Vice President & General Manager

Job Description

Nexstar Broadcasting Group seeks an experienced, driven broadcast professional to serve as Vice President/General Manager of our media properties in Charlotte, North Carolina (DMA #22), including WJZY FOX46, WMYT (MyNet) and our accompanying local digital operations. WJZY broadcasts 10 hours of live news every weekday, including Good Day Charlotte from 4:30a-9:00a, FOX46 News at 12p, 4p, 5p, 6p and 10p, and Charlotte Sports Live at 11p. In addition, our strong FOX Prime and FOX Sports schedules are complemented by a comprehensive syndication lineup including The Big Bang Theory, Modern Family, Peoples Court, and coming in the fall, Young Sheldon and You Bet Your Life. WJZY also regularly produces pregame shows with the Carolina Panthers as well as regular NASCAR specials throughout the season which are syndicated among various regional Nexstar markets.

Charlotte remains an energetic, high-growth metropolitan city and a major business and financial hub. Multiple Fortune 500 companies have headquarters in Charlotte, including Bank of America, Lowes, Duke Energy, and Nucor. The region offers vibrant downtown living as well as beautiful suburban neighborhoods with recreation ranging from walking trails, biking, outdoor festivals, parks, museums and exciting live sports throughout the year. The city is home to the NFL's Carolina Panthers, the NBA's Charlotte Hornets, and NASCAR's Charlotte Motor Speedway and is consistently named as one of the best cities to live in in the United States by US News and World Report.

Requirements:
• Minimum of three years of experience as a successful General Manager for a commercial broadcast station
• Significant depth of sales management experience in leading and driving sales revenue growth in broadcast and digital. Special emphasis on New Local Direct revenue growth, including self-created non-traditional revenue success and sports and community sponsorships.
• A proven track record in providing professional, demonstrative leadership in developing a leadership team and promoting collaboration and teamwork among all station departments.
• The vision and ability to enact short and long term development of the stations' digital strategies and mobile platforms
• Track record of success in maintaining a focus on the bottom line
• Decisive leadership with a history of developing and executing strategic plans which successfully improve efficiencies in organizational structure, and profitability with a broad range of programming experience and an emphasis on localism.
• Nexstar seeks a stakeholder - someone who is engaging, promotes good citizenship and wants to make a positive impact on the local community

If you are a decisive leader driven by a determination to succeed, have a tireless work ethic, as well as a commitment towards creative, successful revenue generation and engaged in serving the community, then apply online at www.nexstar.tv.

Nexstar Broadcasting is an equal opportunity employer.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rzk293-3-141-30-162-42 in your application.