VP, Media Technology Engineering
FOX · New York, New York, United States
OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY
Fox Corporation
Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.
JOB DESCRIPTIONFOX Corporation is seeking a high-impact Vice President, Media Technology Engineering to lead the engineering, implementation, and operational reliability of the technology environment supporting FOX News Media and Fox Television Stations.
This leader will oversee the teams responsible for operating and continuously improving the critical infrastructure that supports news gathering, live broadcast, production, post-production, playout, master control, transmission, and digital media distribution.
The role will lead a high-performing engineering organization responsible for network, compute, storage, virtualization, cloud infrastructure, broadcast systems, disaster recovery, and platform resiliency. The successful candidate will have deep experience operating highly available media environments and implementing complex broadcast technology transformations, including SMPTE ST 2110 video-over-IP systems.
Reporting to the SVP, Media Technology & Engineering, this role will partner closely with the VP, Media Technology Architecture and other technology leaders. The VP of Architecture will establish future-state architecture, standards, and technical direction. This role will own engineering execution, implementation, operational readiness, reliability, lifecycle management, and incident response.
Role Scope
The major areas of responsibility include:
- Broadcast technology engineering and operations
- SMPTE ST 2110 implementation and operational reliability
- Network, compute, storage, and virtualization engineering
- Hybrid cloud infrastructure operations
- Station automation and delivery platforms
- OTT, streaming, and OTA technology support
- News and local production support
- Media technology and transmission
- Disaster recovery and platform resiliency
- 24/7 technical operations and incident response
Responsibilities
Engineering Operations and Reliability
- Lead the day-to-day engineering and operational support of mission-critical broadcast and media technology environments.
- Ensure 24/7/365 availability, reliability, and operational readiness across broadcast, production, distribution, and transmission platforms.
- Establish operating procedures, escalation paths, service expectations, and incident response practices.
- Partner with Critical Response and Operations teams to manage major incidents, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions.
- Monitor system health and ensure timely resolution of reliability, performance, and availability issues.
Broadcast Systems Implementation and Support
- Lead the engineering implementation, integration, testing, deployment, and lifecycle management of broadcast technology platforms.
- Support live news gathering, contribution, production, post-production, playout, master control, station automation, and transmission workflows.
- Implement and operate SMPTE ST 2110 video-over-IP environments, including routing, timing, packet integrity, latency, and system interoperability.
- Support the transition from SDI-based workflows to synchronized, software-defined IP media facilities in partnership with the Media Architecture team.
- Maintain operational compatibility across existing systems while implementing new technology platforms.
Network and Infrastructure Engineering
- Lead engineering execution across WAN, LAN, contribution networks, routing, switching, QoS, multicast, and high-capacity media connectivity.
- Operate and optimize on-premise data centers, hybrid cloud infrastructure, enterprise virtualization, containerized environments, compute, storage, and related platforms.
- Manage infrastructure lifecycle activities, including upgrades, capacity planning, patching, migrations, integrations, and technology refreshes.
- Implement approved architecture and security standards in partnership with Media Architecture, Network Engineering, and Information Security.
- Ensure infrastructure supports high-throughput, low-latency media workflows and enterprise data distribution.
Resiliency and Disaster Recovery
- Implement and maintain disaster recovery, business continuity, redundancy, failover, and resiliency capabilities.
- Conduct readiness testing and ensure recovery procedures are documented, current, and operationally viable.
- Identify single points of failure and lead remediation efforts.
- Partner with architecture and security teams to ensure resiliency requirements are incorporated into new implementations and major upgrades.
Project and Program Delivery
- Partner with the PMO and Critical Response teams to deliver technology upgrades, expansions, migrations, integrations, and operational improvements.
- Translate approved architecture and technical requirements into executable engineering plans.
- Manage dependencies, technical risks, resource requirements, milestones, and operational readiness.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with appropriate testing, documentation, training, and support plans.
- Coordinate production cutovers and post-implementation support.
Performance Management and Optimization
- Establish operational KPIs and service-level measures for availability, reliability, capacity, latency, incident response, and recovery.
- Optimize monitoring, alerting, and alarming systems to reduce noise and improve response effectiveness.
- Use performance data and operational trends to identify risks, capacity needs, and improvement opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement across engineering processes, tools, and support models.
Vendor and Service Management
- Manage operational relationships with key technology vendors and service providers.
- Monitor vendor performance against service-level expectations.
- Coordinate escalations, technical support, maintenance, and issue resolution.
- Partner with Architecture and Procurement teams to validate technical requirements and support vendor evaluations.
Documentation and Compliance
- Maintain accurate documentation for network, infrastructure, broadcast, transmission, security, and recovery environments.
- Ensure engineering procedures align with applicable industry standards, regulatory requirements, security policies, and internal controls.
- Maintain current system diagrams, runbooks, asset information, configuration records, recovery procedures, and support documentation.
- Support operational audits, compliance reviews, and risk assessments.
Leadership and Talent Development
- Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization supporting complex, highly available media environments.
- Establish clear team structures, accountabilities, operating rhythms, and performance expectations.
- Mentor engineering leaders and technical talent.
- Build a culture of operational excellence, accountability, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to define requirements, manage expectations, and deliver reliable solutions.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Partner closely with the VP, Media Technology Architecture to execute approved technical strategies and standards.
- Collaborate with Network Engineering, Information Security, Broadcast Operations, Media Services, Digital Platforms, News, Local Production, and Transmission teams.
- Provide engineering input into architecture decisions based on operational requirements, reliability, supportability, and total cost of ownership.
- Serve as the engineering voice during technology planning, implementation, and operational readiness