Technical Production Manager

Advanced Systems Group, LLC is seeking a passionate and talented Technical Production Manager to lead complex technical cross-functional programs. This role involves close partnership with product managers and engineering leads to develop program plans, manage control room operations, and act as a technical liaison between production and engineering teams. The manager will be responsible for driving strategic planning, identifying requirements, and ensuring adherence to protocols, while also managing and reporting on daily production and technical issues.

Must Have

• Serve as the point of contact between the control room and studio floor.
• Drive strategic cross-functional planning, leading discovery and prioritization.
• Ascertain true requirements underlying production solutions; recommend alternative technical approaches.
• Communicate clearly and effectively to producers on plans, status, and critical issues.
• Partner as a technical liaison between production and engineering teams.
• Responsible for managing and tracking all production/technical issues daily, delivering full reports.
• Ensure team members are following SOP and approved protocols.
• 7+ years of working directly with engineering and live TV production teams.
• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience.
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules.
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition.

Good to Have

• 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience.
• Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules.

Description

About Us:

Advanced Systems Group, LLC enables creativity through better technology and operations for media creatives and content owners. From acquisition to delivery, on-premises or in the cloud, ASG ensures our clients’ success through tailored solutions. One of North America’s largest Media and Entertainment Technology and Operations suppliers, we provide engineering services, physical and cloud integration, training, support, and managed services. Our Managed Services deliver customized operations and services for all phases of media production, including creative and engineering. Founded in 1997, and providing nationwide services, ASG has teams based in Northern California, Los Angeles, the New York Tri-State Area, the Southeastern US, and the Rocky Mountain Region.

We are Looking for:

For this role, we're looking for a passionate, team-oriented, and talented Technical Program Manager with experience leading complex technical cross-functional programs working with Product, Engineering and Sales. They will own and deliver on critical initiatives, insisting on high standards from their partner engineering teams to deliver results.

The ideal candidate will have excellent organizational and communication skills and be able to identify problems and develop solutions. They must have strong analytical capabilities with a process improvement mentality. Cross-team coordination, project management, executive communication, and presentation skills are required.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as the point of contact between the control room and studio floor.
• Drive strategic cross-functional planning, leading discovery and prioritization by closely partnering with product managers and engineering leads to develop program plans that include roadmaps, dependency identifications, and resourcing plans.
• Ascertain the true requirements underlying production solutions; recommend alternative technical approaches and lead control room operations efforts to meet aggressive timelines.
• Communicate clearly and effectively to producers on plans, status, and critical issues.
• Partner as a technical liaison between production and engineering teams.
• Responsible for managing and tracking all production/technical issues that arise daily. Must deliver full report by end of day each day.
• Ensure team members are following SOP and approved protocols.

Qualifications and Experience:

• 7+ years of working directly with engineering and live TV production teams
• 7+ years of technical product or program management experience
• Experience designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems
• Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Experience owning/driving roadmap strategy and definition
• Preferred: 8+ years of hands-on work managing complex technology projects experience
• Preferred: Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules

Compensation & Benefits:

The compensation range for this position is $60-70/hour.

Advanced Systems Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.