capacity
• Managerial Skills supervising employees
• Excellent written and oral communication skills,
• High standard of business etiquette and respect for other cultures
• Ability to speak fluently in languages other than English- Highly Preferred
This position may require working outside of regular business hours in order to keep critical projects or 24.7 channel initiatives moving. Candidate will be required to travel globally as needed for projects or technical conventions, and could spend extended time on the ground in territory for critical project or channel launches.