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It operates across four core markets: political news and opinion, business news and personal finance, golf, and sports and genre entertainment. These markets are served through a powerful portfolio of iconic and innovative brands, including CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, Oxygen, E!, SYFY, and Versant's sports division USA Sports, along with complementary digital assets including Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow and GolfPass.\n Versant Media is looking for a talented individual to become the Manager of Production Technology Support for Versant Media Operations and Technology (O&T), based in Englewood Cliffs, NJ and New York, NY. Versant O&T supports Enterprise Technology, Broadcast, and Production systems across Versant Media globally.\nThe Manager of Production Technology Support balances day-to-day operations, such as management of a dynamic team, providing best-in-class live television production support for Versant, with forward-looking planning and execution around live television production technology strategy, process methodology, architecture, and collaboration with cross-functional business teams and partners. This position will have direct management of the New Jersey and New York-based teams supporting live television production control rooms, studios, and related equipment for all Versant Properties.\nResponsibilities;\nTeam Leadership\nBuild and maintain a strong support engineering team.\nMaintain team schedules that allow for optimal facility and production coverage including meeting project deadlines and major events.\nMaintain group documentation including but not limited to task tracking, reoccurring maintenance schedules, and upcoming event calendars.\nMaintain reoccurring training and knowledge share resources keeping the team up to date Provide regular employee feedback and performance reviews.\nProvide regular employee feedback and performance reviews.\nDevelop partnerships across Versant Engineering teams with cross-facility support and engagement.\nMaintain clear communication with leadership on all issues and task the engineering team is actively working on. \nMaintain inventory supply levels to prevent team slowdowns that lead to on-air impacts, must have previous experience with inventory management using a database/automation to track supply levels.\nDevelop and maintain standard disaster recovery procedures and drills across various situations.\nTelevision Production Technology Support and Maintenance\nAssume responsibility for the technical performance of Studios, Control Rooms and associated systems for the Versant Englewood Cliffs and HQ & Market Sites production facility.\nProvide around-the-clock technical support and maintain a complex broadcast production environment consisting of multiple studios and production control rooms.\nTrack and resolve on/off air reliability tickets as well as communicate with leadership on the status.\nConsistently track and maintain JIRA support instance.\nMonitor and oversee operational readiness of current facilities, maintaining in-depth understanding of all relevant technical systems.\nCoordinate the activities of teams involved in the maintenance, support, deployment, and configuration of broadcast equipment. Attend project meetings to ensure the support teams are engaged and proper resources are assigned to the project life cycle.\nAttend project meetings to ensure the support teams are engaged and proper resources are assigned to the project life cycle.\n Desired Characteristics\nCollaboration & Communication\nStrong customer service, organization, documentation and professionalism.\nClose collaboration with both clients at the local facilities and peers across O&T\nStrong written and verbal communication, as well as presentation skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.\nProven Leadership Skills\nAbility to provide clear, decisive direction while being prepared to pivot or change course when appropriate.\nBe the leader that your team is excited to follow, both through regular and planned activities, but also when plans change unexpectedly due to outside influence\nDemonstrate a high tolerance for stress, work well with others, and provide a supportive attitude for all colleagues.\nTechnical Expertise and Ownership\nDemonstrate a high level of expertise with a broad range of technologies, including television production, transmission, wireless audio, intercom, and similar technologies, as well as automation/development and monitoring tools.\nMust have high level of experience with Jira service management software and its processes with the ability to manage day to day and create new features with in\nMust be proficient in broadcasting IP space and have strong background in production environments.\nHave an excitement to grow with the industry, adapting to new technologies as they develop\nDemonstrate a dedication to building and maintaining a stable, high-performance technical environment.\nQualifications/Requirements\nBachelor’s degree in Film Production, Broadcasting, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields, or equivalent work experience.\n5+ years of recent experience supporting live, television production environments.\n2+ years of management or supervisory experience, including providing performance feedback.\nMust be willing to work evenings, overnights, weekends, holidays with little or/no notice depending on production schedules.\nMust be available after-hours for team escalations at all times.\nThis position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Salary range: $150,000 - $170,000 (bonus eligible) We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.\n As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a VERSANT Media employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. VERSANT Media's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.\nIf you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .\nVERSANT Media is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. We include a good faith pay range for each position to comply with applicable state and local pay transparency laws and to promote equity across our organization. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location and may include additional forms of compensation and benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, etc.\nVERSANT Media is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at VERSANT via-email, the Internet, or in any form and/or method without a valid written Statement of Work in place for this position from VERSANT's Talent Acquisition team will be deemed the sole property of VERSANT. 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