Senior Director, Next-Gen Studio

Tubi • Los Angeles, CA

2d • $178,300 - $254,700 • Hybrid

About The Position

Tubi is hiring a Senior Director, Next-Gen Studio to lead its creator-led, technology-enabled investment in emerging formats and next-generation storytelling, including AI-assisted production. The role will identify and onboard promising stories, creators, and partners, then develop them into shows for Tubi’s global audience. In the first year, the successful candidate will build a slate from the ground up, using fast test-and-learn cycles and making budget decisions based on performance. The role combines development-executive judgment and hands-on understanding of AI creation tools with a strong respect for storytelling and the potential of new production technologies.

This leader will set the creative vision and slate strategy, evaluate and greenlight concepts and creative teams, manage slate funding and financial forecasting, and build relationships across the AI-native creative and technology ecosystem. They will work with Product, Data Science, Finance, Content, Legal, Marketing, Operations, and other teams to test concepts, assess performance, establish responsible practices, and build the infrastructure for this content category. The role begins as an individual-contributor position, with potential to hire and lead a small team as the model develops.

The position is hybrid and based in Tubi’s New York or Los Angeles office, with an expectation of working in the office two to three days per week and traveling as needed. The listed annual pay range for high-cost labor markets, including Los Angeles and New York City, is $178,300–$254,700. The role is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, a long-term incentive plan, and benefits. Tubi offers salaried/exempt employees flexible time off in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy; eligible full-time regular employees also receive a paid parental leave program and monthly wellness reimbursement.

Requirements

• 12 or more years of experience in content development, production, or content acquisition.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI-assisted content creation, including hands-on experience making content with relevant tools, backing creators who use them, or a well-developed perspective on the capability frontier and its pace of change.
• Ability to assess scripts or cuts, explain what works and what does not, and collaborate with creators to improve projects.
• Experience owning a content budget and making, defending, and revising funding decisions across a slate.
• Experience sourcing and building creative partnerships and collaborating effectively with business affairs and acquisition teams involved in negotiations.
• Ability to operate at speed and amid ambiguity, build something from zero, make decisions with incomplete information, and cancel projects when evidence warrants it.
• Strong data literacy and ability to combine creative judgment with audience insights to inform development and programming decisions.
• A genuine understanding of digital-native audiences, subcultures, and fandoms.
• Thoughtfulness about creative, ethical, and rights-related questions in AI-assisted production, and credibility with both established creative talent and the AI-native community.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to make the case for creative investments to senior stakeholders.
• Willingness to work from the New York or Los Angeles office two to three days per week and travel as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of and curiosity about the AI studio and AI-assisted creator landscape, hands-on experimentation with tools, and existing relationships in that ecosystem.

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 judgment about what will resonate with Tubi audiences.
• Work with Product and Engineering teams on tools and products that support next-generation storytelling and a fan-centric platform.
• Control budget allocation across the slate, determining which concepts receive funding, at what levels, and for how long; adjust decisions based on performance.
• Partner with Finance on the slate P&L, forecasts, spend and performance tracking, unit economics, and funding cases as the business scales.
• Map and scout AI-native studios, technology companies, filmmakers, independent creators, aggregators, and IP rights holders, and establish Tubi as a preferred partner.
• Build and manage creative relationships with partners, identify promising collaborators, shape their projects for Tubi, and encourage them to bring Tubi their best work.
• Partner with Content Acquisition, Business and Legal Affairs, and creative partners on intellectual property, creator rights, and responsible AI-assisted production.
• Develop a point of view on AI production tools and build relationships with model and platform partners to pursue early access and creative advantage.
• Work with Product to build and operate 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 type by identifying key questions about audiences, formats, partners, and economics, and collaborate with Product and Data Science on experiments.
• Work with Data Science to assess the slate against a clear performance bar and Tubi’s existing content portfolio.
• Collaborate across Content, Creator, Operations, Product, Marketing, Finance, and Legal to build the operating infrastructure for the new content type.
• Initially work as an individual contributor, with potential to hire, lead, and develop a small team as the model proves out.
• Represent Tubi to the creative community as a company that takes storytelling seriously and is building the space thoughtfully and responsibly.

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus eligibility.
• Long-term incentive plan eligibility.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Insurance benefits.
• 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off; salaried/exempt employees receive Tubi’s Flexible Time Off Policy in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy.
• For eligible full-time regular employees, a 12-week paid parental bonding leave program within the first year of a child’s birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement, in addition to applicable government leave programs and FOX short-term disability coverage.
• For eligible full-time regular employees, a monthly wellness reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

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