Technology & Integration Director, Local Media

The Technology Integration Director Local Media leads the technical design and execution of innovative broadcast workflows and production solutions supporting NBA and WNBA Local Media. Reporting to the Technology Innovation Lead, the role translates strategic content and production vision into scalable technical requirements, implementation roadmaps, and operational workflows across live event and studio environments. The director works closely with Production, Content Planning, Broadcast Strategy, the broader GPM Media Operations & Technology organisation, Local Media and GPM Broadcast Engineering teams, Production Operations, and external broadcast technology vendors.

• Lead the technical design, architecture, and implementation of next-generation content creation, broadcast workflows, and production capabilities across Local Media broadcast environments.
• Translate the strategic vision and production roadmap into technical requirements, solution designs, implementation plans, and deployment milestones.
• Serve as a hands-on technical expert in the design and buildout of local broadcast infrastructure, systems, integrations, and workflows, coordinating with engineering and operational teams.
• Evaluate existing content and production environments to identify opportunities to modernise infrastructure, simplify workflows, improve reliability, increase scalability, and enhance production capabilities.
• Design and operationalise solutions incorporating cloud and IP-based production, REMI workflows, automation, AI-enabled production, advanced graphics, data integration, virtual production, and other emerging broadcast capabilities.
• Develop technical requirements, system diagrams, workflow documentation, test plans, and operational specifications to move solutions from concept through production deployment.
• Lead proofs of concept, pilots, testing, and technical validation of new technologies, ensuring solutions meet production, engineering, security, reliability, and operational requirements.
• Partner with Broadcast Engineering and Production Operations to transition approved capabilities into stable production environments with appropriate monitoring, support, redundancy, documentation, and operational readiness.
• Develop technical roadmaps, cost estimates, and resource requirements, assess technical feasibility and operational impact, identify risks and dependencies, research emerging broadcast technologies, and support investment evaluations for proposed technologies.
• Serve as the technical liaison and trusted advisor across Local Media, Broadcast Strategy, GPM Media Operations & Technology, Broadcast Engineering, Production Operations, and vendors, providing technical leadership during implementation and live-production readiness, troubleshooting complex issues
• And creating technical standards and documentation.

• 7+ years of progressive experience in broadcast engineering, production technology, media technology, systems engineering, or related technical fields.
• Demonstrated experience designing or supporting the implementation of technical infrastructure and production workflows within live broadcast environments.
• Hands-on experience with broadcast systems architecture, systems integration, signal and media workflows, IP-based infrastructure, and live production technology.
• Demonstrated experience taking new technologies from technical evaluation and proof of concept through implementation and production deployment.
• Experience with cloud production, remote/REMI production, automation, advanced graphics, data integration, virtual production, and/or other emerging broadcast technologies.
• Experience partnering with broadcast engineering teams, production organisations, technology vendors, and systems integrators on complex implementations.
• Experience developing technical requirements, implementation plans, cost estimates, and technology roadmaps.
• Strong technical knowledge of live broadcast infrastructure, production systems, broadcast engineering, and modern media workflows.
• Strong understanding of IP and cloud-based production architectures, remote production models, signal transport, systems integration, redundancy, monitoring, and live production reliability.
• Ability to translate creative, production, and business objectives into practical, scalable technical solutions and implementation roadmaps.
• Strong systems-thinking capabilities with the ability to understand dependencies across production, infrastructure, connectivity, software, vendors, and operational workflows.
• Demonstrated ability to assess technical feasibility, implementation risk, operational readiness, scalability, and cost implications of new technologies and production approaches.
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with the ability to contribute to CapEx/OpEx planning, vendor evaluation, cost-benefit analysis, and ROI assessments.
• Strong technical project leadership skills with the ability to drive complex implementations across engineering teams, vendors, and operational stakeholders without direct authority.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Media Technology, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent relevant experience considered.
• Live sports production experience strongly preferred.

• The NBA currently provides eligible employees the option of working remotely one day per week.
• Any individual working onsite in the New York and New Jersey offices must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with accommodations considered for medical reasons or sincerely held religious beliefs.

• Eligibility for an annual discretionary performance bonus, awarded at the sole discretion of the Company and subject to terms and conditions set by the Company.
• Company-sponsored benefit programs include medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, fertility and family-forming assistance, wellbeing allowance, educational assistance, and mental health coaching/therapy.
• Tax-advantaged accounts such as an HSA and healthcare/dependent care FSAs.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Time off benefits including vacation, sick time, and personal days.