VP, Media Technology

Fox•Chicago, MI

About The Position

FOX is seeking a senior, strategic, and technical Vice President with a strong foundation in information security, networking, and broadcast media technologies. The role helps set business-wide technical strategy for media technology across multiple business units and reports to the SVP, Media Technology & Engineering. The Vice President coordinates and implements strategic technology initiatives for broadcast and digital platforms, aligning them with company standards and goals, including cloud-first approaches and AI. Areas of focus include AI, IP- and cloud-based broadcast operations, news and programming, station automation, virtualization and cloud projects, station delivery platforms for OTT, streaming, and OTA, technology support for news and local production, media technology, and transmission. This mission-critical role collaborates across departments on new technologies, media architecture, and workflow development to enable high-quality, fast-paced content creation. It leads the technical side of the creative vision for digital experiences, disaster recovery, and resiliency across platforms. The role also oversees media architecture and implementations, multi-platform content distribution, engineering teams, network and security initiatives, vendor relationships, infrastructure performance, project delivery, budgets, documentation, and adoption of new tools and methodologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in a computing or engineering program, and/or formal training in technology or a related field.
Minimum 10 years in a broadcasting operations and engineering management role.
Proven experience building and leading teams, providing clear structure and managerial oversight of a technology department.
Significant experience evaluating, selecting, installing, servicing, and maintaining broadcast-industry equipment and IT systems.
Experience establishing long-range objectives and specifying strategies and actions to achieve them.
Executive-level communication and presentation abilities, with a proven ability to influence and align senior stakeholders.
Experience administering broadcast file workflows and playout systems.
Experience with broadcast IP routing deployments.
Knowledge of AWS cloud solutions.
Knowledge of control room automation systems such as ELC, Ignite, or Ross.
Thorough understanding of FCC rules and regulations; familiarity with applicable FCC and OSHA rules and regulations.
In-depth understanding of broadcast station operations, including news production, live event production, studio operation, file-based content creation, editing, transport, and transmission.
Ability to integrate new technologies into media operations across broadcast, streaming, and OTT delivery platforms.
Ability to collaborate across teams, meet deadlines, prioritize assignments, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Ability to communicate complex ideas strategically, influence stakeholders at all organizational levels, and anticipate diverse perspectives and responses.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, including travel, night, weekend, holiday, and on-call work in support of a 24/7/365 operation.
Excellent stress and crisis management skills, with the ability to multitask and make informed decisions under pressure.

Nice To Haves

Experience at a major news operation.
Experience at a major television station operation.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and implement strategic technology and operations initiatives across broadcast television and digital platforms, aligned with station goals and projects.
Supervise and manage media architecture, implementations, projects, and multi-platform content distribution across FOX.
Lead a team of Media Solution Engineers in architecting, implementing, and managing modern broadcast technologies.
Collaborate with departments on architecture and workflows for high-quality, fast-paced content creation and distribution.
Work with Information Security and Networking teams to define, implement, and maintain secure network architectures, including firewall management and network segmentation.
Partner with the network team to develop and execute scalable, reliable, and secure network architecture.
Manage vendor relationships, service levels, technical requirements, and procurement strategies.
Establish KPIs to monitor infrastructure performance and optimize infrastructure for evolving business needs.
Tune alarming and monitoring systems to reduce noise and improve operations-team efficiency.
Collaborate with the Critical Response team and PMO to deliver upgrades, expansions, and integrations on time and within budget.
Prepare and manage the technical department's fiscal operating and capital budgets.
Develop and maintain infrastructure documentation and processes in alignment with industry standards, regulatory requirements, and internal policies.
Promote adoption of new tools, frameworks, and methodologies to improve efficiency and standardize deployments.
Mentor cross-functional teams, support skill development and collaboration, and guide teams in defining requirements, managing expectations, and delivering solutions.
Work with technology leaders to align with broader Media strategy and adhere to security policies.
Track emerging technologies and industry trends, drive continuous improvement, and maintain backward compatibility.