Senior Director, Next-Gen Studio

Tubi • Los Angeles, NY

1d • $178,300 - $254,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

Tubi is seeking a Senior Director, Next-Gen Studio to lead its creator-led, technology-enabled investment in emerging formats and next-generation storytelling. The role will identify and onboard promising stories, creators, and partners in AI-assisted production, and shape their work into shows that connect with Tubi’s audience. The successful candidate will establish a new slate from the ground up, test concepts quickly, and use audience and performance evidence to decide what to develop, fund, expand, or discontinue. The position combines creative development judgment, hands-on understanding of AI creation tools, and budget authority.

The Senior Director will set the creative vision and strategy for Tubi’s next-generation content portfolio, oversee greenlight decisions, and work with Product and Engineering on tools and products that support storytelling. They will allocate and manage the slate budget with Finance, build forecasts and track performance, and develop the partner ecosystem across AI-native studios, technology companies, filmmakers, independent creators, aggregators, and IP rights holders. The role also involves developing responsible approaches to intellectual property and creator rights, building relationships with model and platform partners, and helping establish a rapid development and testing process with Product and Data Science.

The position starts as an individual-contributor role, with potential to hire and develop a small team as the model proves out. It is a hybrid role based in Tubi’s New York or Los Angeles office, requiring in-office work 2–3 days per week and travel as needed.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in content development, production, or content acquisition.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI-assisted content creation, including making work with these tools, backing people who use them, or developing a serious point of view on their capabilities and evolution.
• Ability to assess scripts or cuts, identify what works and what does not, and collaborate with creators to improve projects.
• Knowledge of and curiosity about the AI studio and AI-assisted creator landscape, hands-on experimentation with tools, and existing relationships in the space.
• Experience owning a content budget and making, defending, and revising funding decisions across a slate.
• Strong partner instincts and experience sourcing and building creative relationships, with the ability to collaborate effectively with business affairs and acquisition teams leading negotiations.
• Comfort operating quickly amid ambiguity, building from zero, making decisions with incomplete information, and canceling projects when evidence supports doing so.
• Strong data literacy and ability to combine creative judgment with audience insights to inform development and programming decisions.
• Genuine understanding of digital-native audiences, subcultures, and fandoms.
• Thoughtfulness about creative, ethical, and rights issues in AI-assisted production, and credibility with both traditional creative talent and the emerging AI-native community.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to make the case for creative investments to senior stakeholders.
• Willingness to work in the office 2–3 days per week in New York or Los Angeles and travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Set the creative vision, slate strategy, category priorities, and audience targets for Tubi’s next-generation content portfolio.
• Identify, evaluate, and greenlight concepts, scripts, and creative teams, applying showrunner-level judgment about what will resonate with Tubi audiences.
• Work with Product and Engineering on tools and products that enable storytelling and support a fan-centric platform.
• Control budget allocation across the slate, deciding which concepts are funded, at what level, and for how long; change course based on performance.
• Partner with Finance on the slate P&L, including forecasting, spend and performance tracking, unit-economics analysis, and funding recommendations.
• Map and scout AI-native studios, technology companies, filmmakers, independent creators, aggregators, and IP rights holders around the world.
• Establish Tubi as a partner of choice and build creative relationships with partners, shaping their work and encouraging them to bring Tubi their best projects.
• Collaborate with Content Acquisition, Business and Legal Affairs, and creative partners on intellectual property, creator rights, and responsible AI-assisted production approaches.
• Develop a point of view on AI production tools and build relationships with model and platform partners to support early access and creative advantage.
• Partner with Product to build and run a high-velocity development and testing cycle, validating concepts with audiences, greenlighting short orders, and iterating based on signals.
• Develop the learning agenda for the content category, identifying important questions about audiences, formats, partners, and economics and conducting experiments with Product and Data Science.
• Work with Data Science to establish and apply a clear performance bar, measured against Tubi’s existing content portfolio.
• Collaborate across Content, Creator, Operations, Product, Marketing, Finance, and Legal to build the operating infrastructure for this content type.
• Initially work as an individual contributor, with the potential to hire, lead, and develop a small, high-ownership team as the model proves out.
• Represent Tubi to the creative community as a company that takes storytelling seriously and is building this area thoughtfully and responsibly.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus
• Long-term incentive plan
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid time off
• Flexible time off policy for salaried/exempt employees
• Twelve weeks of paid parental bonding leave for eligible full-time, regular employees
• Monthly wellness reimbursement for eligible full-time, regular employees

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed