Job Description
Manager Streaming & Video Operations (Sports & Streaming)
CBS Sports, a year-round leader in cross-platform sports coverage, broadcasts a portfolio of events on the CBS Television Network, including THE NFL ON CBS; college football, including the SEC ON CBS; college basketball, including the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship; golf, including The Masters®, PGA Championship and PGA TOUR; soccer, including the UEFA Champions League and NWSL; and CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR.
In addition, the division includes CBS SPORTS NETWORK, the 24-hour cable home of CBS Sports which televises live sports programming throughout the year, including college football and basketball games, UEFA Champions League and Europa League action, Italy's Serie A matches, Concacaf national team competitions, as well as a full slate of original programming and studio coverage.
CBS Sports also delivers an extensive lineup of global soccer coverage on Paramount+, including every UEFA club competition match, all Serie A matches as well as Concacaf national team competitions, and produces INSIDE THE NFL for Paramount+. CBS Sports Digital's multi-platform offerings include CBSSports.com and the CBS Sports apps for mobile and connected TV devices; the 24/7 streaming sports news network CBS Sports HQ; 247Sports; MaxPreps; CBS Sports fantasy games; and SportsLine.
Description:
We are seeking a Manager of Live Event Operations to lead the live sporting events and streaming operations around Paramount+. The ideal candidate will lead a team to run live streaming events, manage the encoders for operations and testing, and build procedures and best practices for event operations. The ability to develop, own, and report on key performance metrics is critical with the ability to discern priority and focus resources where necessary. You will be self-motivated with a deep understanding of streaming operations and broadcast engineering. Weekend and overnight hours are required to support international sports schedules.
Your Day-to-Day:
• Run 24/7 live streaming events, such as American football, soccer, mixed martial arts, hockey and others on an international scale.
• Must be able to work nights and weekends.
• Manage and schedule a team of coordinators to prioritize multiple events running concurrently.
• Set up, test, and maintain end to end workflow for streaming events or to QA for testing.
• Lead and improve ''eyes-on-glass'' dashboards related to video service and delivery
• Fix, troubleshoot, and debug any live TV streaming issues on Paramount+ and provide root cause analyses for all major issues
• Support internal and third party engineering teams to assure projects get done on time
• Assist in rolling out DRM across all stations and live tv workflows
• Additional other duties and responsibilities, as assigned
Key Projects:
• Event monitoring and support across all digital platforms as well as for live events such as UEFA and NWSL
• QA of event publishing
• Monitoring and operations of live streaming events cross platform
Qualifications:
What you bring to the team:
You have –
• Experience with live streaming video or broadcast
• Experience working in a media entertainment environment with multiple partners and distributed teams
• Must be self-motivated, results-oriented and challenged by accountability
• Excellent internal client management and communication/ interpersonal skills
• Passion for and knowledge of P+ technology and platforms required
• Prior experience with mobile technologies (mobile development, APIs)
• Experience with troubleshooting and diagnosing technical issues for streaming video
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent related experience
You might also have –
Experience with video monitoring in a NOC or similar operations field
#LI-ER2
#LI-REMOTE
ViacomCBS is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.
ViacomCBS believes in creating environments that allow our primary focus to remain on providing entertainment, education and information to our millions of viewers around the world. As part of this commitment to health and safety, ViacomCBS requires COVID-19 vaccines for current US employees, including all newly hired employees, subject to applicable law. Union employees are subject to what is outlined in their applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-d8o4vq-3-239-52-235-42 in your application.