Hiring: Manager, Production & Technical Ops Company: Versant Media Location: Englewood Cliffs, NJ Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 11:15:43 Employment Type: On-site About the job Experience: •4+ years of experience in live television studio, control room, or production operations, including demonstrated leadership experience in a live-production environment. Required Skills: •The anticipated base salary range for this position is $120,000–$135,000, plus eligibility for a bonus. •Lead live production operations: Provide day-to-day operational leadership across assigned studios and control rooms, ensuring productions are appropriately staffed, prepared, and executed to Versant’s production and technical standards. •Drive operational readiness: Anticipate staffing, workflow, resource, and technical needs for daily programming, breaking news, special events, and high-profile productions, identifying and escalating risks before they affect air. •Manage crews and production resources: Lead staff and freelance production professionals, partner with scheduling teams on crew assignments, address coverage or skill gaps, and make real-time staffing adjustments as production requirements evolve. •Coordinate through live-production challenges: Serve as a key operational decision-maker during broadcasts, partnering with Editorial, Engineering, Broadcast Operations, NOC/MOC, Facilities, and production teams to resolve issues quickly and minimize disruption. •Develop teams and strengthen performance: Coach and develop Production Operations personnel, establish clear expectations, identify training opportunities, support onboarding, and build deeper operational and technical capability across the team. •Improve how we operate: Partner with the Senior Director, Production Operations and cross-functional stakeholders to strengthen staffing models, workflows, procedures, documentation, training, and the adoption of new production technologies and operating models. Qualifications: •Strong working knowledge of studio and control room workflows, technical production roles, and the operational requirements of live television. •Sound judgment and the ability to make timely operational decisions while managing multiple priorities in high-pressure, rapidly changing situations. •Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to build productive relationships across editorial, production, technical, and operational teams. •Ability and willingness to work a flexible production schedule, including days, evenings, overnights, weekends, holidays, and short-notice assignments. •Willingness to work primarily on-site in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, with work from Versant’s New York production facilities and periodic travel as required. •Bonus Points For Experience managing staff and freelance production personnel. •Solid functional working knowledge of production switchers, audio systems, graphics, playback, cameras, communications, routing, and related studio/control room technologies. •Operational familiarity with IP-based production environments, automation, cloud production, and evolving broadcast technologies. •Success at Versant is grounded in Trust, Teamwork, Transparency, Agility, and Entrepreneurial Spirit Compensation: •$120,000 - $135,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •The anticipated base salary range for this position is $120,000–$135,000, plus eligibility for a bonus Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!